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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 21 views
I have heard of a certain king who had a jester or “fool” to make fun for him, as kings used to have. But this “fool” was no fool; he had much sense, and he had thought wisely about eternal matters. One day, when he had greatly pleased the king, his majesty gave him a stick, and said to him, “Tom, there…
Quotes
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 7 views
> 1. "To the world you might be one person, but to one person > you might be the world." > 2. "Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore > than going to MacDonald's makes you a hamburger." > 3. "Real friends are those who, when you feel you've made > a fool of yourself, don't feel you've…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 72 views
I have heard of a vessel that was in a storm once—not a very severe one—but a gentleman on board thought it was. He went about among the sailors and passengers finding fault with the captain’s management of the vessel, and saying that he was sure the ship would go to pieces, and that all on board would…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 7 views
Peter wrote to remind his readers “to remember the words”—the very words—“proclaimed beforehand by the holy prophets” (2 Pet 3:2). “Oh!” says one, “But words do not signify. It is the inward sense that is really important.” That is just what the fool said about eggshells. He said that they did not signify;…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 39 views
Shall we keep back the children’s bread lest the dogs should steal the crumbs? Shall we destroy health-restoring drugs because fools may poison themselves with them? Shall all the trees be cut down for fear the owls should build their nest in them? Shall the sea be dried up because sharks swim in it?…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 107 views
A man may fancy that he is prospering in business, and yet he may be going back in the world. If he does not face his books or take stock, he may be living in a fool’s paradise, spending largely when on the verge of bankruptcy. Many think well of themselves because they never think seriously. They do…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 49 views
The doctor feels your pulse. “I will send you some medicine,” says he, “that will be very useful, and besides that, you must take a warm bath.” He comes the next day; you say to him, “Doctor, I thought you were going to heal me. I am not a bit better.” “Why,” said he, “you do not trust me.” “I do, sir;…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 9 views
When a king is journeying through a foreign country, he does not wear his crown or the rest of his regalia; he often travels incognito. Even when he reaches his own country, he does not put on his royal robes for fools to admire at every village fair. He is not a puppet king, strutting upon the stage…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 19 views
A good many years ago, when I was about fifteen or sixteen years of age, I wanted a Savior, and I heard the gospel preached by a poor man who said in the name of Jesus, “Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth” (Isa 45:22). It was very plain English, and I understood it and obeyed it and found…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 48 views
I have heard of a naturalist who thought himself exceedingly wise with regard to the natural history of birds. Yet he had learned all he knew in his study, and had never so much as seen a bird either flying through the air or sitting upon its perch. He was a fool, although he thought himself exceedingly…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 32 views
Many years ago a captain was sent out in one of the government ships, the Thetis, to discover a shoal, a rock, or some other obstruction said to exist in the Mediterranean Sea. The captain was an old salt who knew little about navigation as a science and cared less for rules, books, theories, and so…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
When Cumberland, Wisconsin police arrived at the local high school responding to a report of an automobile accident, they discovered an elaborate senior prank instead. The student had used a junk car, bricks, tape, and a black tarp to make it look like the car had crashed into the principal’s office.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Police Chief Joshua Potvin lost his law enforcement license after the Main Criminal Justice discovered that he had an officer text him while he was in a meeting. He created a cover story by entering a false entry about a suspicious person at the Fryeburg fairgrounds, using a fairgrounds employee’s license…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
A ceramic specialist from a British auction house found a rare work of art hidden in a drawer in a country house near the Scottish border. The auction house said the pottery dish is a tin-glazed earthenware dish know as a mailoca and is extremely rare. The dish also had a scene of the biblical story…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
FOOLISHNESS 25-year-old Param Sharma was arrested for “reckless driving” because he was in the back seat of his Tesla, without another person in the driver’s seat, as his Tesla was in either “Autopilot,” or “Full Self-Driving” mode. Apparently, the arrest has not changed Sharma’s resolve to be a backseat…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
For over a year the driver got away with driving in the HOV lane without a passenger. Perhaps it was because he had a lifelike mannequin, complete with a face mask seat belted in the passenger seat. When he was ticketed, it was because the CHP officer S. Sullinger couldn’t see if there was a passenger…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Nassau County, New York District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a 25-year-old man from the area is facing jail time because he tried to forge his death certificate to avoid serving another jail sentence. The prosecutor said he might have been successful if not for the typos in the document.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
During the coronavirus lockdown in England, British police received an emergency call informing them that the caller could hear someone snoring loudly and wanted police assistance to silence the noise. Rather than sending a unit, the emergency operator informed that caller that was not an appropriate…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
A Toronto man said he was surprised and confused when a package arrived at his home containing something that he had ordered eight years earlier. When the package was dropped off on his doorstep Elliot Berinstein said he was confused because he had not ordered anything from the company in a long time.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
In 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey writes, “It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to use that hurts us.” —Jim L. Wilson --7 Habits of Highly Effective People, p. 81 Proverbs 26:11–12 (CSB) As a dog returns to its vomit, so also a fool repeats his foolishness.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Mateusz Fijalkowski, 23 decided it was time to end it all. He attempted to drown himself in a Virginia swimming pool. Police officers rescued him but Fialkowski is suing the officers, not for saving him, but for not saving him soon enough. He is grateful to police officers who rescued him after he tried…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
No one is perfect. We all make mistakes. One motorist in England said he forgot that he was driving a van rather than piloting his boat and drove right into flood waters. The local flood warden sent out a tweet, “Why do I bother advising drivers when they think ‘I know better’?” World Magazine, November…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Some companies have created anger rooms where employees can de-stress by attacking computers. From that idea, Barbara Liess, a Maryland elementary school principal created a “smash space” where teachers could relieve tension by destroying old pieces of furniture with baseball bats. A number of parents…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Jessica Chiccehito Hindman recounts a four-year stint of her life experience in her new book, Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir. From 2002 to 2006, she was a violinist for an ensemble that toured the country playing New Age Music. The thing was, they faked every performance. All their music was pre-recorded…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
The final book of world renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking was published in 2018. The book recorded the last thoughts of this influential atheist. Never afraid of the big questions, he spoke on topics like alien life, time travel, and space exploration. He also reflected on a number of very personal…