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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 28 views
We are all going to die of something. Cancer and heart disease are the two leading cause of deaths in the U. S. The third leading cause might surprise you. 251,454 people every year die because of a medical error making this the third leading cause of death. Even in attempting to heal, doctors and nurses…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
“In an astonishing turn of events, Tim Tebow has now cancelled his appearance at First Baptist Dallas; and in doing so he has officially placed the political religious right to the far margins of society.” In an article about the cancellation, columnist Paul Brandeis Raushenbush said in the Huffington…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 12 views
The Archimedean Point 12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13 God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you." 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 (NIV) From time to time throughout history, those calling themselves “Christian” have…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 2,647 views
Morris walks out into the street and manages to get a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cabbie says, “Perfect timing. You’re just like Dave.” “Who?” “Dave Aronson. There’s a guy who did everything right. Like my coming along when you needed a cab. It would have happened like that to…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 7 views
Peace, peace? They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace. Jeremiah 6:14 (ESV) A church in decline surrounds herself with peace-mongers who war against her soul. She suppresses uncomfortable truths of God’s holiness and righteous anger against sin.…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 5 views
At the end of their first date, a young man takes his favorite girl home. Emboldened by the night, he decides to try for that important first kiss. With an air of confidence, he leans with his hand against the wall and, smiling, he says to her, "Darling, how 'bout a goodnight kiss?" Horrified, she replies,…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 33 views
Corrie Ten Boom put it like this: "In the forest fire, there is always one place where the fire cannot reach. It is the place where the fire has already burned itself out. Calvary is the place where the fire of God's judgment against sin burned itself out completely. It is there that we are safe." Source:…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
The Obvious A recent article in Reader's Digest poked fun at some labels that manufactures put on their products that state the obvious. Here's some of the labels they cited: On a portable stroller: "Caution: Remove infant before folding for storage." On a package of fireplace longs: "Caution risk of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 29 views
Mediator "If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the Lord desired to put them to death. 1 Samuel 2:25 (NASB) Eli, like most fathers, wanted what was best for…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Humility So the last shall be first, and the first last." Matthew 20:17 NASB King Saul ascended to greatness, but was never a great man. Instead of living with humility and gratitude for his opportunities, he lived the tragic life of presumption. He presumed to decide which of God's commands he would…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 59 views
Emptied Philip. 2:5-11 NASB "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, [6] who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, [7] but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. [8]…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
ETERNITY Every year, in the Nevada Desert, pagans gather to perform ritualistic dances in front of a 52-foot wooden statue of a man. The climax of the anything goes, clothing optional festival comes when the statue is set ablaze and the participates mock the Christian belief that they will all one day…
Illustration • • 13 views
God made his pronouncement of judgement on Adam in the Garden of Eden. "Your work(which brought pleasure to both God and man) will now be "toilsome" and "loathsome". Winston Churchill stood in the wreckage of war-torn Europe, told the House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears…
Rev. Dr. Michael Christie • Illustration • • 5 views
Greater Faith, 10/5/08 Intro. Praise & Worship Scx: eph 5: 15-21 Title: Blessed anyhow , be wise 15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 63 views
DON'T JUST DO SOMETHING; Stand There! Southern Seminary and the Abstract of Principles A Convocation Address Delivered By R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary August 31, 1993 in Alumni Memorial Chapel "But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren, beloved…
WillEarl • Illustration • • 70 views
Hosea 8 - Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind A. Sowing idolatry, reaping exile. 1. (1-6) Casting off God and embracing idols. “Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law. Israel will cry…
Joshua Gilliam • Illustration • • 27 views
. NOT A TAME God. One of C. S. Lewis’s favorite comments on Aslan, that great beast, the figure of Christ in the Narnia Chronicles, is, “He is not a tame lion.” The deep growl, the severe mercy; the uncompromising, firm-but-smiling gaze. When Aslan speaks no one in the story can question who is in charge.…
Alan Bester • Illustration • • 11,764 views
A Catechism for the use of the people called Methodists (a) WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? | 1 | What is a Christian? Christians are those who believe that God has revealed himself in Jesus Christ accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, live in communion with God and in the power of the Holy Spirit, and…
John k Wells • Illustration • • 26 views
Memorization John 7:18 He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. -Sincerity is a very noble character. But a person can be sincerely very wrong Ravi -Never judge a philosophy…
Stephen M. Hollingshead • Illustration • • 131 views
Authorized King James Version From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "King James Version" redirects here. For other uses, see King James Version (disambiguation). Authorized Version The title page to the 1611 first edition of the Authorized Version Bible by Cornelius Boel shows…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 30 views
jf- f a mon.tn.lu tsi-ouics. fox haitoi±, ih.E.ak.s.%1. ana. tzacfisu VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1, OCTOBER/1985 THEME: SUCCESS SUCCESS: n. 1: outcome, result; 2: degree or measure of succeeding; 3: favorable termination of a venture; 4: one that succeeds. THE HIGH (AND THE LOW) OF SUCCESS Success can sometimes…