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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
“Workers at a Mississippi funeral home got a shock when a corpse started moving inside his body bag.” Walter Williams, 78, had been declared dead several hours earlier and morticians were about to start the embalming process. Then the coroner, Dexter Howard, noticed something not quite right. There was…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Antonio Arias has a problem. Four years ago a hospital mistakenly declared him dead and a death certificate was filed that bears his name, Social Security number, and date of birth. Now no matter how much he persists, no government agency or bank will believe he is alive. His credit cards have all been…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 2 views
For instance, several years ago a Scottish scholar named Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, while studying the writings of Luke, discovered what he thought to be errors in the book of Acts. He decided to travel throughout Turkey and the Middle East to prove the Bible wrong. However, in every point of dispute,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 109 views
One person said, “I would say that if you don’t believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again from the dead and by his sacrifice our sins are forgiven, you’re really not in any meaningful sense a Christian.” “Ok,” you might say, “Guess I would agree with that. What…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 7 views
What happened between Friday night and Monday morning? They saw the risen Savior. John Stott suggests, “Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection. It was the resurrection which transformed Peter’s fear into courage, and James’ doubt into…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 6 views
Years ago in England two men set out to disprove Christianity. One was a well-known English jurist and literary scholar named Lord Littleton. The other was Gilbert West. They agreed that if Christianity was to be discredited, it was necessary to do two things—disprove the Resurrection and explain the…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 2 views
You see, the doubting heart of man finds it hard to accept the event of the resurrection, but the theories which seek to explain how the resurrection did not happen really ask the wrong question. That’s what prominent Virginia attorney of the University of Virginia Law School and former mayor of Norfolk,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 4 views
A freshman entered the university, like many, looking for a good time and searching for happiness and meaning in life. He tried going to church but found religion unsatisfying. He ran for student leadership positions but was disappointed by how quickly the glamour wore off. He tried the party circuit,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 92 views
And it changed Frank Morison. He was an English journalist who scorned Christianity so much he decided to disprove it. He knew that if he could disprove the resurrection as no more than myth, he could destroy the Christian religion. So he went to work. He poured over the evidence, trying to absorb all…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
“Can you be Christian and not believe in the resurrection?” shouts the headline in the Salt Lake Tribune. What a crazy question. You would think that when the journalist came up with that question, as soon as she began to research it among Christian clergy, she would have decided that it was a foolish…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A German broadcast corporation intentionally posted a hoax video of Michael Jackson on the Internet as an experiment aimed at showing how quickly misinformation and conspiracy theories spreads. The company RTL posted a video that purportedly showed Michael Jackson, who died over a month earlier, emerging…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 20 views
A joke heard around the Pentagon goes like this: One reason the Services have trouble operating jointly is that they don't speak the same language. For example, if you told Navy personnel to "secure a building," they would turn off the lights and lock the doors. Army personnel would occupy the building…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 34 views
A new study from the Barna organization indicates that as American society becomes more religiously diverse; there is more confusion over what the Easter holiday is all about. When asked what Easter meant to them personally, a majority of Americans said they believed there is a spiritual connection to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Empty Tomb I've never been to Israel, and frankly, I've never really wanted to go. The Dean of the Seminary where I taught in Albuquerque offered to help finance a trip for me if I went with the students on an archeological dig. I said, "Thanks, but no thanks." I know, I know, it isn't normal for a preacher…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 22 views
Nothing "What's all the fuss about?" the skeptic asked. "What are you Christians celebrating anyway?" "Nothing," I responded, absolutely "nothing." The angel of the Lord proclaimed: "He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying." (Matthew 28:6 NASB) "Nothing"…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 17 views
Three Women Every Easter I think about a sermon I heard my Dad preach when I was just a boy based upon the resurrection narrative in the gospel of Mark. In the sermon, he emphasized that the extraordinary events of life are usually enjoyed by those who are willing to give themselves to the ordinary tasks…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Easter And the son cried out, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46 KJV) Beneath the cross, His mother watched through her tears as her Son yelled in agony. Next to her was the disciple whom Jesus loved-his cousin John. He saw it all.…
Illustration • • 12 views
Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master. Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher. Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer. Had no army, yet kings feared Him. He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world. He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him. He was buried in a tomb,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Easter Back in the 1880's Nietzsche declared that "God is dead," and before the turn of the Twentieth Century, Shaw and Wells chimed in saying the 20th Century would mark the end of the world's "religious phase." Yet, today a church now meets in Russia's Museum of Religion and Atheism-the former center…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
The Cross I'm surprised at how much my views about some things have changed as I've aged. Particularly, I'm amazed at how much tradition has come to mean to me. I'm not alone. For Christmas Dinner this year I suggested we get a Pizza, one of our family's favorite foods, or if we wanted to cook at home,…
The Rev. Craig Kuehn • Illustration • • 30 views
In his book, There I Go Again, Steven Moseley tells about Anna Pavlova, a Russian ballet superstar of the early 1900s. Ms. Pavlova has been acclaimed as the greatest ballerina of all time. Her most memorable performance, however, took place after her death. Anna was to play the role she made famous,…
Simeon • Illustration • • 4 views
Illustration: [At Easter in 2008 I had the pleasure of taking a 2 day trip to Norway for my Dad's 50th Birthday. I managed to find literally 2p return flights! One of the things I did was take the Oslofjord sightseeing trip from Radhusbrygge for a couple of hours. This is a story we were told on the…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 273 views
Tony Campolo tells the story of a black Baptist preacher in the inner city of Philadelphia who preached a sermon Tony says he'll never forget. Tony preached first. He was "hot," so "hot" he says, that he even stopped and listened to himself. He sat down and said to his pastor: "Now see if you can top…
Illustration • • 7 views
Easter Eloquence The holiday has inspired great words from some of history's greatest preachers. Compiled by Elesha Coffman John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople; sermon, ca. 400 Let no one grieve at his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one mourn that he has fallen again…
Benjamin Kurz • Illustration • • 186 views
The defining event of the NT is the resurrection of Christ. Jesus, the Lamb of God, died at 3:00 PM (9th hour). This was the same exact time when the lamb was sacrificed in the Temple. Traditionally the priest would blow the shofar at this time to let the whole city know that the lamb died for their…