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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 15 views
Before I came to London, a man met me one Sunday in a dreadful state of rage. He vowed he would horsewhip me for bullying him from the pulpit. What had I said? I asked. “What have you said? You looked me in the face and said, “What more can God do for you? Shall he give you a good wife? You have had…
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 31 views
How many things there are in the world, which we have upon our tables and which we even eat, that if we were to put beneath our microscope we should be afraid to touch! For we should see all kinds of loathsome creatures creeping and crawling about in them—such things as we never conceived! And so it…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 8 views
[Dr.] Leon Bender became frustrated when he took a South Seas cruise and observed that the crew was more diligent about hand-washing than the staff at his own hospital. Frequent hand-washing by doctors and nurses is one of the best ways to prevent patient infections, and studies estimate that thousands…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 1 view
By Hollie McKay Published March 02, 2011 | FoxNews.com A day after being fired by legendary fashion house Christian Dior, top designer John Galliano issued an apology for his anti-Semitic remarks, which were caught on camera and have reportedly led to a rehab stint. Meanwhile, the 50-year-old designer…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 31 views
Back in 2000, the FCA leaders of Pearl River Central High School in Carriere, Ms, were discussing plans for the remainder of the school year. "Everyone was writing down goals and plans when suddenly a teacher suggested we reach our school for Christ," said Cary-Anne Dell, a member of the FCA's leadership…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 62 views
Helen Roseveare, a medical missionary in Africa, was the only doctor in a large hospital. There were constant interruptions and shortages, and she was becoming increasingly impatient and irritable with everyone around her. Finally, one of the African pastors insisted, "Helen, please come with me." He…
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…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 8 views
Where’s the Love? 4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. 5 Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. Revelation 2:4-5 (NIV) Most households accumulate…
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,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 6 views
In the movie, Castaway, Tom Hanks plays a FedEx worker marooned on an island when his plane crashes. Over the course of a couple of years he stays on that island suffering all kinds of difficulty from starting his own fire to building the raft that finally takes him to rescue. One of the most difficult…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 2 views
A group of barbers at their annual convention decided to exhibit the value of their tonsorial art. They found a derelict on skid row, gave him a haircut, shave, and a bath; and they dressed him in new clothes of the finest tailoring. They had demonstrated to their satisfaction the worth of tonsorial…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 15 views
And what happens when you repent of your disobedience, fear God, understand your sin, and stop making excuses? Well just consider W. P. Mackay. He writes: My dear mother … had been a godly, pious woman, quite often telling me of the Savior, and many times I had been a witness to her wrestling in prayer…
Illustration • • 126 views
PULASKI, Tenn. - A convicted murderer who escaped from an Indiana prison 35 years ago was found living quietly in a small Tennessee town, authorities said Tuesday. Linda Darby, 64, was arrested Friday in Pulaski, a small city near the Alabama border where she was going by the name Linda Joe McElroy.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 32 views
You all know what this is, right (hold up GPS)? It’s a global positioning satellite device. It’s really neat. It draws you a map of where you’re going; tells you if you’re speeding; tells you how long it takes to reach your destination; it even tells you what time you should arrive. Here’s the deal:…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 6 views
The action of repentance is always inward. The consequences of repentance are always outward.
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 4 views
Many of you will remember him from history. He was the hero of Texas, Sam Houston. That’s not what the Cherokee Indians used to call him, however. They used to call him, “The Old Drunk.” You see, while Sam was the governor of Tennessee, his wife left him. In great despair, he resigned as governor and…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 56 views
He was the riverboat gambler of the patriarchs. A master of sleight of hand and fancy footwork. He had gained a seamy reputation of getting what he wanted by hook or crook—or both. Twice he dealt hidden cards to his dull-witted brother Esau in order to climb the family tree. He once pulled the wool over…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 11 views
Brennan Manning quite courageously admits that 25 years ago, he had a drinking problem. He voluntarily entered a 28-day treatment program. Early on in the treatment program they had to sit in a circle with a leader and tell the truth to themselves, and to the other people in the group, about the extent…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 51 views
There are some secular organizations that are just giving up. They are charged to help people out of bondage, but, apart from the gospel, they are finding it impossible, so they are just giving up. That’s what Seattle’s Downtown Emergency Services Center is doing. It's spending $11 million on permanent…
Joshua Gilliam • Illustration • • 3,474 views
Ivan the Great was the tsar of all of Russia during the Fifteenth Century. He brought together the warring tribes into one vast empire--the Soviet Union. As a fighting man he was courageous. As a general he was brilliant. He drove out the Tartars and established peace across the nation. However, Ivan…
Joshua Gilliam • Illustration • • 11,819 views
From the time of Abraham to the time of Jesus, the Jewish people were the chosen people of God. They were the only people on the face of the earth who knew the one, true God. From Abraham, God raised up this nation to be his voice to the entire world. It was to them that God introduced Himself, gave…
Illustration • • 24 views
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. /Romans 5:10. I am not saved by believing; I realize I am saved by believing. It is not repentance that saves me; repentance is the sign that I realize what God…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 5 views
SIN IS THE BEST NEWS THERE IS...Because with sin, there’s a way out...You can’t repent of confusion or psychological flaws inflected by your parents – you’re stuck with them. But you can repent of sin. Sin and repentance are the only grounds for hope and joy, the grounds for reconciled, joyful relationships.…
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For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified./ Hebrews 10:14. We trample the blood of the Son of God under foot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only explanation of the forgiveness of God and of the unfathomable depth of His forgetting, is…
Stephen Hustedde • Illustration • • 205 views
We come to Christ and yet we still sin. God loves us as we are, but His desire is to make us more like Jesus. Sin is like th cobwebs in the corners of our homes. By watchfulness we can keep the corners clean, but the webs keep showing up. The best way to deal with the cobwebs is to kill the spiders.…