tenuous. Illustrations must never be used for their own sake, but only if they clarify the point. A good way to work on illustration is first to determine the dominant picture(s) in a passage and then work on illustration by filling out that picture. As I noted in the Preface, issues of application are always difficult! Application, however, is vitally important. Fundamentally, our confidence is in the living inspired Word. Scripture necessarily implicates the passage in