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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
The day after Peyton Manning lead the Denver Broncos to victory in Super Bowl 50, Seattle Seahawks quarterback wrote a thank you letter in his official position of Senior Editor for Derek Jeter’s The Players Tribune. Wilson included a picture of himself at a quarterback camp Manning conducted in Louisiana…
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In Michigan, a public school banned an 8-year-old boy from bringing his Bible to class. Jason Cross is autistic and his mom says he likes to read the Bible during free time. Officials at Highview Elementary told him, “The book is only for church, not for school.” This seems to be a prevalent view in…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 241 views
The Sonic restaurant in Raymore, Missouri hopes to give their customers a little something extra by including verses from the Bible with their food. The store used to print the verses on customer’s receipts, but a recent software upgrade eliminated that possibility. In order to continue the tradition,…
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New research has concluded that people simply don’t like being alone with their own thoughts. The experiment called on participants who ranged in age from 18-77, to sit alone in a room for six to 15 minutes. Afterwards over 50% of the subjects reported they did not enjoy it. Talking about the study,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 29 views
If you are looking for help getting your life together, Dr. Billy Graham says look no further than the Holy Bible. When asked to recommend a good self-help book for personal development, Graham told the person that the Bible is the “greatest ’self-help’ book ever written.” The famous pastor says purpose…
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People often report seeing images of Jesus in trees, buildings, or slices of toast. Researchers say the surprising image that appeared in a cancer tumor has been inspirational from them. Scientists at the Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research created a cancer protein 12 years ago so they…
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When Marvin Olasky moved to a new home in Asheville, North Carolina, he was not aware of the presence of poison ivy on his new property. Soon he was itching, blistering, oozing, and miserable enough to see the Doctor. The doctor prescribed 12 days of prednisone pills, one of the side effects is insomnia.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Thousands of people recently made a dangerous pilgrimage to honor a man known for his faithfulness. The crowds planned a midnight visit to the grave site of Joshua bin Nun, known as Joshua, son of Nun. The visit to Joshua’s grave marks the anniversary of the leader’s death, over 3250 years ago. The trip…
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BIBLE "If the Bible has grown strangely silent in the church, we might follow the pathway suggested by commentators such as Hans Frei and lay the blame for this tragedy at the feet of theologians and biblical scholars themselves. Of course, Christian thinkers did not set out to silence scripture. Rather,…
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MIND/HEART A psychiatrist in England recently made an interesting revelation at a conference in Wales. Dr. Nick Warner revealed that a hymn penned in the mid 1800s is the most common theme heard in what he termed "musical hallucinations." We all have a tune that gets stuck in our heads, but in a musical…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 17 views
INSIGHT For one middle-aged man, the word "two" appears blue. The number "2" appears orange, and "5" is green. The man has been diagnosed with synesthea, a phenomenon in which printed words and numbers burst with colors, flavors take on shapes, and the spoken language turns into a rainbow. This person…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
INSPIRATION When Amy Porter of Latrobe, PA was a high school senior, she saw a public service announcement about becoming a teacher and was inspired to call the number on the screen 800-45TEACH to get more information. When the woman on the other end of the line answered the phone, Amy told her how she…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
TRADITION Troops from Denmark have joined the Security force in Iraq. Though the Danes are struggling with temperatures around 120, they are prepared for the worst—a blizzard. The 400 soldiers from Denmark reported to Iraq equipped with snow shovels, brooms, and a lawnmower to help them fulfill their…
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Joseph When the bell rang, announcing that lunch recess was over, we'd all run over to the North entrance of Edgemere Elementary School, line up and wait for Mrs. Walls, our 5th grade teacher to come and escort us into the room. It wasn't a sad time, like you might think, we were happy to be going inside…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Standards Martha Stewart inspires me. Every now and then I catch her on one of the morning shows and am utterly amazed at the stuff she does. How does one person become an expert at so many things? She can cook. She can sew. She can garden. Is there anything she can't do? Her new book, The Martha Stewart…