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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 34 views
You have, perhaps, sometimes seen a little fire kindled among the dead autumn leaves, which are dank and damp. You have noticed that, despite all the smoke, the fire has continued to live and burn. So it is with the eternal truth of God. Notwithstanding all the error with which it is often damped, and…
Quotes
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 21 views • unknown
There is a great difference between sin dwelling and reigning in us. It dwells in every believer, but reigns in the unbeliever. - D. L. Moody Sin is to be overcome, not so much by maintaining a direct opposition to it, as by cultivating opposite principles. Would you kill the weeds in your garden, plant…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 37 views
A swift young man, out of the ranks of the victors, runs with all speed to the city, rushes through the gate, into the marketplace, and proclaims to the assembled people the welcome news: “Our country is victorious; our commander is crowned with laurels.” That young man is the forerunner of the victorious…
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…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 35 views
I have heard of a woman who was condemned to death in the Marian days. Before her time came to be burned a child was born to her, and she cried out in her sorrow. A wicked adversary who stood by said, “How will you bear to die for your religion if you make such ado?” “Ah,” she said, “Now I suffer in…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 22 views
There is a ship at sea, fully laden. It has a precious cargo of gold on board. Happy is the kingdom that shall receive the wealth that is contained within its hold. Would you not, if you were a possessor of such a vessel, long to be safe in port? When the ship is full of treasure, well may the captain…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 14 views
In the Battle of Salamanca, when Wellington told one of his officers to advance with his troops and occupy a gap that the Duke perceived in the lines of the French, the general rode up to him and said, “My lord, I will do the work, but first give me a grasp of that conquering right hand of yours.” He…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 38 views
Alexander the Great, when he was master of the whole world, was the greatest slave in it, for he was discontented even with his victories. The pride of conquest held him in captivity by its iron chain. He who aims at the highest greatness in this world may only be more greatly selfish than the rest of…
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 • • 11 views
Suppose I am a sculptor. If it is not possible for me to attain to the perfection of Praxiteles or Phidias, yet I must come as near to them as I can. I shall not be a master of the sculptor’s art unless I seek to imitate those who have been the most proficient in it. Suppose also that, through the infirmity…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Officials at the Sierra Bible Camp in California confirmed that the camp was destroyed by the Dixie Fire in the summer of 2021. The camp averaged 2,200 visitors each summer and was founded in 1952. The camp advertised itself as a camp where youth could get to know more about the Savior and connect with…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
After the Cleveland Browns finished the 2017 NFL season with zero wins, some fans in the city organized what they called a “no victory” lap. The parade consisted of 80 vehicles making one lap around the stadium to make a statement creatively expressed their outrage over a season many wanted to forget.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
George St. Pierre, aka GSP, is one of the most accomplished martial artists in Ultimate Fight Championship (UFC) history. He is a three-time former UFC Welterweight champion (2006, 2007, 2008), three-time Canadian Athlete of the Year (2008, 2009, 2010), consistently named as one of the best "pound-for-pound"…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 68 views
The movie, Hidden Figures tells the incredible story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, three brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served in the 50s and 60s as "human computers” or the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Dr. Jacqueline Olds, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, gives advice for overcoming feelings of loneliness. She says, “Reaching out to tell a friend who lives across the country that you miss her (and scheduling a time to catch up) or grabbing lunch with your sister can help…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
WalletHub conducted a survey to see how Americans are coping with the Social Distancing mandates imposed on them by the government. They discovered that “36 million Americans use online shopping as their number one way to cope with social distancing.” My only question is what will their strategy be to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
When he was in college, Britton Colquitt developed an alcohol problem. Several alcohol-related incidents led to his arrest and multiple suspensions from the University of Tennessee. Eventually the football coach yanked his scholarship, suspended him for the first five games of his senior season, and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In March, 2019 two doctors from a hospital in Papua New Guinea spoke at a church in the United States telling the congregation about a critical need for teachers in their school for missionary children. Though neither had ever been on a mission trip, except for a brief trip to Mexico or Canada, Kathy…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 23 views
Bodhi Johnson, who has a tattoo with the words “Only God can judge me” on his chest. In an attempt to avoid the judgment of others, he escaped from a high security prison in Queensland, Australia where he was serving six years for causing the death of another person. I have never understood why a criminal…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
While the whole world reels from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many feel hopeless as a result, Queen Elizabeth issues her first ever Easter message in 2020, filled with hope for her subjects during this time of crisis. She reminds us that Easter is not cancelled this year but remains “a symbol…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Historian Tom Holland’s new book, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (Basic, 2019) tells the amazing story of how a culture that had esteemed only big winners began to care about (in worldly terms) big losers. This is the story of the Gospels. One example begins with a description…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Mass fainting by rock-concert audiences is a well-recognized phenomenon, seen since the time of Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Research done on the why of this phenomenon points to hyperventilation – deep or rapid breathing – when overcome with emotion and reduced blood flow from the effects of prolonged…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Dakota Nelson lost his wife in September, 2018 when she suffered a medical episode and then passed away after weeks in a coma. To support his three children, Nelson worked three jobs. As they faced their first Christmas without their wife and mother, an anonymous donor who head about the family’s plight…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Mary Ziegler and Bill Henrichs were high school sweethearts who later married. Things didn’t work out however, and 23-years ago they were divorced. They kept in touch and remained friends. Then last year, Bill discovered that his kidneys were failing. All his family and some 40 family friends were tested…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
94 percent of Americans think it should be illegal to text while driving. The National Safety Council estimates that 213,000 car crashes in a single year involved drivers who were texting. This number continues to increase. As almost all of us believe it should be illegal, many of the crashes must be…