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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
An interviewer for World Magazine asked John Piper if he thought Christians should talk to the public about Natural Law instead of God to keep from alienating some listeners. Piper answered, “It certainly would be self-defeating for me to leave that (God or more specifically Jesus) out, because my calling…
Wesley Crouch • Illustration • • 5 views
Difficult Evangelism A very zealous soul-winning young preacher came upon a farmer mending a fence along the roadside. This preacher was concerned about the farmer’s soul so he pulled over and asked the man, “Are you laboring in the vineyard of the Lord my good man?” Not even looking at the preacher…
David Krueger • Illustration • • 4 views
"The Baptists don't have a Pope, and nobody is in charge, and they seem to be going in all directions at once with no one knowing what anyone else is doing. And then, one day, you wake up to see that there is a Baptist at every corner, a Baptist behind every tree, a Baptist church or school on every…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 3 views
The great evangelist D. L. Moody was once asked, “How many converts did you have last night.” He answered, “Two and one-half.” “You mean two adults and a child?” “No,” he replied. “Two children and one adult.” A child converted is an entire life converted
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 25 views
Some time ago there was a display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. It featured a checkerboard with one grain of wheat on the first square, two grains on the second square, four on the third, then eight, sixteen, thirty-two, sixty-four, and so on. At the end of the board there were so…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 4 views
I ran across a video as I was looking through some illustrations for this message. It came from, of all places, the Chicago Bears website. It’s a clip from their rookie training camp. One of the videos shows Coach Lovie Smith’s orientation talk to the rookie class. Of course, the biggest thing on each…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 131 views
One of the most moving and incredible accounts of suffering filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions is found in Sergei Kourdakov’s autobiography, The Persecutor. Kourdakov was commissioned by the Russian secret police to raid prayer gatherings and persecute believers with extraordinary brutality.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 24 views
George Otis Jr. shocked many at the second Lausanne Congress of World Evangelization in Manila in 1989 when he asked, “Is our failure to thrive in Muslim countries owing to the absence of martyrs? Can a covert church grow in strength? Does a young church need martyr models?” Fittingly, he concludes his…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 17 views
There are countless examples in our own day of choosing to suffer for the purpose of Colossians 1:24—to fill up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions by presenting them to others through suffering.16 In late 1995, as I was working on the second edition of this book, a missionary letter describing such…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 73 views
Brother Andrew, who heads a ministry called Open Doors and who is most famous for his 1967 book, God’s Smuggler, describes Christ’s call in the mid-1990s like this: There’s not one door in the world closed where you want to witness for Jesus.… Show me a closed door and I will tell you how you can get…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 4 views
James Bakker discovered that. This is a picture of Jim Bakker, not the televangelist, the diplomat. He was the Secretary of State under Bush and Reagan. Jim is a lawyer form Houston, Texas, an Episcopalian who knew some things about the Bible. But by his own testimony, He said he never really paid much…
Adam Carrigan • Illustration • • 6 views
Some Houston-area residents received a surprise recently, and the discovery "appalled and offended" some. A resident of the area -- who asked to remain anonymous -- made the discovery. She said she found a white plastic bag hanging on her door, and inside was an English copy of the Koran along with a…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 161 views
Brother Andrew, who heads a ministry called Open Doors and who is most famous for his 1967 book, God’s Smuggler, describes Christ’s call in the mid-1990s like this: There’s not one door in the world closed where you want to witness for Jesus.… Show me a closed door and I will tell you how you can get…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 4 views
Maybe this story will show you what I mean. Imagine for a moment that you are on a cruise in the Carribean. (Kind of sounds good right now, given the temperatures we’ve been having around here!) All of sudden, in the middle of the night you hear a huge explosion. You leap up and get your clothes on as…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 41 views
On December 4, 1857, David Livingstone, the great pioneer missionary to Africa, made a stirring appeal to the students of Cambridge University, showing that he had learned through years of experience what Jesus tried to teach Peter: For my own part, I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 27 views
In 1958 John Stott was leading a university outreach in Sydney, Australia. The day before the final meeting, Stott received word that his father had passed away. In addition to his grief, Stott was also starting to lose his voice. It was late afternoon and within a few hours the final meeting would take…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 17 views
That’s what William Borden did. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, or perhaps you might say a golden calf in his back yard. He was heir to the Borden dairy estate and, because of this, was a millionaire by the age of 21. As you can imagine, he went to Yale for his education. But William was…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 25 views
December 13, 2010 Change usually happens slowly in the Church. But a review of the past year's research conducted by the Barna Group provides a time-lapse portrayal of how the religious environment in the U.S. is morphing into something new. Analyzing insights drawn from more than 5,000 non-proprietary…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 195 views
God’s last command is our first priority.—Dr. Don Sisk Roger Simms was hitchhiking his way home after serving overseas in the war. Flashing the hitchhiking sign to the oncoming car, he hopped in when the car stopped. “Going home for keeps?” “Sure am,” Roger responded. “Well, you're in luck if you're…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 16 views
The reason I am so excited about this is because I have seen it work. It was just before Christmas of 2008 when I looked at my office phone and realized I had a message. I dialed in and listened. On the other end of the line there was a voice that said, “Hello, This is Gordon. I’d like to come by and…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 8 views
John Hyde, better known as “Praying Hyde,” led a life of incredibly intense prayer as a missionary to India at the turn of the century. Some thought him morose. But a story about him reveals the true spirit behind his life of sacrificial prayer. A worldly lady once thought she would have a little fun…
Terry Cavanaugh • Illustration • • 2 views
Evangelism Takes Time Evangelism, like sanctification, takes time. Therefore, we must take the time it takes. —Earl Palmer [1] ---- [1] Growing Your Church Through Evangelism and Outreach. 1st ed. Nashville. Tenn. : Moorings, 1996 (Library of Christian Leadership), S. 11
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 42 views
Last Monday, Wanda Murfin sent a note from Silverhill, Alabama, asking, "Did this happen? I read about the revival in New Orleans with Billy and Franklin Graham, but somehow I must have missed this." She forwarded an internet article showing photos of Billy Graham and a French Quarter scene. The reporter…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 29 views
Joe Stowell writes It was six o'clock in the morning, and I had just finished my early run. As I passed the local Starbucks, I decided to stop in and get a couple cups of our favorite lattes and take them home to [my wife], who would be waking up. Since the café had just opened, there was only one other…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 8 views
Steve Sjorgen wrote in his book, Changing the World through Kindness Not long after we moved [into our first house in California], my wife, Janie, and I picked up on the tension between a couple of neighbors. One was a very outspoken churchgoer, while the other was an unbeliever. I knew I was in the…