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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
June 2015 was one second longer than usual because scientists added one leap second to keep the earth and atomic clocks in synch. Scientists say that leap seconds are not like a leap days, which come every four years. Leap seconds are not predictable because weather exerts a force on the Earth’s surface,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 7 views
I find this great need for control in my own life constantly. Recently we went on our staff retreat. We always handle some items of business on the way to wherever we’re staying. This year we took a personality test. Yep, that’s right! I suppose we were trying to see if any us actually had a personality.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
A one and a half year old boy in Ontario had to be broken out of a washing machine after it started its wash cycle. One of the boy’s family members loaded him into the machine. When the door closed, the machine started to fill with water. None of the family members could open the door and a nearby construction…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 81 views
CONTROL The fast pace of today's world may not be all it's cracked up to be. A new survey suggests many people feel their lives are out of control. The study by WingspanBank.com found 61% of Americans feel at least one aspect of their lives is out of control. The top three priorities among respondents…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 7 views
This was the first written code of laws in the history of Greece, though not the first to be handed down by the gods. The Lorcrians like dit so well that they required any man who wished to propose a new law to speak with a rope around his neck, so that, if his motion failed, he might be hanged with…
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The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me (Gal. 2:20b, NIV). J. D. Grey wrote a helpful little book titled Epitaphs for Eager Preachers. From his experience, he was warning young ministers of the pitfalls which may lead to the death of ministry.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 1,290 views
CONTROL The motion picture Kung Fu Panda offers a unique snapshot of the one part of life that troubles most people, the illusion of control. A panda named Po comes from a family of noodle merchants. Though his family hopes that he will sell many noodles, Po dreams of becoming a Kung Fu Master. Through…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 11 views
One pastor’s wife told me recently, “I hate to have prayer with John. He begins right away to beseech the Almighty to reveal to me my sins: ‘Lord, help Susan with her laziness. Reveal to her how she can be more organized. Create in her a spirit of submissiveness so she can be the godly woman you want…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Remaining Faithful It is HOT. I don't mean warm or toasty, it is HOT! The weatherman says it is unseasonably HOT. We expect extreme heat in the summer, but not in the early spring. God designed the world to run in seasons or cycles. They are predictable movements of nature. Have you ever considered the…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 7 views
“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish yourself to be.” – Thomas A Kempis Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness, Andrew Murray, page 75
Chad Oltman • Illustration • • 63 views
Talking About Idolatry in a Postmodern Age by: Tim Keller article url: http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/articles.php?a=2 IDOLATRY IN THE BIBLE When I first began reading through the Bible I looked for some unifying themes. I concluded that there are many and that if we make just one theme the theme…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 7 views
When talking to an out of control employee... "Your Radar Screen needs to match Our Radar Screen... When it doesn't we go by our radar!" Source: Tim Knight
John Leffler • Illustration • • 8 views
"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart." ~ Jonathan Swift "Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." ~ Will Rogers "A penny saved is a penny earned." ~ Benjamin Franklin "Do not value money for any more…
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This Guy Needs a Stunt Double, Pronto Even the most hysterical Keanu-phobes would agree that what happened to Kevin Nicolle is just a teensy — and we mean teensy — bit more horrifying than being forced to watch “Speed” again. Nicolle was driving along the highway in his BMW when the accelerator stuck…
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Why does God bring thunderclouds and disasters when we want green pastures and still waters? Bit by bit we find behind the clouds, the Father's feet; behind the lightning, an abiding day that has no night; behind the thunder, "a still, small voice" that comforts with a comfort that is unspeakable. --Oswald…
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"Suffering" ? The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from…
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Exam supervisors at a German university stuck to rules so rigidly that a man with a bladder dysfunction had to urinate in a bottle in front of 120 fellow students because they would not let him go to the toilet. Overseers at the University of Freiburg in southwestern Germany told the…
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"Overboard Rescue" Passengers aboard a luxurious cruise ship were having a great time when a beautiful young woman fell overboard. Immediately there was an 80-year-old man in the water who rescued her. The crew pulled them both out of the treacherous waters. The captain was grateful as well as astonished…