James Braga defines an illustration as “a means of throwing light upon a sermon by the use of an example” (How to Prepare Bible Messages, 231). Haddon Robinson says an illustration can either be like a beautiful lamp and a streetlight. When you walk into someone’s expensive den and notice an ornate lamp, you compliment [...]
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Sermon on God’s Will in Proverbs 3:5-6
Posted: September 22, 2009 in SermonsTags: Charles Wesley, Feet of Clay, Gary Inrig, Hearts of Iron, John Wesley, The Mystery of God's Will
When John Wesley was thirty-two years old, he was a bachelor missionary in the colony of Georgia. While he was serving a church in Savannah, he met a young woman named Sophia Christian Hopkey. She was pretty and intelligent, and Wesley fell head over heels in love with her. But Wesley belonged to a group [...]
