CHAPTER 2: THE HOUND OF HEAVEN
1. Francis Thompson, Poetical Works of Francis Thompson (New York: Oxford University Press, 1969), 89–94.
2. Ibid.
3. Fred Craddock, Overhearing the Gospel (Nashville: Abingdon, 1978), 105–8.
4. Ibid.
5. Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace (New York: HarperCollins, 1970), 43–44.
CHAPTER 4: MIRACLE AT MIDNIGHT
1. They entered the boat at early evening (John 6:16); this probably means around 6:00 p.m. Jesus came to them between 3:00 and 6:00 a.m. (Matt. 14:25).
2. See Deuteronomy 1:2.
CHAPTER 8: LESSONS FROM THE GARDEN
1. William Barelay, The Gospel of John, vol. 2 (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1975), 222.
CHAPTER 9: WHAT TO DO WITH BIRTHDAYS
1. This comment and many of the other quips shared here are excerpted from A Spread of Over 40s Jokes, edited by Helen Exley and published by Exley Publications, Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY, 1992.
2. This story was also told by Gary Thomas in “Wise Christians Clip Obituaries,” Christianity Today, 3 October 1994, 24–27.
CHAPTER 11: A DIFFERENT KIND OF HERO
1. This Associated Press story appeared in the insert accompanying the audio tape “Stones in the Road” by Mary Chapin Carpenter, 1994, Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., New York. Mary Chapin Carpenter wrote a song, “John Doe No. 24,” after she read this story in the newspaper.
CHAPTER 13: A CINDERELLA STORY
1. John R. W. Stott, The Cross of Christ (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1986), 88.
CHAPTER 14: THE BAD NEWS PREACHER
1. This day is outlined and developed in Max Lucado, In the Eye of the Storm: A Day in the Life of Jesus (Dallas: Word, 1991).
CHAPTER 16: INSIDE OUT
1. Adapted from John Phillips, Exploring the Gospels: John (Neptune, N.J.: Loizeaux Brother, 1989), 64–65.
CHAPTER 22: GOD’S BEEN KNOWN TO NIGGLE
1. Beth Arnold, “The Need to Niggle,” American Way, 1 June 1991, 44.
CHAPTER 24: THE WINSOMENESS OF HOLINESS
1. A. Gordon Nasby, ed., 1041 Sermon Illustrations, Ideas and Expositions (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1976), 186.
CHAPTER 27: PETER, ME,AND WILE E. COYOTE
1. James F. Colianni, The Book of Pulpit Humor (Ventnor, N.J.: Voicings Publications, 1992), 128.
CHAPTER 28: READY FOR HOME
1. Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk (New York: HarperCollins, 1988), 43.
2. Ibid.
3. Gary Thomas, “Wise Christians Clip Obituaries,” Christianity Today, 3 October 1994, 24–27.
CHAPTER 30: IF ONLY YOU KNEW
1. See John 4:10.