Swindoll's ultimate book of illustrations & quotes : over 1,500 outstanding ways to effectively drive home your message

No one tells a story like Charles Swindoll. This book is the perfect companion for pastors, teachers, ministry leaders, writers, and speakers. It is full of poignant tales, real-life funny stories, and perfect punch lines. The book includes a lifetime of Chuck's favorite stories, illustrations, anecdotes, poems, and quotations. Over 1,500 entries Organized in A-Z format by topic Extensively cross-referenced It's now easier than ever to find the perfect story or anecdote to hook listeners and hold their attention. Listeners and readers will laugh, cry, think, and get the point...and remember it. If you need just the right illustration to illustrate a biblical truth, to capture the audience's attention, to clarify a point, or to draw a conclusion this book will help you find it. With the right example, you can turn hostile skeptics into interested participants and turn people around spiritually. Truth made clear through the use of just the right illustration, anecdote, story, or quotation is applied more quickly and remembered long. - Charles Swindoll Publisher's note: This book was previously published as The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart . No one tells a story like Charles Swindoll. This book is the perfect companion for pastors, teachers, ministry leaders, writers, and speakers. It is full of poignant tales, real-life funny stories, and perfect punch lines. * Over 1,500 entries * Organized in A-Z format by topic * Extensively cross-referenced If you need just the right illustration to illustrate a biblical truth, to capture the audience's attention, to clarify a point, or to draw a conclusion this book will help you find it. With the right example, you can turn hostile skeptics into interested participants and turn people around spiritually. ______________Publisher's note: This book was previously published as______________ The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart________________________________.________________________________ Through all the years and in all the places I have been engaged in this calling, I have learned the value of good illustrations. Interesting illustrations grab the attention and clear the minds of those listening, open the windows, bringing light to truth. It seemed only reasonable to pause from preaching long enough to unload my files and put into print the illustrations I have collected over these three-and-a-half decades. Since they have been of such help to me personally, perhaps others can benefit from them as well. - Introduction. In The Tale of The Tardy Oxcart, Charles Swindoll shares from his lifelong collection of his and others' personal stories, sermons, and anecdotes. 1501 various illustrations are arranged by subjects alphabetically for quick-and-easy access. A perfect resource for all pastors and speakers.Publisher's Note: This book is now available as Swindoll's Ultimate Book of Illustrations & Quotes(ISBN 0785250255) THE SPRINGFIELD, OREGON, Public Schools newsletter published an article that caught my eye some time ago.