Quotes about Illustration

This formation of man from soft clay, and of woman from a hard bone, also illustrated why man was so much more easily reconcilable than woman.

Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

Every volcano is a powerful illustration of God's character. He is a Vesuvius of goodness, life, and energy.

What people need is not a motto to say, but a model to see. THE

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.

Human marriage is only an illustration of our union with Christ. God ordained marriage to help us understand what it means to be in relationship with him.

This is seen in his well-known use of the parable—which, from its origin in the Greek word paraballein, literally means to throw one thing down alongside another. Parables are not just pretty stories that are easy to remember; rather, they help us understand something difficult by comparing it to, placing it beside, something with which we are very familiar, and always something concrete, specific.

When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.

Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

Jesus also used this illustration: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough" (Matthew 13:33 NLT). Yeast gets into the dough and slowly works its way through the entire batch. The promise is this: the goodness of Jesus will work its way through your entire being. Jesus is the yeast

shows how fruitful analogies can be—not in proving points but in illustrating them, showing spiritual truths by means of material images.