Sermon Illustration...
It wouldn't fit in too well here, so I'm starting up a new weblog on sermon illustration - plus a support site at www.SermonIllustration.info - it will be interesting to see how this one turns out.
There are issues that are common to both small group work and speaking to larger audiences. You will notice that Jesus did both - speaking to large crowds as well as investing His life in a small group of trusted followers.
Paul and the other Apostles continued in this vein - indeed Paul instructed Timothy to do the same in 2 Timothy ch.2 v.2 - speaking to both large audiences and intimate groups.
There are issues that are common to both small group work and speaking to larger audiences. You will notice that Jesus did both - speaking to large crowds as well as investing His life in a small group of trusted followers.
Paul and the other Apostles continued in this vein - indeed Paul instructed Timothy to do the same in 2 Timothy ch.2 v.2 - speaking to both large audiences and intimate groups.