Examples of Allusion

Allusion:

Just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the Greco-Roman world, so am I compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home. Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.”

"In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime --- the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immortality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth, and goodness, and thereby rose above his envirnment."