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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 6 views • unknown
FIRST PERSON - Religiously correct prayer: The secular left goes berserk By R. Albert Mohler Jr. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--As expected, the inaugural ceremonies for President George W. Bush opened and closed with prayer. Unexpectedly, the prayers have ignited controversy and unleashed a firestorm of histrionics…
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 17 views
Barna: Doctrinal confusion abounds; Mohler: Church is key to discipleship Oct 14, 2002 By Michael Foust LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Seventy-nine percent of Americans profess a belief in the Trinity, while 74 percent reject the concept of original sin; 59 percent say Satan is merely a symbol of evil; and nearly…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 11 views
The very fact that there are hypocrites proves that all are not so. Do you think there would be any bad bank notes in the world if there were no good ones? Do you think anyone would try and circulate bad sovereigns if there were no really good ones? No, I think not. It is the good bank note that makes…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
MENTORING Discipleship needs the kind patterning that can only happen in healthy and authentic Christian relationships. Jim Wilder wisely observes, “Who we love has far more impact on character than what we believe.” — Jim Wilson and Jon R. Pennington --Jim Wilder, Renovated: God, Dallas Willard, and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Eric Spiegel, a licensed psychologist encourages processing emotions by putting “words to what you’re feeling.” One way to do that would be to talk to a friend or family member, or a mental health professional. Another way would be to have an open and honest time of prayer with God and express your pain…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
100 years after the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer announced an ambitious plan to build a replica. It will first make the passage from Southampton to New York, then perhaps around the world. The plan is back on track after finances…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
We often hear those opposed to religion make comments like “religion has been the cause of more wars that have killed more people than all other causes.” It is a way they argue against the church or anything Christian. But is it true? In their recently published book, Encyclopedia of Wars, authors Charles…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
An article on loneliness in USA Today gives the following prescription for overcoming persistent loneliness. “Pick up the phone and call someone. Go outside and take a walk. Spend more time interacting with others in person vs. on social media. There is no one answer — it can be complicated to address…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
People prefer relatable leaders. In his book, The Painful Side of Leadership, Jeff Iorg says that too many leaders are excessively image conscious. They want their followers to believe that they are always right, always in control, and always accurate in their judgments. Leaders are often driven by insecurities…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 40 views
In the wake of the 2016 harsh political season, Mark Zuckerberg made a public statement that the Facebook social media site would be seeking to stop the spread of fake news stories. He wrote: “Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99% of what people see is authentic…” The reality is that the problem…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 35 views
Italian police investigating drug crimes discovered two Van Gogh paintings that vanished in a 2002 robbery. The paintings were found in a farmhouse where police seized over $22 million worth of assets. The director of the Van Gogh Museum Axel Rueger said investigators had contacted them so that art experts…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
190 years after Thomas Jefferson died, a lock of his hair sold at a Texas auction for nearly $6,875. Heritage Auctions in Dallas said the sale involved 14 strands of Jefferson’s hair that were saved by his doctor at the time of his death in 1826. Though the buyer wished to remain anonymous, Heritage…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 36 views
People will counterfeit anything they can get away with, it seems. A New York woman was arrested after she was caught driving with a cardboard license plate that she had made at home. Police caught her when they noticed that she did not have a front plate to match. Counterfeits are everywhere. Jesus…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 106 views
What is the impact of our lives and our churches on our communities? Are we fulfilling our mission to reach the world with the message of the Gospel? Or are we just marking time and creating wonderful, peaceful communities of believers who are not impacting the world? The Barna Group has released a 2015…
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 • • 69 views
in Flickering Pixels, Shane Hipps writes, “This anonymous intimacy has a strange effect. It provides just enough connection to keep us from pursuing real intimacy. In a virtual community, our contacts involve very little real risk and demand even less of us personally. Vulnerability is optional. A community…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Manuel Reija is a convenience store clerk in La Coruna, Spain. He found a lottery ticket on his counter and before throwing it away he checked the numbers. He discovered it was a $6.3 million winner. “I was standing up, but I had to sit down. I almost broke the chair, I was so flustered,” Reija told…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 73 views
Speaking to a group of church leaders, author, filmmaker, and pastor Erwin McManus reminded them that the Bible remains relevant when reaching out to younger generations. The statistics concerning Bible engagement among the Millennial generation, born between 1981 and 2000, are not encouraging. Bible…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
There is an invention, which is an article of clothing called “Like-A-Hug.” It is a “wearable social media vest” and was invented by MIT as a part of their Media Lab’s Tangible Media Group. It is essentially a vest that inflates, almost like a life jacket, every time one of your facebook friends “likes”…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 29 views
The man, who created the much publicized formula behind the idea of Blue Monday, says it was nothing more than a public relations gimmick. Dr. Cliff Amall has a master’s degree in research methods and was researching stress management and depression when he was asked to put together the formula for a…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 139 views
One of the characteristics that young people look for today in the church is authenticity. How do you know when something is authentic? When going to Panda Express for lunch we assume we are eating Chinese food. Right? Panda Express is planning to expand into China, where they will find their menu a…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 55 views
An art forger, who gave convincing copies of famous works of art to over 50 museums over the past thirty years, has now become somewhat of a celebrity himself. Mark Lantis disguised as anything from a priest to a wealthy donor, donated copies of Picassos and other famous painters to unsuspecting museums…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 60 views
In Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash A Revolution In Your Life in Christ, Peter Scazzero writes, “The Bible does not spin the flaws and weaknesses of its heroes. Moses was a murderer. Hosea's wife was a prostitute. Peter rebuked God! Noah got drunk. Jonah was a racist. Jacob was a liar. John…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 36 views
Police in Tennessee had to apologize to a man after he was arrested for using a $50 bill they thought was phony, but turned out to be genuine. Shelbyville police were called to a convenience store after a store clerk called them after a marker used to detect counterfeit money did not indicate the bill…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 54 views
In The Church Awakening: An Urgent Call for Renewal, Charles Swindoll writes, “Even in a culture marked by postmodernism and addicted to consumerism, the church doesn’t need gimmicks to attract people. Instead it needs biblical truth taught in an interesting manner and lived out in unguarded authenticity—in…