In 2016, a three-year-old climbed into the gorilla pen at Cincinnati Zoo and was seized by a large silverback. Fearful staff called in armed gamekeepers but they missed and shot the gorilla. Brian Craig gives a sharp reminder of why we don't want children of our own and don't have much time for yours.

For decades young westerners have flocked to Japan as contract teachers in shady language schools. From the classroom to the courtroom and the boardroom to the bedroom, Brian Craig exposes the dark underbelly of an industry that has become closer to fast food than education. Would you like fries with that?

Secret Service agent Eddie Folk vowed to take a bullet for the President, he just never thought he'd be the one to pull the trigger. Between a deadly pandemic and a tyrannical Commander in Chief, the only option left may be to invoke the Constitution and remove a sitting president...by whatever means necessary!

Find out why the assault rifle and submachine gun were born, how armies choose their weapons, and which guns killed Bin Laden or Bonnie and Clyde. Brian Craig takes a light-hearted look at the guns that shaped modern war!

A semi-religious text by an unreligious author about an irreligious man with a huge religious following. Why does the Christian Right flock to the banner of a thrice-married tax-dodging adulterer and con artist? Brian Craig takes a satirical tour of the Cult of Trump through the Ten Commandments, picking apart the many ways Donald Trump has broken every single one of them. As the 2024 Election season heats up, this update on the crimes and failures of the Republican front-runner is must-re...

Movies have become the stories of our culture. People love to discuss favorite movies and actors, and this interest can help you communicate God’s Word with power—if you have exciting, movie-based illustrations at your fingertips. Now the editors of PreachingToday.com have gathered the best movie-based illustrations, the scenes that convey biblical truth convincingly. This collection contains 101 complete illustrations straight from popular movies your listeners can relate to. Each illustr...

God is waiting for each of us to return home! In fact, God is already out in the world searching and inviting each person to take the journey back to God's house. Relational Discipleship: Moving Back Home with God approaches discipleship from a fresh perspective and intentionally draws on biblical principles and examples of discipleship. In this approach, the metaphor of a house is used to describe our journey back to God. Hospitality plays a key factor in how discipleship, from this persp...

A Comprehensive Resource for Today’s Christian Communicators.This extensive encyclopedia is the most complete and practical work ever published on the art and craft of biblical preaching. Its 11 major sections contain nearly 200 articles, comprehensively covering topics on preaching and methodology, including:Sermon structure and “the big idea.”The art of introductions, transitions, and conclusions.Methods for sermon prep, from out...

Every preacher, teacher, or writer knows the value of a good illustration in helping connect the truth of the passage with the congregation or class—and how hard it is to come up with good illustrations week after week. This book contains the cream of the crop: 1001 illustrations carefully selected from among thousands on Christianity Today International’s popular website PreachingToday.com. These illustrations are proven, memorable, and illuminating. As the saying goes, they will preach! ...

Stringfellow Acid Pits tells the story of one of the most toxic places in the United States, and of an epic legal battle waged to clean up the site and hold those responsible accountable. In 1955, California officials approached rock quarry owner James Stringfellow about using his land in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles, as a hazardous dump site. Officials claimed it was a natural waste disposal site because of the impermeable rocks that underlay the surface. They were gravely mistak...

In the grim future of Warhammer 40,000 mankind is engaged in an eternal conflict with armies of Chaos. On the medieval world of Sigmatus, the hated Imperium is flexing its power with ruthless efficiency. The rebels have a plan to fight back: summon a powerful daemon from the warp and unleash it upon their enemies!

In the dark and gothic Warhammer world, the foul magic of Chaos is everywhere, its corrupting and mutating powers twisting man and beast alike. From the south, the dark armies of the undead attack the realms of man, thirsting to drain all life from the civilised lands. From the north, the endless tide of Chaos sweeps down from the wastelands to kill and capture in the name of their Dark Gods. Way of the Dead is a storming collection of all-action short stories set in these dark and despera...