made. In the “donkey” story, the preacher has decided that the donkey is an illustration of human beings. Your preaching lacks textual authority. In the donkey story, from where in the text did the preacher get the authority to equate donkeys with human beings? Or suppose when using the text on David and Goliath, the preacher decides that believers will and must face giant-size problems. The illustrative method breaks down since Goliath does not rise again. In reality, giant-size problems have perpetual