Equipped 2023 - For Preachers: ”How to Illustrate Your Lessons Like James” - Neal Pollard

April 21, 2023 - Equipped Workshop Day 2

2:30PM MPR 2 Speaker 

 

Neal Pollard provides a lesson to teachers, speakers and preachers on the use of illustrations.

 

Slides:

• Illustrating the lesson (James)
• Beware of Illustrations:
  • For the sake of the story
  • Too numerously supplied
  • Trying to hide poor content
  • Detracting from the truth
• What can we learn about illustrations from James?
• Use what people know
  • 1:6
  • 1:10-11
  • 1:23-24
  • 1:26; 3:3
  • 3:4
  • 3:5
• Illustrate with vivid imagery
  • chapter 3
  • 5:3
• Bible Characters
  • Abraham
  • Rahab
  • Job
  • Elijah
• Look for threads in the book
  • Judgment
  • Brethren
  • Faith
  • Works
• Use illustrations to convict
  • Double-minded man
  • Friendship with world
  • Unbridled tongue
  • Favoritism
• Where do you get illustrations?
  • Scripture
  • History
  • Nature
  • Poetry
  • Church bulletins
  • Biographies / Autobiographies
  • Personal Experience
  • Media
• How do we us illustrations effectively?
  • Make them interesting
  • Make them lasting
  • Make them learning tools
  • Make them understandable
  • Make them supportive
  • Make them truthful
  • Make them realistic
  • Make them assorted
  • Make them tasteful
  • Make them illuminating
  • Make them opportunistic
  • Make them necessary
• James
  • Genuine Religion
  • Genuine Faith
  • Genuine Wisdom

 

Duration 39:55