For seven years ancient Israel could not be stopped in the Joshua book. I have found this to be a great imagery and analogy for the Christian life. As Christians, we have the same images. We've come out of Egypt (been saved) we've crossed over, and Jesus Christ is our Moses and our Joshua.
Max LucadoThe Bible urges us to be respectful to all people, especially people with whom we have disagreements, to never libel people, to never label people.
Max LucadoI remember enjoying writing those, theres two clues of a gift: you enjoy doing it and people enjoy you doing it.
Max LucadoI do think there is great strength, though, in starting a sermon with a story, then returning to that story at the end. That puts book ends to a sermon. It is a real simple technique that communicates to the audience that there is a sense of closure, that they have a package here, or we began and we closed with this. I think that's just a nice technique.
Max Lucado