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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 13 views
Poem - Grace will always be greater than sin
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 8 views • unknown
Comparing church activities to the game of football
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 30 views
A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, Who would like this $20 bill? Hands started going up. He said, I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this. He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then asked, Who still…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 24 views
Do you remember the story of Desert Pete’s Pump? A rundown shack stood beside a seldom used trail in the California desert. Nearby was a well, the only source of water for miles around. At tin can was tied to the pump with a string. Inside was a message written on a piece of brown wrapping paper with…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 24 views
There is the story of a preacher who got up one Sunday and announced to his congregation: I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it's still in your pockets. ------------------------------------------------- While driving…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 10 views
HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW. > > Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood > and always has something positive to say: When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. > > If an employee…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 27 views
Just as we sometimes see a strong and healthy person growing pale and wan, losing appetite and falling into sickness until he becomes a mere skeleton because a general sapping and undermining of the constitution has come upon him, so have I seen it with Christians. They do not lose life, but they do…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 34 views
“From the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born from Hebrews.” Paul shakes out the whole lot for the dogs, and is glad to be rid of it all for Christ’s sake. It reminds me of a ship in a storm. When the captain leaves the harbor he has a cargo on board of which he takes great care,…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 20 views
Even those that are converted, or appear to be so, can become suddenly bewitched with error of one kind or another, just as in families children are suddenly taken ill with certain complaints that seem incidental to childhood. If parents had never heard of such things before, they would be astonished.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 38 views
An Englishman may happen to be in Spain—he wishes a thousand things were different from what they are, but he does not trouble himself much about them. He says, “If I were a Spaniard I would see what I could do to alter this government. But, being an Englishman, let the Spaniards see to their own matters.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 27 views
Do you see that Christian there with the sparkling eye and the light footstep, the man who is swift to run upon his Master’s errands? That man has many troubles, but when he wakes in the morning, if he retains remembrance of them he bows his knee and leaves them with his God. He goes home, and the day…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 31 views
If a grandfather of ours should die and leave us five hundred pounds, what a merciful providence that would be! If by something strange in business we were suddenly to accumulate a fortune, that would be a blessed providence! If an accident happens, and we are preserved, and our limbs are not hurt, that…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 10 views
When a man ran in the Grecian games, if he had run halfway, and passed most of his fellows, and had then turned to look round and to rejoice over the distance which he had already covered, he would have lost the race. Suppose he had commenced singing his own praises, and said, “I have come down the hill,…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 557 views
The ship may not need an anchor in calm waters; when upon a broad ocean a little drifting may not be a very serious matter. But there are conditions of weather in which an anchor becomes altogether essential. When a gale is rushing toward the shore, blowing great guns, and the vessel cannot hold her…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 28 views
I have seen in the army a number of veterans marching in front, an ornament and an honor to the whole company. Your short-service men come and go, but these tried men stick to the colors and are the backbone of the regiment. If a tough bit of fighting has to be done, you must rely upon such as these.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 20 views
A man goes to work to make money, and after toiling hard for it he gets it and it is a consolation to him. But it is not an everlasting consolation, for he may spend or he may lose all his money. He may invest it in some company (limited or unlimited) and very soon find it vanish or he may be compelled…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America has found a connection between anxiety and sleeping problems. More than 40 million Americans suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders. —Jim L. Wilson and Carlos Andres Rodriguez https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/related-illnesses/sleep-disorders…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Tyler Pence won the 2021 Quad Cities Marathon with a time of just over 2 hours and 15 minutes. He is the first U.S. runner to win in the past 20 years. However, there is more to the story. The Quad-City Times reported, “Pence’s win came after Elijah Mwangangi Saolo, and Luke Kibet diverted from the course…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
In 2018, Michael Buble received a star on the walk of fame in Los Angeles, California. There is always a huge party as people are honored for their contribution to the entertainment industry. https://people.com/music/michael-buble-walk-of-fame-ceremony/ Most of the stars on the “Walk of Fame” are worn…
Children's Talks
Jim Patterson • Kircubbin Community Church • Illustration • • 7 views
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 24 views
In Colorado Josiah Carelse poured a bowl of Quaker granola from a box he purchased at Walmart the week before. Carelse said that he noticed a funny taste and it tasted very stale. Well, no wonder. The sell-by date on the box was 21 years ago. Carelse said he felt fine after eating the ancient oats but…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness affecting over 40 million adults in the United States every year! To compound this, it is common for someone with an anxiety disorder to suffer from episodes of depression and insomnia. —Jim L.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Arizona State Representative Paul Mosley was stopped by a sheriff’s deputy for driving 97 mph in a 55 mph zone. The deputy’s body camera captured Mosley stating that he sometimes drove 130, 140, or 120 on the road because he was in a hurry to get home. The written report said Mosley told him not to waste…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
High school senior Kate Wynja won the Class A girls state golf tournament, but then realized she has submitted an incorrect scorecard. She accidentally credited herself with a 4 on the 18th hole, instead of a 5 and knew she had to report it. As a result, she was disqualified, and her team fell from first…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 27 views
A New York man lost his wallet. To his amazement, his license and credit cards returned, but not the wallet. With the returned items, there was a note from the person who found it. The note said, “I kept the cash because I needed weed, the Metrocard because, well, the fare’s $2.75 now, and the wallet…