Comments on: Tony Evan’s Book of Illustrations: Stories, Quotes, and Anecdotes From More Than 30 Years of Preaching and Public Speaking http://www.leoantolini.com/tony-evans-book-of-illustrations-stories-quotes-and-anecdotes-from-more-than-30-years-of-preaching-and-public-speaking.html Learn more about Shopping Online the Largest Amazon's Books Product for Illustration Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:42:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MEdouble D http://www.leoantolini.com/tony-evans-book-of-illustrations-stories-quotes-and-anecdotes-from-more-than-30-years-of-preaching-and-public-speaking.html/comment-page-1#comment-19 MEdouble D Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:30:25 +0000 http://www.leoantolini.com/tony-evans-book-of-illustrations-stories-quotes-and-anecdotes-from-more-than-30-years-of-preaching-and-public-speaking.html#comment-19 This man is truly anointed by God Almighty. I grow from his preaching/teaching. <br />There's one draw bback to the book, when you're in a hurry to get that one special illustration or thought. <br /> <br />The index is confusing. It's explained that the reference numbers are for the illustrations not the page numbers. But, the illustrations are not numbered. <br /> <br />Other than that, a wonderfully on-time piece of work by one of my favorite teachers/preachers. Rating: 5 / 5 This man is truly anointed by God Almighty. I grow from his preaching/teaching.

There’s one draw bback to the book, when you’re in a hurry to get that one special illustration or thought.

The index is confusing. It’s explained that the reference numbers are for the illustrations not the page numbers. But, the illustrations are not numbered.

Other than that, a wonderfully on-time piece of work by one of my favorite teachers/preachers.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Jerome R. Dodson http://www.leoantolini.com/tony-evans-book-of-illustrations-stories-quotes-and-anecdotes-from-more-than-30-years-of-preaching-and-public-speaking.html/comment-page-1#comment-18 Jerome R. Dodson Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:40:55 +0000 http://www.leoantolini.com/tony-evans-book-of-illustrations-stories-quotes-and-anecdotes-from-more-than-30-years-of-preaching-and-public-speaking.html#comment-18 I had a preaching professor in seminary who said if you get one good illustration out of an illustration book, you got your money's worth. Okay, so I got my money's worth out of this book, but not much more. It suffers from several problems. One, many of the illustrations are directly from Tony's life, and as such are pretty soggy and not really transferable. How many congregations want to hear a pastor repeatedly say, "A funny thing happened to Tony Evans awhile back..." And as I said, many of his personal illustrations simply have no affective punch. Two, of the non-personal illustrations, many are available elsewhere. Three, sometimes Evans says things that I just find offensive. On two separate occasions, he says that God is looking for "groupies." I understand his point: God wants people who worship him with the same fervor they do their favorite entertainer. Still, the language is just tasteless. And far too often, his conclusions lack the punch that his premises promise. The illustrations simply die. The positive side of this book is that it might give pastors an idea of how to look for illustrations in their own lives. I have often found that the personal illustrations I come up with are just as good as ones I find in books. So, all in all, this volume is worth a glance, if you can get it cheap. Don't expect too much, and you won't be disappointed. Oh, by the way, the numbers in the index refer to the numbers of the illustrations, not the page number. The illustrations have tiny superscript numberings at the end of each. Just thought you should know. Rating: 3 / 5 I had a preaching professor in seminary who said if you get one good illustration out of an illustration book, you got your money’s worth. Okay, so I got my money’s worth out of this book, but not much more. It suffers from several problems. One, many of the illustrations are directly from Tony’s life, and as such are pretty soggy and not really transferable. How many congregations want to hear a pastor repeatedly say, “A funny thing happened to Tony Evans awhile back…” And as I said, many of his personal illustrations simply have no affective punch. Two, of the non-personal illustrations, many are available elsewhere. Three, sometimes Evans says things that I just find offensive. On two separate occasions, he says that God is looking for “groupies.” I understand his point: God wants people who worship him with the same fervor they do their favorite entertainer. Still, the language is just tasteless. And far too often, his conclusions lack the punch that his premises promise. The illustrations simply die. The positive side of this book is that it might give pastors an idea of how to look for illustrations in their own lives. I have often found that the personal illustrations I come up with are just as good as ones I find in books. So, all in all, this volume is worth a glance, if you can get it cheap. Don’t expect too much, and you won’t be disappointed. Oh, by the way, the numbers in the index refer to the numbers of the illustrations, not the page number. The illustrations have tiny superscript numberings at the end of each. Just thought you should know.
Rating: 3 / 5

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