Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks: 100 Attention-Getting Stories, Parables, and Anecdotes

Wayne Rice, Anthony Campolo

Zondervan, 1994 - Religion - 237 pages

Your search for lively illustrations to spice up your youth talks is over. Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks is here! Veteran youth worker and nationally known speaker Wayne Rice has carefully selected and crafted 100 of the best stories, parables, and anecdotes available anywhere. Rice has collected these illustrations form his own files and from files of some of youth ministry's best speakers -- Mike Yaconelli -- Tony Campolo -- Dewey Bertolini -- Chap Clark -- Les Christie -- Ray Johnston -- Len Kageler -- Rick Bundschuh --- and many more! These stories (all indexed by topic) cover a lot of youth ministry ground -- some will make you laugh, some will make you cry, and all of them will make you think. And they all work with teenagers. They're just the thing to give your youth talks that extra spark you're looking for. You'll love what Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks will do for your youth talks. And your kids will love you for it!

Contents

• Alexander the Great: 18
• An Answer to Prayer: 20
• Awesome Obedience: 22
• The Battleship and the Lighthouse: 24
• The Bear in the Cave: 26
• Beauty and the Beast: 28
• The Bee Sting: 30
• Beware of Curare: 32
• Big Adventures: 34
• The Big Rock: 36
• The Blind Date: 38
• The Blind Men and the Elephant: 40
• The Blood of an Overcomer: 42
• The Boat in the Window: 44
• Bonnys Bunny: 46
• Born to Fly: 48
• The Bottle: 50
• Bought to be Freed: 52
• The Boy and the Circus: 56
• Brandons Mess: 58
• Caught in a Blizzard: 61
• The Chicken and the Pig: 63
• Choosing Mary: 64
• The Circus Clown: 68
• The Cliff: 70
• The Coffin: 72
• Coming Home: 75
• Computer Grace: 77
• The Cookie Snatcher: 79
• Deadly Marbles: 81
• The Diamond Merchant: 83
• The Emperor Moth: 85
• Eskimo Wolf Hunters: 87
• Excuses Excuses: 89
• Face the Music: 91
• Finish the Race: 93
• The Flying V: 95
• The Flying Wallendas: 96
• Footprints in the Sand: 98
• France 1943: 99
• Getting the Word Out: 101
• The Glove: 103
• The Greatest Hitter in the World: 104
• The Greyhound Races: 106
• The Grocery Store Clerk: 108
• Hannibals Fire: 110
• The Hermits Gift: 112
• The Hopeless Baseball Game: 116
• How to Catch a Monkey: 118
• The Insurance Claim: 120
• Jesus and the Football Team: 122
• The Jewelry Store Caper: 124
• The Jigsaw Puzzle: 125
• The Job Applicant: 126
• The Kebbitch Itch: 128
• The Kiss: 131
• Lambing in New Zealand: 133
• Laying Bricks or Building Cathedrals: 135
• The Lifeboat: 137
• The Lifesaving Station: 140
• The Little Girl and the Piano: 143
• The Long Jump: 145
• Lost Dog50 Reward: 148
• Love Julie: 149
• The Mirror: 151
• A Night in the Haunted House: 153
• Not Much of a Man: 155
• The Oil Refinery: 158
• Out at Home Plate: 159
• The Painting of the Last Supper: 161
• Pepe Rodriquez: 163
• The Prince of Grenada: 165
• The Queen of England: 167
• Real Friends: 169
• The Reverse Thread: 171
• Right Decisions: 174
• Rudolph and Olive: 176
• The Secret: 177
• Sharpen Your Ax: 180
• The Smartest Teenager in the World: 182
• The Society Woman: 184
• Sparky the Loser: 186
• The Suicide Attempt: 189
• Teddy and Miss Thompson: 191
• Telemachus Goes to Rome: 195
• Thermometers and Thermostats: 198
• Thomas Edison the Failure: 199
• The Three Spinners: 201
• The Tightrope and the Wheelbarrow: 206
• Too Many Engineers: 208
• The Tractor Pull: 210
• The Turtle Picnic: 212
• Uncompromising Determination: 214
• The WC: 216
• Well Get Back to You: 219
• What Life?: 221
• When Do I Die?: 223
• The Window: 224
• Wrong Way Riegels: 228
• You Too Can Be Beautiful: 231

About the author

Wayne Rice is founder and director of Understanding Your Teenager (UYT), an organization serving parents of teens and pre-teens. He is adjunct professor of youth ministry at Bethel Theological Seminary (San Diego) and at North American Baptist Seminary in Sioux Falls. He lives with his wife in Lakeside, CA.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks: 100 Attention-Getting Stories, Parables, and Anecdotes; Youth specialties
• Authors: Wayne Rice, Anthony Campolo
• Publisher: Zondervan, 1994
• ISBN: 0310402611, 9780310402619
• Length: 237 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Education / Children & Youth; Religion / Christian Education / General; Religion / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources; Religion / Christian Ministry / Preaching; Religion / Christian Ministry / Youth; Religion / Sermons / Christian