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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 74 views
In January 2000, leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, invited their favorite son, Billy Graham, to a luncheon in his honor. Billy initially hesitated to accept the invitation because he struggles with Parkinson's disease. But the Charlotte leaders said, "We don’t expect a major address. Just come and…
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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…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Twenty children in the Louisville, Kentucky area received a surprise donation that was a dream come true. A partnership including the Boy and Girls Clubs of Kentucky, a home store, the Hope to Dream Program, and a local ministry known as Sleep in Heavenly Peace, provided the children with brand new beds,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
More than 30 years after his father died, an Oklahoma man paid tribute to his father by tracking down and buying a Dodge Challenger that his father previously owned. Bobbie Bohnsak was eight years old when his father died in an accident. He shared his father’s name and as he grew also shared his father’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “Spencer Silver, the scientist who is partially credited with the creation of the Post-it, was working in his lab at the Minnesota-based company, actually trying to develop a very strong adhesive. Unfortunately, he wasn’t successful. What he accidentally made…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Fashion brand Louis Vuitton was looking forward to his fall fashion show which was to be held in France at an outdoor venue. Worried about the weather, Vuitton hired a shaman to ensure that no rain would fall during the show. Something worked because there was no rain during the show. The unidentified…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
When someone stole a brand new $3500 air conditioner from Akron Alliance Fellowship Church in Akron Ohio, church officials posted "Whoever stole our AC Unit: Keep it. It's hot where you're going" on their marquee sign. When interviewed about the sign, Pastor Gus Brown, told reporters "Staying on this…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
The anonymous street-artist Banksy is still “at-large” and world renown. His works easily sell for half-a-million dollars. On October 6, 2018 one of Banksy’s most famous works, “girl with balloon,” went up for auction. Bidding started at 200,000 Euros but eventually sold for 1 million Euros or 1.37 million…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Most of the time, the value of an item is determined by the price someone is willing to pay for it. Believe it or not, Golden Goose, a clothing brand from Italy is selling distressed shoes, complete with the equivalent of duct tape wrapped around it, for $530.00 Amazing! Why would anyone pay so much…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Richard Mayer was a brand new police recruit working at his very first shift. He and his partner took a lunch break at the local Chick-fil-A. A young mother in the restaurant, Melanie Hasse, rushed up to the officers and said her 15-month-old daughter was choking on a piece of apple. Mayer jumped to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
The United States Post Office decided to honor Christmas 2016 by releasing a brand new Forever stamp depicting Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus. The stamp features an image of the family silhouetted against a dawn sky. The baby Jesus is laying in a manger filled with straw while Mary kneels on the right…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 41 views
While Miley Cyrus is no longer a role model for young girls, there is one subject on which we ought to pay attention to her. She is only 22 years old but has already made a fortune. She complains that people from contractors to fellow celebrities are continually trying to get her to buy things she neither…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Authorities in northern China say a woman ruined her brand new Porsche seconds after leaving the showroom when she confused the gas pedal and the brake. The 27-year-old-woman had just turned out of the garage and was on her way home when she suddenly accelerated into a line of cars waiting at a red light.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Georgia student gave the Christmas spirit a whole new meaning when he recently won a $160 tablet from a school fundraiser. When 9-year-old Jarrett Wilson won a brand new Galaxy tablet, he immediately cashed it in and used the money to buy gifts for children on his school’s angel tree. Jarrett bought…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 4 views
By Kate Rogers Published January 23, 2013 |FOXBusiness The Panera Bread Foundation has opened a new community café in Boston, which has no cash register or prices, just suggested donations. Panera Bread Company, which has 1,600 restaurants across the country, opened the café to provide community members…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
A long-haul truck driver who works for Wal-Mart has received an award for driving 4 million miles without an accident. Warren Greeno of Loveland, Colorado accumulated the mileage by driving an average of 500 miles each working day for the last 31 years. To honor Greeno’s accomplishment, the company presented…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 17 views
How serious do we chase after the things we really want? A Palestinian in Gaza is willing to pay triple the normal price for Kentucky Fried Chicken. The delivery includes a border trip into Egypt to get the food. Then it is taken through a smuggling tunnel to a front door delivery in Gaza. Because of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Spouses who are concerned that their other half may not remain faithful have a new weapon at their disposal. It is a wedding ring that has “I’m Married” engraved into the inside in such a way that when the wearer takes the wedding band off, the message remains imprinted on the finger. I think it is kind…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 9 views
Published January 11, 2013 news.com.au Robots may be more advanced than humans in many ways. They can be faster, more efficient, more mathematical and logical than we are. But their understanding of socially appropriate language is less than elementary. Which is why Watson -- the IBM robot that beat…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 12 views
Surgeon Paul Brand tells a story that provides a gripping picture of the work of the paraclete. He was a junior doctor in a London hospital when one day he came into the room of an eighty-one-year-old cancer patient named Mrs. Twigg. Her cancer was in her throat and, as he describes it, this “spry, courageous…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Florida’s woman’s eyesight gave out before his faithful car did. Rachel Vetch bought the 1964 Mercury Caliente brand new. At the time, gasoline was 34 cents a gallon, and Lyndon Johnson was president of the United States. After running a red light in March 2012, Vetch said she realized she could no…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 16 views
By John Blake, CNN President Barack Obama was sharing a pulpit one day with a conservative Christian leader when a revealing exchange took place. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a conservative Christian who has taken public stands against abortion and same-sex marriage, had joined Obama for an AIDS summit.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 19 views
If every one of New York City’s 8 million residents gave a dollar, they could change the plight of the homeless in that city forever. During the 2011 holiday season, Christian recording artist Eric Briarley, spent his days sharing that vision with everyone who passed through Times Square, asking them,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
For most people the Christmas shopping season means spending a little more to share gifts with friends. For those in who work in the retail sector, the busy holiday season is a time to boost their loss-prevention efforts. Studies reveal that one in every 11 people who walk into a store are likely to…
Wesley Crouch • Illustration • • 16 views
New Year Suppose you were to go to a ticket window of an airport and say “I want a ticket.” The clerk would say, “Where to?” and you replied “anywhere” “what tickets do you have?” the ticket clerk would say that is Crazy! You’ll never get anywhere! All day long you can just stand there waiting for a…