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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
In a new study, Canine Cottages fitted four doggies with special heart rate monitors to track what gets their tales happily wagging the most when interacting with their owners. Based on the data, they found that a dogs' heart rate increases by 46 percent when hearing the words "I love you" from their…
Pastor Jon • First United Methodist Church -- Rockville, Indiana • Illustration • • 16 views
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
An article published by Lifeway Research states that fewer people may be calling themselves Christians in the future, and the trend may be a good thing. After reading the article written by Ed Stetzer, Greg Jao said he agrees with the prediction and says this is not bad because more people will be more…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
A taxi driver and self-proclaimed atheist who had once planned to sue to have a nativity scene removed from the courthouse lawn says his perspective has changed because of the love he and his wife were shown. Patrick Greene said he thought the placement of a nativity scene in front of the local courthouse…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Though they went to the Dallas Fort Worth area to compete against one another, five NASCAR drivers recently took time out to demonstrate the love of Jesus is a needy family in the area. After a recent batch of tornadoes littered the yard of an 83-year-old man named Jay with fallen branches and uprooted…
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Dustan Ingenthron • Branson Bible Church • Illustration • • 410 views • 39:24
# Philippians 1:3–8 ## Opening: Paul’s Thanksgiving As we move on this morning in our study of Paul’s letter to the Philippians, we find Paul following his normal pattern of thanksgiving and prayer. This week we will look at his statement of thanksgiving about the Philippians, and next week we will look…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
LONELINESS There are times when a person can long for relationship to the point of being irrational. Such was the case of an Illinois man over the last two years. An online girlfriend convinced him she had been kidnapped and needed ransom money wired. After her release, she would join him. $200,000.00…
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(AP) DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. - On a chilly Easter night, two days after his son and four of his fellow soldiers were killed in Iraq, David Pautsch watched their remains arrive on a jumbo jet during a somber, half-hour ceremony. "You see these five caskets, flag-draped, it's sobering beyond belief,"…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 4 views
It’s the things in common that make relationships enjoyable, but it’s the little differences that make them interesting.
John Leffler • Illustration • • 13 views
Look down at your shirt for a moment. Is there a little emblem on the pocket? Or perhaps you have a certain swoosh on your tennis shoes or distinctive rivets on your jeans. If you’re drinking coffee while reading this chapter, is there a green circle on the cup? If you’re sitting at the table, is Tony…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 20 views
In 1878, when William Booth's Salvation Army was beginning to make its mark, men and women from all over the world began to enlist. One man, who had once dreamed of becoming a bishop, crossed the Atlantic from America to England to enlist. Samuel Brengle left a fine pastorate to join Booth's Army. At…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 15 views
The Eleventh Commandment One Saturday evening the saintly Samuel Rutherford was conducting family devotions in his Scottish home when there was a knock on the door. The stranger was warmly welcomed and invited to join the family circle. Questions from the Scottish catechism were being asked and answered.…
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Ten years ago, Kirsten and Lee Hildebrand thought they knew where their lives were headed. They had just settled into their first home in a suburban community, where Kirsten practiced labor and employment law and Lee was working on a doctorate in counseling psychology. But when the couple attended Eastbrook…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 26 views
If you give what you don’t need, it isn’t giving. In the latter part of the 17th century, German preacher August H. Francke founded an orphanage to care for the homeless children of Halle. One day when Francke desperately needed funds to carry on his work, a destitute Christian widow came to his door…
Robert Phillips • Illustration • • 12 views
Excuses? "It's impossible." All things are possible (Luke 18:27). "I'm too tired." I will give you rest (Matt. 11:28-30). "Nobody really loves me." I love you (John 3:16; 13:34). "I can't go on." My grace is sufficient" (2 Cor. 12:9; Ps. 91:15). "I can't figure things out." I will direct your steps (Prow…
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…
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John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…
Walter Colace • Illustration • • 23 views
You’re Here Because…” INTRO: How do you answer the question, “Why are you here?” Not in service this morning but here on earth. Many of you went through the book, “The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren,” and he states 5 purposes we are here for: Worship, Fellowship, Discipleship, Ministry and Mission..…
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The promise of love. The immediate setting of the command is important; Jesus is about to leave the disciples. (John 13.31-35) Here is the consolation for a community soon to be bereft of the tangible presence of its Lord - loving each other, in reflection of his love for them. 'No one has ever seen…
David Melchior • Illustration • • 22 views
The word Father is used fifty-three times in John 13–17. Heaven is “My Father’s house,” according to the Son of God. It is “home” for God’s children! Some years ago, a London newspaper held a contest to determine the best definition of “home.” The winning entry was, “Home is the place where you are treated…
Steve Bramham • Illustration • • 935 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…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 3 views
| The Sin Most Churches Deny | by Henry and Marion Jacobsen Tom and Leah miss the fellowship of the Latter-Day Saints. They rejoice that they found the gospel and became Christians, but Tom's business has caused them to move several times, so they have belonged to a number of evangelical churches. "In…