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Chad Prigge • Illustration • • 94 views
Preaching with Integrity by Dr. Jerry Cramer Most Christians do not listen to sermons; they listen to their pastor. Do not think for a second that God's message is not affected by the messengers. The preacher is always the strongest source of persuasion. That is why God has chosen face-to-face preaching…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 7 views
It was supposed to be the "perfect" town. After all, it was planned by Disney itself. The town of Celebration, Florida, a 16-acre utopian community just ten minutes from Walt Disney World, was developed in order to promote "Disney values." Disney designed the buildings, as well as its education and health…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 8 views
I used to be the Minister of Youth here at Peace, way back in the ‘90's. A lot of our current teens were not even born then, but that’s another story for another day. When I first came to this church, we were having a cycle of kids who were . . . shall we say - DIFFICULT. OK, some of them were pretty…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 5 views
In his autobiography, Donahue, Phil Donahue, shares an experience from Holden, West Virginia. He and a CBS television crew had gone to this Appalachian community to cover rescue attempts of thirty-eight miners. They had planned to be there one night but stayed three, eating doughnuts and drinking Red…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 4 views
And I must be honest and tell you that I sense this kind of holiness in very few people. Now I’m not trying to insult anyone, for I tell you quite honestly, I don’t even sense it in myself very often. But when I do get around it, it profoundly impacts my heart. I was just at the National Association…
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…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 3 views
He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and theChristian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He assumed theearnestness of a man weighed down by historic responsibility. He handed out pious stories to the press, especially to…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 6 views
There was a meeting of the Communist Party executive committee in Russia that was chaired by the tyrant, Joseph Stalin. In the middle of the discussion, Stalin, livid with fury, leaped from his seat only to crash to the floor unconscious. As the other members of the party stood in shock and disbelief,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 11 views
In the days of the despotic dictator, Joseph Stalin, a district party conference was being held in Moscow. At the end of the conference, a tribute to Comrade Stalin was called for. Of course, everyone stood up (just as everyone had leaped to his feet during the conference with every mention of his name).…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 23 views
Ever met a childrearing expert? No, I’m not talking about the ones you find in a grandparent’s home who, through the tears of experience, the counsel of the Scripture, and the travail of prayer have poured themselves into their children to the point that they have reaped a heritage of godly adults who…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 2 views
It’s Nathan and the story he tells is classic. He says that there is this rich man and this poor man. The rich man is loaded! He’s like the Donald Trump of Jerusalem. He’s got goats, cows and sheep coming out of his ears. He’d be a subject for “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” His neighbor (they must…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 8 views
I will never forget my visit to a South Carolina plant of Milliken & Co., the textile giant. Chairman Roger Milliken had just launched a well-publicized “Buy American” campaign, proclaiming that “cheap” foreign imports were a major threat to industry and jobs in this country. What impressed me most during…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 361 views
In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem (O, and we definitely have one!) is in the misconception “that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior.” He goes on to say, “It is revival without reformation,…
David Pereira • Illustration • • 5 views
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer – June 20, 2009 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Saturday that current financial rules exploit consumers and he put critics of his proposed overhaul on notice: "While I'm not spoiling for a fight, I'm ready for one." Obama…
Kenneth P. McCaulley • Illustration • • 11 views
Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert wrote: "In a study conducted by Sukhwinder Shergill and colleagues at University College London, pairs of volunteers were hooked up to a mechanical device that allowed each of them to exert pressure on the other volunteer's fingers. The researcher began the game by exerting…
Timothy C. Seal • Illustration • • 1 view
“HYPOCRICY” The two thousand member church was filled to overflowing capacity one Sunday morning. The preacher was ready to start the sermon when two men, dressed in long black coats and black hats entered thru the rear of the church. One of the two men walked to the middle of the church while the other…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 31 views
Dallas Willard writes about a 2-and-a-half-year-old girl in her backyard who one day discovered the secret to making mud (which she called "warm chocolate"). Her grandmother had been reading and was facing away from the action, but after cleaning up what was to her a mess, she told little Larissa not…
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An atheist organization is blasting the U.S. Postal Service for its plan to honor Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp, saying it violates postal regulations against honoring "individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings." The Freedom from Religion Foundation…
Chad Oltman • Illustration • • 5 views
Outward Appearance Anyone who has ever taught or attempted to lead others knows the tendency in all of us toward exaggerating our depth of character while treating leniently our flaws. The Bible calls this tendency hypocrisy. We consciously or subconsciously put forward a better image of ourselves than…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 2 views
When I was a child I remember hearing sermons comparing the church to Noah’s Ark. One Ark/One Church. One door in the Ark/One Entry into the Church: Christ. To be outside was to be lost, etc. I’d like to add another observation to that. The church is in fact much like the ark in that if it were not for…
Michael Leonzo • Illustration • • 24 views
We’re kind of like the stressed-out lady who was tailgating a cautious driver down a congested road. As the law abiding driver is about to cross a busy intersection, the light in front of him turns yellow so he immediately stops at the crosswalk – even though he could have beaten the red light by stepping…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 3 views
Sitting at a table in the clubhouse after a game, Bob said to a fellow club member, "I'm not about to play golf with Jim anymore. He cheats." "Why do you say that?" "Well, he found his lost ball two feet from the green." "That's possible." "Not when I had it in my pocket!" Honesty; Dishonest; Cheating;…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 3 views
John 13:35 Consider the story Dr. Harry Ironside told about a missionary in China who was translating the New Testament into the Chinese language. He was assisted by an eminent Chinese scholar, a Confucianist who had never before been exposed to Christianity. Week after week and month after month they…