Over the last few weeks, the Navy SEALS have been in the media everywhere you look. Here's a surprising illustration about the virtue that enables a person to endure the unendurable training that SEALS go through. Navy SEALs Succeed by Focusing on Others

This week we also feature:

• Sermon: Encourage the faith of your hearers with principles from the sermon Amazing Faith, by Steve Mathewson.
• Video Illustration: One way to acknowledge an important holiday even if you don't preach on the subject is with a meaningful video. See, Memorial Day.

Preaching Christ,

Brian Larson
Editor, PreachingToday.com
blarson@christianitytoday.com

Craig Brian Larson is the pastor of Lake Shore Church in Chicago and author and editor of numerous books, including The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching (Zondervan). He blogs on Knowing God and His Ways at craigbrianlarson.com.