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Tools for Talks (Damaris)
Website address: http://www.toolsfortalks.com
Description
A subscription site designed to provide speakers with the best contemporary quotes, film clips and song lyrics to illustrate talks.
Illustration Finder: This tool suggests illustrations from contemporary popular culture (including films, songs and quotes).
Passage Picker: This tool suggests relevant Bible passages for your theme. (This content includes the entire index of the Thematic Study Bible.)
Bible Commentary: This tool helps you to understand your Bible passage. (This content includes the entire text of the New Bible Commentary.)
Nick Pollard (co-founder of Damaris Trust) says, “I set up Tools for Talks because I wanted a research team who would work for all of us who speak from the Bible – finding for us all the best contemporary quotes, film clips and song lyrics that can illustrate our talks.”
The site contains a vast amount of easily searchable information. It’s not designed specifically for young people; however, much of the content will be just a useful in preparing youth group sessions as it is for preparing sermons aimed at adults.
One year’s subscription currently costs £42.50. However, you can access a free ‘showcase’ before you subscribe so why not go to www.toolsfortalk.com and take a look? If you would like to spend less time foraging around for relevant illustrations, this site could be what you’ve been looking for.
