Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks

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.

• CONTENTSCONTRIBUTORSINTRODUCTIONHOW TO CHOOSE AND USE ILLUSTRATIONSHOT ILLUSTRATIONSAlexander the GreatAn Answer to PrayerAwesome ObedienceThe Battleship and the LighthouseThe Bear in the CaveBeauty and the BeastThe Bee StingBeware of CurareBig AdventuresThe Big RockThe Blind DateThe Blind Men and the ElephantThe Blood of an OvercomerThe Boat in the WindowBonny’s BunnyBorn to FlyThe BottleBought to Be FreedThe Boy and the CircusBrandon’s MessCaught in a BlizzardThe Chicken and the PigChoosing MaryThe Circus ClownThe CliffThe CoffinComing HomeComputer GraceThe Cookie SnatcherDeadly MarblesThe Diamond MerchantThe Emperor MothEskimo Wolf HuntersExcuses, ExcusesFace the MusicFinish the RaceThe Flying VThe Flying WallendasFootprints in the SandFrance, 1943Getting the Word OutThe GloveThe Greatest Hitter in the WorldThe Greyhound RacesThe Grocery Store ClerkHannibal’s FireThe Hermit’s GiftThe Hopeless Baseball GameHow to Catch a MonkeyThe Insurance ClaimJesus and the Football TeamThe Jewelry Store CaperThe Jigsaw PuzzleThe Job ApplicantThe Kebbitch ItchThe Kiss“Lambing” in New ZealandLaying Bricks or Building CathedralsThe LifeboatThe Lifesaving StationThe Little Girl and the PianoThe Long JumpLost Dog---$50 RewardLove, JulieThe MirrorA Night in the Haunted HouseNot Much of a ManThe Oil RefineryOut at Home PlateThe Painting of the Last SupperPepe RodriguezThe Prince of GrenadaThe Queen of EnglandReal FriendsThe Reverse ThreadRight DecisionsRudolph and OliveThe SecretSharpen Your AxThe Smartest Teenager in the WorldThe Society WomanSparky, the LoserThe Suicide AttemptTeddy and Miss ThompsonTelemachus Goes to RomeThermometers and ThermostatsThomas Edison, the FailureThe Three SpinnersThe Tightrope and the WheelbarrowToo Many EngineersThe Tractor PullThe Turtle PicnicUncompromising DeterminationThe W.C.We’ll Get Back to YouWhat Life?When Do I Die?The WindowWrong Way RiegelYou, Too, Can Be BeautifulWe want your Hot Illustration!Index to Topics