This guide to the art of poignant illustrations will make your preaching come alive. Jack Hughes shares wisdom from the Puritan master of illustrations, Thomas Watson, to help you share your passion - and your points - from the pulpit.
Jack Hughes tells that there is no hiding place for the lazy preacher who is contented to preach in monochrome.
-- David Meredith, Smithton Free Church of Scotland, Inverness (Mission Director, Free Church of Scotland, Inverness)Instructive, fresh and interesting.
-- Jay E. Adams, Enoree, South Carolina (Author & Retired Seminary Professor, Enoree, South Carolina)Use a sanctified imagination to bring meaningful "pictures" out of the text and into your sermons, without sacrificing biblical content.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe, Author and Conference Speaker ((1929 2019) Author and Conference Speaker)Unbelievably rich, Watson's messages still communicate today with a power and clarity that is simply breathtaking. Jack Hughes has done a tremendous job... This book will be a valuable tool for any preacher seeking to improve his skill in handling and communicating the Word of God.
-- John MacArthur (Chancellor Emeritus, The Masters University and Seminary and PastorTeacher, Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California)Thomas Watson compelled people to listen to him whether he was preaching or writing, by the vivid word pictures that he painted, both at his desk and in the pulpit. This rich study should be a treasure in every preacher's library. I highly recommend it.
-- Richard Mayhue (Research Professor of Theology Emeritus, The Masters Seminary, Sun Valley, California)... written in a lively, readable manner and will be useful to those for whom it is intended. His enthusiasm for Thomas Watson, throughout the book, which includes a 27 page appreciation, should encourage others to read Watson's works. It would also be refreshing for those who have preached for many years.
-- The Banner of Truth Magazine