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Robert Phillips • Illustration • • 10 views
SHINING OUR LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS In 1986, when Gospel singer Amy Grant crossed over into the secular market, many Christians were outraged that people could turn to any rock radio station and hear Amy Grant sing about her love for Jesus. At a concert some time later, she confessed that she was in great…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 8 views
A True Light 14 Do everything without complaining or arguing ,15 so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe 16 as you hold out the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ…
Terry Cavanaugh • Illustration • • 102 views
God is Cheering for You by Max Lucado If your God is Mighty enough to ignite the sun, could it be that He is mighty enough to light your path? God is for you. Not “may be,” not “has been,” not “was,” not “would be,” but “God is!” He is for you. Today. At this hour. At this minute. As you read this sentence.…
Ian Forest-Jones • Illustration • • 6 views
"Saints do not see things others do not see. On the contrary. They see just what everyone else sees -- but they see it differently." Source: attributed to Jonathan Edwards
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Scientists claim they have a new state of matter by creating a form of aluminum that is transparent to extreme ultraviolet radiation. The study detailed in the journal, Nature Physics, sound like something from science fiction lore. To create the new state of matter, a short pulse of high intensity laser…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 9 views
A circus owner walked into a restaurant to see everyone crowded around a table watching a little show. On the table was an upside down pot and a duck tap dancing on it. The circus owner was so impressed that he offered to buy the duck from its owner. After some wheeling and dealing they settled for $10,000…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 21 views
...[A] lady...had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century. She was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she decided to be among the first to have electricity in her home. Several weeks after the installation, a meter reader appeared at…
Bradley Waldrop • Illustration • • 6 views
I come from a military family, more precisely I come from a Navy family. This was evident when I was growing up and through my years in Boy Scouts. My dad used to teach us pioneering, orientation, sailing, and marksmanship. One of the most fascinating skills my father had was an ability to understand…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
The Light in the Kitchen A couple weeks ago, Paola Hernandez told me that she just changed jobs and got a significant raise when she did. I was excited for her when she told me the news, but as she told me more about the change I became very proud of her. When she was interviewing for the job, she told…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
This Little Light of Mine Is your idea of camping staying in Motel 6 instead of the Holiday Inn? Not us, the Wilson's are campers. We love to pitch a tent or crawl into our camper and spend the night or the week in the wilderness. Campers are a special breed. We love the challenges of nature and the…
Chad Oltman • Illustration • • 30 views
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light do we see light. (Psalm 36:9) There is something very special about the gentle radiance of the dancing Hanukkah lights. Even as we gaze at the flickering flames knowing that the candles will burn down each night, we also know that they will be relit…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 7 views
Once, at the end of a lecture, Dr. Alexander Papaderos, a Greek philosopher and founder of an institute on the island of Crete, was asked, “What is the meaning of life?” Rather than dismissing such a difficult question, he took from his pocket a small round mirror about the size of a quarter. He told…
Bryan O Clements • Illustration • • 4 views
Scripture: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 1 John 1: 5 The LORD is my light and my salvation-- whom shall I fear? Psalm 27: 1 You know what this is. It is a night light. Sometimes our parents put one of these in our room so that we won't be afraid. Are any of you ever afraid of the…
Bryan O Clements • Illustration • • 11 views
Have you ever sat outside on a bright sunny day and used a mirror to reflect the sun’s light? If one of you will take this flashlight and shine it on me I will show you what I mean. You see, as the light shines on me, I hold up my mirror and I can reflect the light to shine on you. I am not the light,…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 12 views
Maybe an old story about a desert nomad who awakened in the middle of the night can help. This man sat up, lit a candle, and began eating dates from a bowl beside his bed. He took a bite from one end and saw a worm in it, so he threw it out of the tent. He bit into the second date, found another worm,…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 21 views
[original title: "Where Do We Get Our Brilliance?"] What do we Christians do to counter this violence-filled world? We are to be more visible witnesses to Jesus' reign. In order to do this, we must be willing to be human in an environment of vulnerability; that is, to understand that when we are in relationships…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 22 views
Mark 4 21-25; Lk 8 16-18; Light; Dark Darkness; Light of the World; Witness; Evangelism; Commission; Culture; Identity; Grace; Ordinary; Plain; Boldness; Bold; A man I know recalls growing up in a little town in the mountains. There were few streetlights, and when bedtime came, the streets were dark.…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 16 views
Imagine a world without Christmas lights. That would be the world before 1882. Oh, people built bonfires and attached candles to the limbs of their Christmas trees (sometimes burning down the town in the process), but it wasn’t until Edward Johnson, Thomas Edison’s associate, invented electric Christmas…
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America Is Great Because French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast…
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Evangelism An executive hirer, a "head-hunter" who goes out and hires corporation executives for other firms, once told me, "When I get an executive that I'm trying to hire for someone else, I like to disarm him. I offer him a drink, take my coat off, then my vest, undo my tie, throw up my feet and talk…
Illustration • • 10 views
\\ Prayer and Forgiveness We cannot come to God in honest prayer when we have not forgiven one another transgressions: A young boy saw a pack of cigarettes on the ground and decided to try them. He went to a field near his home and, after several fumbling attempts, got one to light up. It didn't taste…
Illustration • • 11 views
This is well-nigh the greatest of discoveries a man can make, that God is not confined in churches, but that the streets are sacred because His presence is there, that the market-place is one of His abiding places, and ought, therefore, to be a sanctuary. Any moment in any place, the veil can suddenly…