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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 20 views
Every time an Israelite thought of the bones of Joseph, he thought, “We are to go out of this country one day.” Perhaps he was a man prospering in business, laying up store in Egypt, but he would say to himself, “I shall have to part with this; Joseph’s bones are to be carried up; I am not to be here…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 52 views
Man must have a master. He cannot serve two masters, but he must serve one. Of all sorts of men this has been true, and it has perhaps been most clearly seen in those who were evidently made to lead their fellow men. It is specially seen in such a man, for instance, as Alexander, a true king of men,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A herd of 16 cows helped Florida police capture a suspect who jumped out of crashed car and tried to escape. A sheriff’s helicopter captured the incident on video and the crew guided officers on the ground. At one point, a member of the helicopter crew told officers on the ground, “If you see a large…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
When researchers visited a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were amazed at the amount of trash that had washed up on the beach. The researchers said they found an estimated 38 million pieces of trash on Henderson Island. Almost all of the trash was plastic, consisting…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Eric Talmadge is a veteran journalist working for the Associated Press’s Pyongyang bureau in North Korea. Since 2013 he has spent about ten days a month inside the country, always accompanied by an agent of the state. “I just assume that everything I say, to anyone, is on the record,” says Talmadge.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 36 views
In the movie The Mission, Robert DeNiro's character, Mendoza, a kidnapper and slave trader of the indigenous people of South America, repents from his ways and turns to God. Mendoza repeatedly carries a load of armor tied to his body while climbing up a cliff as a form of penance for killing his brother…
Pastor Brad Berglund • Illustration • • 76 views
Background: This is an excerpt from an unpublished book by Brad Berglund. It explores the Christian adage: Wise men still seek him. What would it be like if modern seekers were with the wise men when they worshiped Jesus? Previously, Brought-Low had expressed his fears to a Pharisee in the temple (click…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
In Religulous, Bill Maher says, “Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It’s nothing to brag about, and those who preach faith and enable and elevate it are our intellectual slaveholders keeping mankind in a bondage to fantasy and nonsense that has spawned so much lunacy and destruction! Religion…
Pastor Brad Berglund • Illustration • • 109 views
Background: This is an excerpt from an unpublished book by Brad Berglund. It explores the Christian adage: Wise men still seek him. What would it be like if modern seekers were with the wise men when they worshiped Jesus? Brought-Low was a troubled man with a troubled past. His foolish deeds in his youthful…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 1,254 views
One missionary told of their experience on the field that illustrates this so well. One day they said that an enormous snake—much longer than a man—slithered its way right through their front door and into the kitchen of their simple home. Of course, they were terrified and ran outside looking for one…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 13 views
Nancy Levant, author of The Cultural Devastation of American Women writes, “why are American women, whose culture and males allowed them to have freedom from gender bondage, so incredibly stupid with their freedom? We are free to take vanity to bizarre standards and measures – those created by the beauty,…
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…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 10 views
Communication is hard! Dan Quayle found that out when destiny vaulted him from his rather obscure senate seat in Indiana to becoming the vice president of the United States. Under the glare of the media’s scrutiny, he made some very “memorable” statements. Take a little walk down memory lane with me.…
Adam Carrigan • Illustration • • 10 views
One day the prison warden came to me and said, "A representative from the German embassy is here to see you. Get dressed and go down to the gate." As I walked towards the gate where visitors waited to see prisoners, the lady from the embassy saw me and shouted, "Today I have good news for you! You are…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 467 views
Luther and Erasmus: The Controversy Concerning the Bondage of the Will Protestant Reformed Theological Journal ^ | April 1999 | Garrett J. Eriks Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 6:48:03 PM by HarleyD Introduction At the time of the Reformation, many hoped Martin Luther and Erasmus could unite against…
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200 Years? Ancient democracies wane under the selfishness of human hearts. "The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty;…
Timothy C. Seal • Illustration • • 14 views
BONDAGE OF THE WILL “Another day we will preach from this text:-”No man can come except the Father draw him.” But it is only the will we are talking of now; and it is certain that men will not come unto Christ, that they might have life. We might prove this from many texts of Scripture, but we will take…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 6 views
Joseph Ellis became a best selling author, but even before his writing, he was famous for his vivid lectures. His classes at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts were popular because he would often puncuate his lectures with memories of his own combat experience in Vietnam. As Ellis's reputation grew—his…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 5 views
He also distracts us through busyness. It was Louie Giglio who said that we do not come to church to worship, we should come “worshiping to church.” What he meant is simply this: If my schedule is too busy to allow me to worship God in private, I will usually be too distracted to worship God when I arrive…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 51 views
There are some secular organizations that are just giving up. They are charged to help people out of bondage, but, apart from the gospel, they are finding it impossible, so they are just giving up. That’s what Seattle’s Downtown Emergency Services Center is doing. It's spending $11 million on permanent…
Arie Poot • Illustration • • 20 views
Page 41 Almost from the moment I had ears to hear, I heard those voices, and they have stayed with me ever since. They have come to me through my parents, my friends, my teachers, and my colleagues, but, most of all, they have come and still come through the mass media that surround me. And they say:…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 1,127 views
The Passover When a Jewish boy turned twelve, He was "a son of the law," taking on the full obligations of the law. If Jesus had lived within 20 miles of Jerusalem, it would have been His obligation to attend the Passover feast, but He didn't, He lived in Nazareth, about 60 miles from Jerusalem. But…
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George McGovern flew B-24 bombers in Africa, Italy and Germany during World War II. He had a successful and celebrated military career. His bravery and leadership, along with many others like him, led to victory in Europe securing our freedom that we celebrate today. Stephen Ambrose in The Wild Blue…
Benjamin Kurz • Illustration • • 110 views
On Jesus way to Jerusalem (to die), He had to pass through the same desert in which He was tempted. Maybe Satan's temptations rang in His ears..."maybe there's another way..." Jesus last words to His disciples before coming this way was "we need to confront the gates of Hell." When Jesus entered Jerusalem,…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 14 views
Be faithful in the small things for you never know when God will require more of you. As a nation, America has a rich history. This country was founded by men who believed God’s Word, many of whom were ostracized and even persecuted for their roll in founding America. Of the fifty-six men who signed…