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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
In an effort to allow a greater range of responses, Facebook has added new emojis for users in some countries to use. In Ireland and Spain, users can now use a throbbing heart for “love,” a fuming face for “anger,” a teary-eyed “Sad,” and others. Facebook calls the new symbols “Reactions” and modeled…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Utah Valley University is providing students a lane designated for texting while walking. The lanes are painted neon green on the stairs to the gym and were intended as a light hearted way to brighten up the space and get student’s attention. A picture of the lanes marked for runners, walkers, and texters…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Eight-year-old Cayden Taipalus was upset when he saw a friend denied a hot lunch at school because his account was overdue. When he got home that day, he told his mother how upset he was and that he had decided to do something to help his friend and others who were forced to go without a hot lunch. Cayden…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 19 views
Richard Hudgins of Louisville, KY will go barefoot for a year to bring awareness to the need for shoes for the less fortunate. He states, "Millions of children are without shoes and these kids are dying and having their limbs cut off just because they don't have anything to protect their feet." His quest…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Dogs are often called man’s best friend, but for three-year-old Brianna Lynch, her Great Dane is more than a friend, he is a protector. Brianna suffers from epilepsy. Her family says the best medicine she has is Brianna’s dog, Charlie. The Great Dane has never been trained as a detection dog, but he…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
A Chinese woman has become somewhat of a local hero because of her efforts to find and care for babies she finds on the streets of her city. 88-year-old Lou Xiaoying, suffers from kidney failure, but takes time to rescue children, some of whom she finds in the trash. Since her husband passed away 17…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 18 views
Robert Farrar Capon wrote in Christianity Today: You're worried about permissiveness--about the way the preaching of grace seems to say it's okay to do all kinds of terrible things as long as you just walk in afterward and take the free gift of God's forgiveness. ... While you and I may be worried about…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 1,549 views
Grace allows you to love God and do as you please. For when you love God, you will do as He pleases.—Augustine When Billy Graham was driving through a small southern town, he was stopped by a policeman and charged with speeding. Graham admitted his guilt, but was told by the officer that he would have…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 17 views
MERCY The owner of a store in New York thwarted a robbery, and then took pity on the robber by providing some money and food and money. A video posted by a New York Newspaper shows a masked man entering a convenience store armed with a baseball bat, just after midnight on May 21. When the owner of the…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 3 views
HE HAD SERVED ON THE SEAS SSINCE HE WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD. HIS FATHER, AN ENGLISH SHIPMASTER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, TOOK HIM ABOARD AND TRAINED HIM WELL FOR A LIFE IN THE ROYAL NAVY. YET WHAT JOHN GAINED IN EXPERIENCE, HE LACKED IN DISCIPLINE. HE MOCKED AUTHORITY. RAN WITH THE WRONG CROWD. INDULGED IN…
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CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Susan Atkins, the terminally ill Charles Manson follower who admitted stabbing actress Sharon Tate 40 years ago, lost what was likely to be her last bid for freedom. Atkins, who suffers from brain cancer, slept through most of the four-hour hearing Wednesday during which her husband-lawyer…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
Mercy The foul stench of Nineveh's wickedness meandered into heaven and turned God's stomach! So God ordered Jonah, a prophet of the Lord, to go to Nineveh, a foreign land, and proclaim His judgment against it. Jonah didn't like the assignment. Why? The word of the Lord often came to prophets, and when…
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In Character Is DestinyJohn McCain wrote about his imprisonment in the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War. "During the time I was held in solitary, I was caught, not for the first time, communicating with my dear friend in the cell next to mine. For my transgression, I was kept overnight in a punishment…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 9 views
"A friend was lecturing in Latin America. He was going to use a translator, but to identify with his audience; he wanted to begin his talk by saying in Spanish, "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." He arrived at the auditorium a little early and realized he did not know the Spanish words for ladies…
Bill Hamilton • Illustration • • 12 views
Since God has shown us great mercy, I beg you to offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him. Romans 12:1 Resentment is the cocaine of the emotions. It causes our blood to pump and our energy level to rise. But, also like cocaine, it demands increasingly large and more frequent dosages. There is a…
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In today’s first reading we heard that the people esteemed the apostles, but they were afraid to join them. How many of us esteem the Lord, but keep a distance because we are afraid to approach Him in the tribunal of mercy, the confessional? We need to conquer our fear and come before the Lord in His…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 8 views
James 2:1-13 This passage in James always makes me smile. I find it funny that James, the brother of Christ, would be advising others not to show favoritism. He probably spent years watching Jesus being treated as the favorite before he wrote this. Sibling rivalry is always difficult, but when your older…
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God loves us for ourselves. He values our love more than He values galaxies of new created worlds. --A. W. Tozer
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When you and I hurt deeply, what we really need is not an explanation from God but a revelation of God. We need to see how great God is; we need to recover our lost perspective on life. Things get out of proportion when we are suffering, and it takes a vision of something bigger than ourselves to get…
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The Homeless Woman’s Poem A homeless woman once approached a preacher for help, but because he was busy and helpless, he turned her away and offered to pray for her instead. The homeless woman, it is said, wrote this poem as a response too that insensitive minister: "I was hungry, and you formed a humanities…
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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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Teens confused about how to get to heaven A recent LifeWay Research survey of American teens shows that most believe in heaven but have mixed views about how to get there. According to a May 23 Baptist Press story: Results show that 69 percent of teens believe heaven exists. Also, a majority strongly…