Preaching Today: News That Illustrates

News That Illustrates: June 17, 2013

The NSA and the Mark of the Beast We've seen a wave of news stories about the National Security Agency's (NSA) data collection program, but here's a preachable story about a new facility called the Utah Data Center that the NSA is building in the Utah desert. James Bamford writes: "The heavily fortified ...

News That Illustrates: June 10, 2013—Father's Day Edition

Man Aisles, the Worst Basketball Team, Dad for Christmas, and Army Lessons for Men

(This week we offer stories that could be used in sermons focused on fathers, men in general, friendship, communication, or the message of the cross for spiritual "losers" like us.)

Grocery Store Offers 'Man ...

News That Illustrates: June 3, 2013

Daddy Rabbits, Confronting a Terrorist, Tornadoes and Belief, and Porn Hubs

Daddy Bunnies and Fatherhood as a Vocation Here's a great blog post about fatherhood as a high and worthy calling. What do you want to be when you grow up? A children's book by Richard Scarry titled The Bunny Book explores ...

News That Illustrates: May 27, 2013

Tornadoes, Dead Children, and Atheism NBC News offered the following report of the deadly tornado in Oklahoma: "Rescue teams combed through pulverized buildings and splintered homes Tuesday after one of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history blasted through Oklahoma City and its suburbs, killing at ...

News That Illustrates: May 20, 2013

The Lone Ranger Myth, the Dogma of Gay Marriage, and Oslo Needs More Garbage—our weekly roundup of preachable news stories.

Why Are Middle-Aged Men Killing Themselves? A recent article in The Atlantic asks, "What's Driving the Rise in Suicide Among Middle-Aged Men?" The CDC's (Centers for Disease ...

News That Illustrates: May 13, 2013

Our roundup of some of the most preachable news stories from the past week.

The Sad State of Retired Athletes This article from Slate.com is chockfull of sad stories about famous athletes who didn't know what to do (or who they were) after the fame, glamor, and riches wore off. The article explores ...

News That Illustrates: May 6, 2013

The Twilight of EntitlementThe Washington Post ran a very preachable article about "the collapse of 'entitlement.'" Here's Robert J. Samuelson definition of entitlement: "We expected all social problems to be solved. We expected business cycles, economic insecurity, poverty, ...

News That Illustrates: April 29, 2013

Toy Battery Used in Boston Bombings Benjamin Mull, a V.P. with a California-based company called Tenergy, expressed dismay when he discovered that his company's battery was used to detonate at least one of the bombs in Boston. The batteries are used for remote-controlled cars, not for bombs. Mull ...

News That Illustrates: April 22, 2013

The Media and Gosnell: What We Could Have Done By now most people are familiar with the horrors of the Gosnell trial. On April 8th, The Washington Times reported, "The trial details are nothing short of sensational: A doctor accused of killing seven newborns and a young woman at a filthy Philadelphia ...

News That Illustrates: April 15, 2013

The Cell Phone Celebrates Its 40th Birthday In 1973 a Motorola employee and inventor named Marin Cooper made the first public mobile phone call in a press conference. Mobile phones became available to the public in the early 1980s and cost nearly $400. If you're old enough you can probably remember ...

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