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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
What might be the primary purpose of colleges and universities? To see how many national championships they can accumulate? To see who can rank the highest in the annual issue of US News & World Report for Best Colleges? To see who can register the most students? If graduating the students is a high…
Adam R. Bradley • Illustration • • 7 views
“The church is not incidental to the great cosmic struggle for the hearts and souls of modern men and women. It is the instrument God has chosen for that battle – a battle we are called to by virtue of being members of His body.” Charles W. Colson (1992), The Body
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TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO (tee-WAH-nah). The housing business is booming in Tijuana, Mexico. There are new housing developments popping up in every available open field. The Tijuana Team is focusing on these new suburbs to reach people in transition who are more open to the gospel. One such new…
Michael McDonald • Illustration • • 809 views
Jim Elliot From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Jim Elliot Born: October 8, 1927 Portland, Oregon Died: January 8, 1956 Ecuador Occupation: Missionary Spouse: Elisabeth Elliot For others named Jim Elliot, see Jim Elliot (disambiguation) Philip James Elliot (October 8, 1927…
Stefan Josi • Illustration • • 8 views
Breaking Away to Follow Christ A while back Will Willimon, Dean of the Chapel down at Duke University, got a call from an upset parent, a VERY upset parent. "I hold you personally responsible for this," he said. "Me?" Will asked. The father was hot, upset because his graduate school bound daughter had…
Ian Forest-Jones • Illustration • • 14 views
Rice Temple Baptist Church in Houston, TX enabled the congregation to partner with a group of Hooters waitresses to meet the needs of the people of Oak Island, a Galveston Bay coastal community almost completely wiped out in September by Hurricane Ike. Hooters Restaurants have long been known as much…
Eric Matthew Estes • Illustration • • 42 views
Dr. Frederich Pfotenhauer, president of the Synod during the Great Depression, said in his report to the Synod convention in 1932: “It is true that the present economic conditions throughout the world induce us, if we do not keep our vision clear, to curtail our church activities. No doubt, money is…
Ian Forest-Jones • Illustration • • 6 views
People who are dissatisfied with how their church is helping them develop spiritually (about 17% overall) are most concerned about three elements of the weekend worship service. 68% say the service does not incorporate Bible teaching that helps them with everyday life. 70% say the service is not challenging…
NK • Illustration • • 1 view
In Highland New Guinea, now Papua New Guinea, a British district officer named James Taylor contacted a mountain village, above three thousand feet, whose tribe had never seen any trace of the outside world. It was the 1930s. He described the courage of one villager. One day, on the airstrip hacked from…
Chris Hodges • Illustration • • 18 views
It's crowded in worship today As she slips in Trying to fade into the faces The girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know, Farther than they know CHORUS But if we are the Body Why aren't His arms reaching Why aren't His hands healing Why aren't His words teaching And if we are the Body…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 2 views
One of the biggest challenges for leaders is keeping the mission and values of the organization in front of their leadership. These days most churches have a mission statement hanging on the wall somewhere. Most have a list of values printed in an employee handbook. But how do you keep that kind of information…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 16 views
During the Vietnam War, two men were shot down over North Vietnam in separate incidents that occurred at about the same time. One was Porter Halyburton, a Southern white boy who was something of a racist. The other was Fred Cherry, the first black officer captured by the North Vietnamese. The two men…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 265 views
Transcript It is always very difficult knowing how to explain what I do when people ask me. I’m a Cannon in the Church of England. But if I say that, people don’t know what I’m talking about. So I try to be a little bit creative. I was sitting next to a lady in an airplane at Heathrow Airport. And I…
Nathan Kuperus • Illustration • • 13 views
The person … who looks for quick results in the seed planting of well-doing will be disappointed. If I want potatoes for dinner tomorrow, it will do me little good to go out and plant potatoes in my garden tonight. There are long stretches of darkness and invisibility and silence that separate planting…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 14 views
John Piper, pastor and author, defines a holy ambition as something that you really, really, really want to do—and that God wants you to do also. Some people would call this passion, but it’s passion under the lordship of Jesus Christ. What’s yours? Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things, Multnomah Books,…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 3 views
As one education expert put it, “Out current ceiling for students is really much closer to where the floor ought to be.” Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things, Multnomah Books, Portland, OR. Page 36
John Leffler • Illustration • • 7 views
For all of us, expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy. In the words of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.” Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things, Multnomah Books, Portland, OR. Page 41
John Leffler • Illustration • • 15 views
Americans crave the right to choose. We revere our autonomy. We don’t want to participate in a predetermined plot; we want to create our own future. We are the masters of our own destiny—the captain of our ship. No one else is allowed at the helm. The entertainment industry bears out the American preference…
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Title: What Could You Accomplish in 7 years? Want a shocker? Take the average amount of time that you watch TV or play Video games per day, e.g., two hours (below the national average). Do you realize that over a period of 60 years, you will spend the equivalent of 7 ½ years, sitting in front of the…
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Late For Class Years ago on a seminary campus a New Testament professor was lecturing on the parables. This professor was known for his strictness. He often penalized students even if they were tardy! After spending a fair amount of time on the parable of the Good Samaritan, he posted a notice on the…
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The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, and one of the applicants - who was not known to be the brightest academically, was called in for an interview. "Okay," began the sheriff, "What is 1 and 1?" "Eleven," came the reply. The sheriff thought to himself, "That's not what I meant, but he's right."…
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\\ How Wealthy Are We? From the standpoint of material wealth, we Americans have difficulty realizing how rich we are. Robert Heilbroner, who has written dozens of books on the subject of the economy, suggest that we go through a little mental exercise that will help us count our blessings. Imagine doing…