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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 5 views
If children have learned a thing by heart, rather than merely by rote, they have made it their own, and it remains with them. A man with whom God the Holy Spirit deals is one who does not have to go to Exodus 20 to know what the law is. He does not need to stop and ask concerning most things, “Is this…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
A wallet found inside the walls of cottage undergoing renovation in Georgia was returned to the family of the owner. Mary Kay Andrews, an author who owns the house now, said crews found the wallet inside a wall, and it appeared the wallet had been there for decades. Documents inside the billfold identified…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 41 views
A new study at the University of Toronto suggests that family bonds are far more important to adult wellbeing than friendships. Researchers surveyed some 3000 people between 57 and 85, asking about their closest relationships, health, and well-being. They found that those who felt “extremely close” to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
A young 18-year-old from Connecticut would do well to remember the fifth commandment. When his mother insisted he clean his room, he cursed her. When things got out of hand, the police showed up and arrested him. His response was to tell the police, “I have rights.” --The Week, October 14, 2011 p. 6…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 20 views
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.—Benjamin Franklin Many years ago, a senior executive of the Standard Oil Company made a wrong decision that cost the company more than $2 million. John D. Rockefeller was running the firm. On the day the news leaked out, most of the executives…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
FATHERS Maria Kefalas is a sociologist who studies marriage and family issues. She is a self-identified feminist who has co-authored a book called, Promises I can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage. Her research has shown that few things hamper a child as much as not having a father…
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LOS ANGELES — As she walked from a post office, Talon Curtis thought she'd found one of those gimmicky sweepstakes offers on the ground that scream something like "$357,959.55" in big bold letters and "This is not a real check" in much smaller type. But just as she was about to do her part for a cleaner…
Illustration • • 6 views
EASTON, Pa. — A man accused of driving drunk said Pennsylvania courts have no jurisdiction over him because he's his own country. After seeing the paperwork that 44-year-old Scott Allan Witmer filed with the court claiming sovereignty, a Northampton County judge said Tuesday he cannot be released from…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 56 views
Greed is the logical result of the belief that there is no life after death. We grab what we can while we can however we can and then hold on to it hard.—Sir Fred Catherwood, British politician Famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was not satisfied…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 11 views
Four royal brothers each decided to master a special ability. Time went by, and the brothers met to reveal what they had learned. “I have mastered a science,” said the first, “by which I can take but a bone of some creature and create the flesh that goes with it.” “I,” said the second, “know how to grow…
Chris Hodges • Illustration • • 49 views
Merv Griffin once interviewed Charlton Heston about Heston’s experience playing Moses in the movie, The Ten Commandments. Griffin asked, “Charlton, has making a religious movie impacted your spiritual outlook?” Heston looked at Griffin and replied, “You can’t walk barefoot down Mount Sinai and be the…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 17 views
A young man was to be sentenced to the penitentiary. The judge had known him from childhood, for he was well acquainted with his father—a famous legal scholar and the author of an exhaustive study entitled, The Law of Trusts. "Do you remember your father?" asked the magistrate. "I remember him well,…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 6 views
There's an old Jewish story: A rabbi was sitting next to an atheist on an airplane. The rabbi's family was also on the plane. Every few minutes, one of the rabbi's children or grandchildren would come by and ask him if he needed anything—more food, a blanket, etc. The atheist remarked, "The respect your…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 6 views
About three-fourths of the German autobahn road system has no blanket speed limit; and in those areas, the average speed is about 93 mph. While most European car manufacturers operate under a “gentleman’s agreement” to limit the top speeds of their cars to 155 mph, autobahn speeds of up to 186 mph are…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 6 views
10 Commandments for Drivers The Vatican issued a 10 commandments for motorists warning drivers against the sins of road rage, abuse of alcohol or even simple rudeness. The unusual document also warned that automobiles can be “an occasion of sin,” particularly when used to make a dangerous passing maneuver…
Brent Harris • Illustration • • 10 views
There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. "Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk. The lady answered, "Only the Ten Commandments." Source: E-mail from Jill, January 14, 2006
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Kitam Hamm lives in a gang-infested community in Southern California. In the last four years, he has seen nine friends die because of gang violence. Playing football, even being a football star is not enough to keep young men from being involved in gang violence. Hamm has excelled both on the football…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Mother's Day In 1872, the author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, Julia Howe suggested the idea of a special day set aside to honor Mothers and celebrate peace, but the idea never took root. Never that is, until the early 20th century. A couple years after her mother's death, Anna Jarvis held a ceremony…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 67 views
MOTHERS None of us could put a value on what our mother has taught us or for the nurture that she's provided for us. But Salary.com recently rated her monetary worth based upon the top ten jobs in a stay-a-home-Mom's job description. They valued her contribution to the family to be $134,121.00 annually.…
Jim Vance • Illustration • • 341 views
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by Dr. Erwin Lutzer Intro Thunder From Sinai Today many concepts about God abound, most of them individually conceived in our own minds according to our own liking. When people stop worshipping the true God, they do not stop worshipping; it is just that they change the object of…
Paul Tinker • Illustration • • 64 views
Lambeth Daily Plenary Monday 28th July Posted On : July 29, 2008 4:57 PM | Posted By : Webmaster Related Categories: News The Relationship between the People and God. Lambeth Conference 28th July 2008 Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks. Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Friends…
Steve Bramham • Illustration • • 934 views
A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…
Steve Bramham • Illustration • • 14 views
ABRAHAMIC COVENANT God gave to Abraham five promises: 1- He promised that He would make of him a great nation (though at that time he had no heir). 2- He promised that He would bless Abram (He became a wealthy man). 3- He promised Abram that He would make his name great. Today, Abraham has a great name…