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Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 33 views
So like people dying of thirst in the desert, we stagger exhausted and aimless through our days. Preaching, teaching, training, counseling, and administrating become intolerably burdensome because we have somehow forgotten why we are doing them. This weariness comes close to what medieval theologians…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 5 views
EAST INDIAN EVANGELIST K. P. Yohannan says he will never forget one of his first prayer meetings in an American church. He had come to the United States eager to meet some of its spiritual giants and leaders. One man in particular held his interest, a preacher known even in India for his powerful sermons…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 56 views
John Ortberg writes that Max Depree was the CEO of Herman Miller, a Fortune 500 company. He is also on the board of Fuller Seminary and a speaker on leadership. At one of his leadership seminars, somebody asked him what the most difficult thing was that he personally had to work on. His response? “It’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 24 views
Elie Wiesel says, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” --The Week, August 6, 2010 p. 17 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell This may help explain our tendency to hate this year the same people we were enough in love with to marry at some point in our past. We love and hate…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 4 views
John Ortberg tells of his wife who is a nurse. He says that his wife was the one who first taught him about FTT. He said that she is constantly telling him medical stuff. She loves to diagnose illness and is addicted to all the medical shows. He said that she is constantly telling him her private diagnoses…
Lee Venden • Illustration • • 836 views
Topic: Apathy One Sunday, a minister began his sermon in this way: "I'd like to make three points today. First, there are millions of people around the world who are going to hell. Second, most of us sitting here today do not give a damn about it." After a lengthy pause he continued: "My third point…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Comfortable Apathy When you get people's attention, they usually show genuine care and concern. The problem is breaking through their comfortable apathy to get their attention. Immediately following Princess Di's fatal accident, the legitimate press asked "why don't we do something about these pesky…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 110 views
You see, this world and even many people who call themselves believers just don’t understand what knowing Jesus, I mean really knowing Him is all about. Let me show you what I mean: SHOW CRISTO REDENTOR This is a picture of a famous statue of Christ in Brazil. Here’s what Max Lucado writes about it:…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 19 views
SPIRITUAL RENEWAL My times of spiritual lull do not necessarily happen when things are going wrong or when things are going exceptionally well-they happen when things are, well, just normal. Either end of the pendulum swing reminds me to focus on the Lord. When things are going wrong, my prayer life…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 101 views
When Do We Need Revival? Evidences of the Need for a Fresh Visitation of the Spirit in Revival -when we do not love Him as we once did. -when earthly interests and occupations are more important than eternal ones. -when we would rather watch TV and read secular books and magazines than read the Bible…
Walter Colace • Illustration • • 17 views
Kansas Store Video Captures Five Shoppers Stepping Over Dying Stabbing Victim *Tuesday , July 03, 2007 WICHITA, Kan. — As stabbing victim LaShanda Calloway lay dying on the floor of a convenience store, five shoppers, including one who stopped to take a picture of her with a cell phone, stepped over…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 10 views
The World’s Perspective is……Dulling The second danger is that the world is dulling. Just as the slow-acting poison of that deadly spider overtakes its victims, the world’s pleasures, possessions, and popularity will gradually dull our spiritual responses. A prime biblical example is Demas, a man mentioned…