Bringing Them the Sun/Son

Posted by Kevin Purcell on Mar 11, 2010 in Editorial, Sermon Illustration, Video | 0 comments

There is a small town in Canada called Inuvik. It faces long periods in the winter where it never sees sunlight due to being so far north. And I thought Wisconsin winters were long and dark. As a marketing stunt, Tropicana paid to have a 10,000 lumen light hoisted over the town using helium balloons for a period of time. It brought them artificial sunlight. Here is the ad …

Of course, as a preacher I cannot resist the connection to bringing a dark world the light of Christ who is the Son of God. Fortunately for us, it doesn’t take this much effort. Just sharing your story about how God changed your life is enough.