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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 40 views
You have sometimes seen a widely spreading oak tree cut down, and you have missed its grateful shadow. Yet afterwards you have discovered that many little trees, which would have been dwarfed beneath its shade, have grown more rapidly in its absence. In like manner, the removal of some eminent servant…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 35 views • unknown
God's Grace - A Free Gift For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day's pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person receives recognition for his achievements, that is…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 33 views
Butterfly A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could…
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 6 views
After reviewing acknowledgments of God from all 50 state constitutions, one is faced with the prospect that maybe, just maybe, the ACLU and the out-of-control federal courts are wrong!
"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." - William Penn
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 8 views
KIDS IN CHURCH 3-year-old Reese: "Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name. Amen." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A little boy was overheard praying: "Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~…
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 16 views
Barna: Doctrinal confusion abounds; Mohler: Church is key to discipleship Oct 14, 2002 By Michael Foust LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Seventy-nine percent of Americans profess a belief in the Trinity, while 74 percent reject the concept of original sin; 59 percent say Satan is merely a symbol of evil; and nearly…
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 6 views • unknown
FIRST PERSON - Religiously correct prayer: The secular left goes berserk By R. Albert Mohler Jr. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--As expected, the inaugural ceremonies for President George W. Bush opened and closed with prayer. Unexpectedly, the prayers have ignited controversy and unleashed a firestorm of histrionics…
Pastor Chad A. Miller • Grace Covenant Church • Illustration • • 131 views
Communion Order taken largely from a Communion Liturgy published by R. Kent Hughes. (Hughes, R. Kent. The Pastor's Book (pp. 447-449). Crossway.)
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 22 views
There were two brothers, one of whom had been diligently attentive to his worldly business, to the neglect of true religion. He succeeded in accumulating considerable wealth. The other brother was diligent in the service of the Master, and had learned both to distribute to the poor and for conscience’s…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 199 views
The service of God is the element in which alone we can fully live. If you had a fish here upon dry land, supposing it possible that it could exist, yet it would lead a very unhappy life. It would scarcely be a fish at all! You could not tell of what it was capable; it would be deprived of the opportunity…
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 • • 9 views
In Measure What Matters Most, John Doerr writes “Andy Grove was accustomed to having the last word, so let’s give it to him here. ‘Bad companies,’ Andy wrote, ‘are destroyed by crisis. Good companies survive them. Great companies are improved by them.’ —Measure What Matters Most, 46. James 1:2–4 (CSB)…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
The McCormick Spice company announced that it will soon pay a taco lover $100,000 over four months to innovate new seasoning mixes and recipes to make tacos better. The company will employ the person for four months at a salary of $25,000 per month. They asked for an availability to work remotely up…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 41 views
When Isabel Larios was stuck in LA traffic after an accident on her way to work, she made the most of it. Instead of complaining, she got out of the cab of her food truck and opened up for the other motorists waiting for the road to clear. National Public Radio reported that she “served eggs, burritos…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Ryan Schneider did not compete in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, but as a chaplain, he had the opportunity to chat and mingle with many who did. Schneider knows a lot of the American winter Olympians because he serves a church in Lake Placid, New York, where many Olympians train. Schneider met many athletes…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
A winter storm that stranded a group of soldiers became an opportunity for an Oklahoma community to show kindness. Hundreds of soldiers returning from holiday break were stuck at the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City because the road to their base in Lawton, 80 miles away, was impassible. When…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
To help celebrate the 95th anniversary of A. A. Milne’s fictional character Winnie the Pooh, a partnership is offering guests an opportunity to rent a representation of the character’s home. Visitors to the English cottage will have an opportunity to tour the Hundred Acre Wood and play Poohsticks by…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
For six years, conference organizers have worked hard to create the world’s most boring conference. Author James Ward conceived the idea after organizers cancelled another conference. Ward imagined a one-day celebration of the mundane, ordinary, obvious, and East German traffic lights. Ward said the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Will Carroll, the drummer for thrash metal band Death Angel, spent twelve days in a medically induced coma after being diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus and experienced strong visions. Will said he “saw himself leave his body and plummet down to hell, where Satan punished him for the deadly sin of sloth.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
American workers are not using all their vacation days and it adds up. Some of the 768 million unused days accrue for use in future years, but 236 million simply disappear. That number of days represents over $65 billion in lost benefit. However, adding up the lost days and money does not tell the whole…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 286 views
Jesus told His disciples to take the Gospel to the entire world. Two thousand years later, the world is connected like never before, but hundreds of millions of people still do not have access to the Gospel in their heart language. Louann Hunt, who works with a ministry called Faith Comes By Hearing…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Susan Cook and Patrick Riordan walked into a Payless shoe store looking for one reasonably priced pair of shoes—and walked out with 247 pairs. The Payless chain declared bankruptcy and the Hamilton Township store was slowly selling off its inventory at $2 a pair. “What if we buy everything here?” asked…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
12-year-old Boy Scout David King and his mother were on their way home from a 15-mile hike near his home, when they met a couple lost on the trail and trying to help their dog, Smokey. King asked if they needed anything, and the couple explained they were out of water, their phones were dead, and Smokey’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
While some found the emergence of billions of cicadas in the spring and summer of 2021 annoying, David Rothenberg, a professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, used the opportunity for man and nature to work together. While the insects swarmed all around, Rothenberg…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
As the world commemorated the 50th anniversary of the manned landing on the moon, Physics professor Bill Nettles said the milestone points to the unique nature of mankind. Nettles said the achievement is a reminder that exploration is something God put in the heart of man. Nettles said landing on the…