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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
The city of Santa Teresa, New Mexico has pumped millions of dollars into the state’s economy. The border-crossing, port-of-entry has streets lined with warehouses filled with goods of every kind. The city remains unincorporated, and though there are plenty of buildings, the city lacks shops, cafes, gas…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
In their book, Simple Church: Returning to God’s process for making disciples Thom Rainer & Eric Geiger write, “According to the Scripture, a believer’s life is to be transformed more and more. People are not supposed to be the same. There is to be progression, movement.” —Jim L. Wilson Simple Church:…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
In 2014, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline received reports of 5,042 potential human trafficking cases. Almost one-third of the cases involved minors. The department of justice believes about 300,000 children in the United States are trafficking victims. Shannon Forsythe is the founder…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Former NFL football player turned pastor; Miles McPherson says a lot of people don’t understand the real purpose of marriage. Speaking to a group of college students at Liberty University, McPherson warned the students not to get married because they want to get happy, because that motivation is wrong.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 20 views
A woman has developed incredible mental abilities after suffering a brain injury in a skiing accident. The unnamed woman has been diagnosed with ‘savant syndrome,” an extremely rare condition which leaves people with amazing musical, artistic, or mathematical abilities. Doctors believe it is due to the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
In 2013, an unknown arsonist set fire to the Palmetto Presbyterian Church. Fortunately, the damage was limited to some soot on the exterior of the building and damage to the church’s Gothic mahogany doors. While authorities search for the person responsible, church members are celebrating a transformation.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 33 views
Premier Health Plans has a new salesperson presenting their insurance plans to the public for purchase. Samantha West is a charming, jovial, and very knowledgeable about insurance plans. The only thing is she is a robot. She is controlled by people operating a call center who use her to cover up their…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Engineers from the Colorado School of Mines have found a new way to get minerals. Rather than dig them out of the ground, the researchers are finding resources in the trash. So far, the project has been able to turn left-over banana peels, eggshells, and rice husks into crystal-clear glass. The process…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
"We don't claim to be a Christian business," say Dan Cathy President and COO of Chick-fil-a. Many years ago, he heard Christian businessman Fred Roach say, "There is no such thing as a Christian business. But as an organization we can operate on biblical principles. So that is what we claim to be. [We…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 20 views
Harvard professors examined what observers thought of individuals who deviate from the norm in a workplace and retail setting. They asked store clerks and customers to rate what they thought of others who walked into luxury stores wearing gym clothes. The customers said, “That person seems out of place.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Tech experts warn digital device users that when they discard the old devices, they may still retain sensitive data. Older laptops and smartphones can be a goldmine for identity thieves if they fall into their hands. Even if the user thinks they have been erased, a tech savvy thief can get information…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao is a tremendous boxer but he was a lousy person and a worse husband. He drank too much, he gambled, and perhaps worst of all, he cheated on his wife. Just a few months ago his personal life was in shambles. “He was immersed in the vices of celebrity—the drinking, the gambling,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
In the Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg writes, “Scientists have studied the brains of alcoholics, smokers, and overeaters and have measured how their neurology—the structures of their brains and the flow of neurochemicals inside their skulls—changes as their cravings became ingrained. Particularly strong…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Nebraska man recently returned home to thank the Omaha police officer who arrested him and turned his life around ten years earlier. Mark Allen wanted to include the offering of gratitude as he celebrated nine years of sobriety. Allen said he researched the information on his case in order to track…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 87 views
In the movie “Coming to America” An African Prince by the name of Prince Akeem (played by Eddie Murphy) and his sidekick-Seemi (Played by Arsenio Hall) came to America to find Akeem a Queen, and decided to live in Queens, NY. Akeem wanted to find an ordinary woman who loved him for more than his wealth…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 30 views
In The Divine Commodity: Discovering a Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity, Skye Jethani writes, “In Consumer Christianity, our concern is not primarily whether people are transformed to reflect the countercultural values of God’s kingdom, but whether they are satisfied — often measured by attendance…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Liz Murray’s drug-addicted parents raised her and her sister in poverty in New York—really raised isn’t the right word, they had to care for themselves. Her father was an intelligent man, quite gifted, but lived a diminished life because of the drugs. Her mother suffered from mental illness along with…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
A study at a Kansas University found almost no difference in the sex practices of atheists and highly religious people. Adultery, masturbation, and other sex acts are as prevalent among the religious as the irreligious. The only difference investigators found was that the religious feel guilty about…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
In Forgotten God: Reversing our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, Francis Chan writes, “If it’s true that the spirit of God dwells in us and that our bodies are the Holy Spirit’s temple, then shouldn’t there be a huge difference between the person who has the Spirit of God living inside of him or her…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Sociologist Robert Woodson, President of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise and author of a new book, The Triumph of Joseph: How Community Healers Are Reviving our Streets and Neighborhoods, speaks to need for transformation. “If I’m killing myself, I do not need to be rehabilitated. I need to be…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 3 views
The real estate salesman said, "This house has both its good points and its bad points. To show you I'm honest, I'm going to tell you about both. The disadvantages are that there is a chemical plant one block south and a slaughterhouse a block north." "What are the advantages?" inquired the prospective…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Get Creative I don't watch a lot of television during the fall and winter, there just isn't a lot to watch after the World Series and before Spring Training, but I have found a show that is become an addiction to me-The Discovery Channel's Monster Garage. It is awesome. Jessie James, assembles a crew…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
TRANSFORMATION In his book, The Shape of Faith to Come, Brad Waggoner writes, “Preaching that fills the head with a lot of biblical facts is vastly different from preaching that focuses on putting truth into practice. We must call the people of God to action, and they must see that we are practicing…
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…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 23 views
TRANSFORMATION In his book, Satisfy your Soul, Bruce Demarest writes, “The goal of Christian spirituality is not information; it is transformation into the likeness of Christ.” --Satisfy your Soul, 96. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV) “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies…