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Phil Delre • Cornerstone Community Church of Iron Mountain • Illustration • • 178 views • 58:35
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 13 views
In the olden times of imprisonment for debt, it would have been quite correct for you to step into the cell of a debtor and say to him, “I have freed you,” if you had paid his debts and obtained an order for his discharge. But he is still in prison! Yes, but you really liberated him as soon as you paid…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 172 views • unknown
The story of the painting, The Last Supper, is >> > > > > > extremely interesting and instructive. The two >> > > > > > incidents connected with it afford a most convincing >> > > > > > lesson on the effects of right thinking or wrong >> > > > > > thinking in the life of a boy or girl, or of a man >>…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 24 views
I will never forget Ted Stone
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 7 views
Search Committee’s Reference checks We do not have a happy report to give. We have not been able to find a suitable candidate for this church, though we have one promising prospect. Thank you for your suggestions. We have followed up on each one with interviews or by calling at least three references.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 100 views
Remember John Bunyan when he refused to give up preaching. They put him in prison and said to him, “Mr. Bunyan, you can come out of prison whenever you will promise to cease preaching the gospel.” He said, “If you let me out of prison today, I will preach again tomorrow, by the grace of God.” “Well,”…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 15 views
New evidence is sometimes brought into court that completely changes the aspect of the case. If you have been on a jury, you would not like to tell your fellow jurors how many times you have changed your mind while you have heard the evidence. If you have listened attentively, I expect you have had half…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 4 views
Turn to Acts 12, where you have the record of Peter lying asleep in the prison, watched by soldiers. And yet at the dead of night, an angel of the Lord came into the prison, smote Peter on the side, bade him bind on his sandals and gird himself, and follow him. Peter went through all the doors of the…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 10 views
A person asked me one day, “Is not such-and-such a person a Baptist?” I replied, “I do not know him.” He said, “He is a fellow who says a very long grace before his dinner, and he goes to such-and-such a chapel.” “Well,” I answered, “If he goes there, he certainly attends a Baptist chapel.” Then he said,…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 47 views
We read in olden times of many of the most eminent servants of God being dressed in the poorest manner. When good Bishop Hooper was led out to be burnt, he had been long in prison, and his clothes were so gone from him that he borrowed an old scholar’s gown, full of rags and holes, that he might put…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 62 views
In some of the houses not far from here, I noticed some linnets in cages, in which there were tufts of grass or small branches of trees as perches for the poor prisoners; yet they were singing away right merrily. I suppose that grass and those fragments of trees were meant to remind them, in this great,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Nassau County, New York District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a 25-year-old man from the area is facing jail time because he tried to forge his death certificate to avoid serving another jail sentence. The prosecutor said he might have been successful if not for the typos in the document.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A county district attorney charged three Oklahoma jailers with cruelty to a prisoner after they forced inmates to listen to “Baby Shark,” a popular children’s song, on repeat. An investigation by Oklahoma County authorities found that the three jailers at the Oklahoma County Jail forced four prisoners…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
In March of 2017, Christine Wallace purchased a purse from Wal-Mart. While clearing out the packaging, she found a hand written note in the bottom of the bag. To her surprise, she discovered a note in mandarin that read, “Inmates in China’s Yingshan Prison work 14 hours a day and are not allowed to rest…
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 • • 4 views
Danny Holmes is guilty of robbery, kidnapping, murder, and a few other crimes. He has been in jail for a while now; he committed the crimes in 2016. One day recently he looked at a notebook on which he’d written the lyrics to the song “Redeemed” by Big Daddy Weave. The words were, “Then you look at this…
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Dustan Ingenthron • Branson Bible Church • Illustration • • 129 views • 42:59
# Philippians Lesson 1 ## Intro to the Study of Philippians I’ve been given the privilege of teaching the opening weeks of this study through the book of Philippians. Before we get to the text of Philippians I am going to take a few minutes to refresh your memory of the background of the Philippian churches…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Andrew Eberhart lost his mother to cancer when he was 13. To cope with the pain, Eberhart turned down the dark road of drug addiction to cope with the pain he could not understand. 16 years later Revive Ministries helped him change direction and get clean. Eberhart and his wife wanted to help others…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
When Michelle Brenner was furloughed from her job as a sales manager, she decided to use her time to help other people. While Brenner was shopping, she felt inspired to make homemade lasagna for those who could not get out during the pandemic. She started with a social media post offering to cook and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
One of the main responsibilities inherent in rearing children is protecting them from harm. In Oregon, a father was molesting his daughter. At a men’s accountability group in his church he confessed to a group and was willing “to repent of his sins.” A member of the group alerted police, who charged…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
U.S. citizen Andrew Brunson has served as a church pastor in Turkey for twenty-two years. In 2016, after a failed coup against the Turkish government, Turkish police arrested Pastor Brunson and held him in Turkish prisons since. He is facing 35 years in prison if the court convicts him. Even though Turkey’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
In his book, Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World, Max Lucado writes, “The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional.” Anxious for Nothing, 8 Proverbs 3:5 (CSB) Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding;
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Attorney General William Barr speaking at the University of Notre Dame, talked about “militant secularists” who he says are seeking to destroy America’s “traditional moral order” by driving Judeo-Christian values from schools, government agencies, and “the public square.” Barr said that this secularism,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
At the end of World War II, some 50 European Jews decided to take an eye for an eye. These young men and women had seen the Nazis slaughter their families and communities and were “consumed with hatred.” Led by the charismatic partisan, Abba Kovner and calling themselves the avengers, the group plotted…
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Dustan Ingenthron • Branson Bible Church • Illustration • • 398 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…