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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 16 views
Let your petitions be large. Imitate the example of Alexander’s courtier, who when he was told he might have whatever he chose to ask as a reward for his valor, asked a sum of money so large that Alexander’s treasurer refused to pay it until he had first seen the monarch. When he saw the monarch, he…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 17 views
In The Pilgrim’s Progress, as Christian was going along the exceedingly narrow pathway with a deep ditch on one side and a dangerous quagmire upon the other, he came to a stand. He had half a thought to go back, and then again he thought he might be halfway through the valley, so he resolved to go on.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 12 views
If this glory is to be had, do we not feel like the heroes in Bunyan’s picture? Before the dreamer there stood a fair palace, and he saw persons walking upon the top of it, clad in light and singing. Around the door stood armed men to keep back those who would enter. Then a brave man came up to one who…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 13 views
Have you never seen a canvas upon which the hand of the painter has sketched with daring pencil some marvelous scene of grandeur? You see where the living color has been laid on with an almost superhuman skill. But the artist was suddenly struck dead, and the hand that worked miracles of art was palsied…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 43 views
On some of the old bricks of Egypt and of Babylon there has been found the mark of a dog’s foot. When the brick was made, while it was left to dry, the creature passed over it and left the imprint of its foot upon it. Now, thousands of years afterwards, when we pull down the wall we find the dog-mark.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Ashwag Hajihamid is a young Yazidi woman who was abducted by ISIS and sold into slavery in Iraq back in 2014. She escaped Iraq and fled to Germany. All was well until one day in Germany when she encountered the man that had enslaved her. “I ran away from Iraq so I would not see that ugly face and forget…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Twenty-two year old Niels Jenson encountered a 15’ crocodile in a wildlife park in Northern Australia, but didn’t run away. Instead, he waited for the reptile to finish eating and straddled the animal so he could get a photo riding the crocodile. —Jim L. Wilson https://news.sky.com/story/reckless-tourist-filmed-sitting-on-5m-long-crocodile-in-australia-11508454…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Dylan McWilliams has survived a rattlesnake bite in Utah, a black bear mauling in Colorado, and a shark attack near Kauai. What are the odds? While three deadly encounters are rare, there is one that you can count on. Satan is always poised to attack followers of Jesus Christ and we must be alert. —Jim…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Rugby player Scott Baldwin missed the match between the Ospreys and the Cheetahs after being bitten by a Lion. While the Ospreys and Cheetahs are team mascots, the Lion wasn’t. As it turns out, Baldwin stuck his hand through a fence at a game park in South Africa in an attempt to pet the animal. The…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
The United States government has released a new rule that requires hybrid and electric cars to make noise when traveling at low speeds in order to protect pedestrians. The rule is designed to prevent about 2,400 pedestrian injuries a year, by making the nearly silent vehicles more noticeable, especially…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 20 views
When Ohio State University student Abdul Razak Ali Artan drove a car onto the sidewalk on the OSU campus he hit multiple pedestrians and later stabbed several more with a knife. Another student, Armand Ghazi said, “He seemed like he was there for one reason—to do as much damage as he could.” What a perfect…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Have you ever had a dream where you are free-falling, only to wake up in bed? Ryan Campbell, wasn’t dreaming when he fell down a 60-foot cliff in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky, but he was sleeping. He is OK, suffering only minor injuries. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/10/us-usa-kentucky-fall-idUSKBN0H52HP20140910…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
11-year old Gloria Johnson of Chatham, Michigan says she saw a spider crawling out of a bag of grapes she was washing in the sink. Her 3-year old sister had already eaten some of the grapes, but was unharmed. A crawling spider is one thing, a roaring lion another—We must remain on the alert, because…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Kristopher Wenberg, says he didn’t hear the train approaching as the conductor hit the brakes and blew the horn—he couldn’t hear because of the music playing through his headphones. Unfortunately, Wenberg was at the wrong place at the wrong time—he was walking down a railroad train track when he was…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
E-commerce makes passwords necessary to prevent identity theft. Since there are hackers lurking to crack user’s passwords and steal their resources you would think that internet users would be alert to the dangers. But that isn’t the case. The top 2012 passwords are the same three from a year ago - "password,"…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
A three-year-old British toddler was doing something as harmless as hunting Easter eggs in Somersett, England. He found a brown one but was having some trouble getting it in his basket. When the adults examined his egg they discovered he had found an unexploded hand grenade from WW II. An army bomb squad…
Stress
Pastor Scott Hedge • Willomore Baptist Church • Illustration • • 31 views • 46:59
Stress is • Normal part of life • Caused by change Stress is a never-ending condition of life caused by change, wrong beliefs, and/or unsolicited events—and all of them demand adjustment in life (of some sort) Stress from the outside • Stress is unavoidable • We always have choices on how we respond…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 4 views
For fifteen years Mark Souder served as one of the congressmen from the state of Indiana. He was one of the conservative republicans who came into office during the off year “shellacking” that the Democrats suffered, not in 2010, but in 1994. He was known as a staunch conservative, especially on the…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 19 views
And his strategy is often deception: He deceives us, tempts us, then accuses us. Neil Anderson wrote a very frank book on this back in the ‘90's entitled The Bondage Breaker. He deals at length with numerous experiences he had in helping people overcome Satanic attack. One of the chapters in the book…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
A Senior Living Community in Deltona, Florida suffered turmoil when an angry squirrel entered in the complex seemingly unaware and attacked the residents. The disturbance was so severe that someone called 911 to report the residents were under attack. According to the local paper, the squirrel entered…
Bible Study
Andrew Norvelle • Illustration • • 243 views
Do you see what I see? Purpose: To walk circumspectly, being aware of the traps that seek to draw us from God's goal in our lives. 2 Kings 6:17 Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was…
Illustration • • 12 views
An old Indian legend is told about a young boy who gave in to temptation. Many years ago, an Indian youth hiked a tall rugged mountain, capped with dazzling snow. When he reached the top he stood on the rim of the world. He could see forever, and his heart swelled with pride. Then he heard a rustle at…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 120 views
Men who trap animals in Africa for zoos in America say that one of the hardest animals to catch is the ringtailed monkey. For the Zulus of that continent, however, it's simple. They've been catching this agile little animal with ease for years. The method the Zulus use is based on knowledge of the animal.…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 9 views
The more vigilant you are, the fewer opportunities the devil will have to attack you. Deception has been a part of warfare since the Trojan horse. During WWII, it became high art. Members of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops used special "weapons" such as dummy planes, tanks, anti-aircraft guns, and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
WARNING The devastating tsunamis that struck the nations around the Indian Ocean resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people. Fifteen feet high waves flooded towns and villages on Sri Lanka's southern, eastern, and northern coasts. Though the death toll is stunning, wildfire officials in Sri…