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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 50 views
You have a friend who is ill, and the doctor says he cannot last long; he must die. You have called a great many times expecting to hear of his departure, but he is still alive. Now the frequent errors of the physicians do not prove that your friend will not die one of these days. And so, though the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
David Meade predicted that the rapture would occur on April 23, 2018 because “the sun and moon will be in Virgo, as will Jupiter, which represents the Messiah,” which he saw as a fulfillment of Revelation 12:1–2. —Jim L. Wilson http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/04/11/biblical-prophecy-claims-rapture-is-coming-april-23-numerologist-says.html…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Another TV evangelist seems to delight in making foolish and rash statements. Evangelist Rich Joyner predicted recently that Christian prophets will soon be able to write news stories a week in advance. To his own viewers he promised, “You don’t need to watch the Super Bowl, I’m going to tell you what’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 24 views
Developers in Texas announced plans for a $300 million luxury resort community. This is going to be a five-star resort with DEFCON 1 preparedness. It will be marketed to doomsday preppers with underground condos connected by tunnels. These condominiums may protect occupants in case of nuclear war. When…
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 • • 6 views
Twenty children in the Louisville, Kentucky area received a surprise donation that was a dream come true. A partnership including the Boy and Girls Clubs of Kentucky, a home store, the Hope to Dream Program, and a local ministry known as Sleep in Heavenly Peace, provided the children with brand new beds,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Allen Marshall saved $900 dollars for his mother’s 97th birthday party and to buy a special tool. When the coronavirus pandemic meant that his mother could not have a party, the Michigan man decided that the tool could wait, because he wanted to do something to bless health care workers in his area.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
On October 21, 2018, celebrated American innovator Earl Bakken passed away. The story of his first invention is legendary. Bakken ran a small medical device repair business in his garage. When he heard about the death of a young patient whose pacemaker failed because of a power outage, his creativity…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
“We’re in a race against time, with population growth outstripping our ability to feed ourselves: If present trends continue, expect at least 100 million people—per year—to starve to death within the next two decades. Within 15 years, the levels of nitrogen buildup in the atmosphere will filter out half…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Exactly one year after losing his wife to cancer, a North Carolina man and his children passed out love notes to honor her memory. Hyong Yi said after losing his wife, he understands what it means to have love and not take it for granted. He said when you find the love of your life, that person holds…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Another biblical “scholar” has made a mockery of biblical prophecy. He first claimed publically that the world would end on September 23, 2017. Later he amended his date until the middle of October. David Meade said, “I don’t believe you’ll be disappointed.” Where have we heard this before? How many…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
Andy Stanley says, “Vision is a clear mental picture of what could be, fueled by the conviction that it should be.”—Jim L. Wilson -- Visioneering: God’s blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Personal Vision, pg 18. Joel 2:28 (NASB) “It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
The technology world paused to honor Ray Tomlinson after he passed away in March 2016. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson worked for a Boston technology firm when he decided to devise a way for people to send messages to each other through a computer network. He thought the protocols available were too limited and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 30 views
There are numerous warnings in the Bible about false prophets who make bold proclamations that later prove not to be true. Over the years, many people have made predictions about the Internet which plays such a big role in modern life. Not all of these predictions were correct; in fact, some of them…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 18 views
While scholars debate exactly what it is, a mysterious limestone tablet featuring the name of the archangel Gabriel is the highlight of an exhibit in Jerusalem. The “Gabriel Stone” is believed to have been found near the Dead Sea several years ago and contains 87 lines of an unknown prophetic text that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
In the continual battle over public display of the Ten Commandments, a U. S. district court judge has proposed a compromise solution. The Giles County Virginia school board can post the commandments if they will reduce them to six. Remove the four that directly refer to God and the commandments will…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 32 views
One of the difficulties children with autism can have is an inability to make friends. They have problems with the rules of social contact. One young autistic boy, Gus, the son of New York Times reporter Judith Newman, has discovered a friend. This friend is always patient and kind. She never tires of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
The day before Super Bowl XLVI, many New York residents were wondering, what the New York Giants knew that no one else did. For a short time on Saturday, February 4th, 2012, the New York Giants site contained the message that the Giant were the Super Bowl Champions. Ads on the page offered shoppers the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
Some recent polls show that Americans are afraid of just about everything. 66% are concerned about global warming. 35% fear the use of unmanned aerial drones domestically. 59% worry about identity theft. 65% are afraid of another 9/11 type attack. And if those are not enough, 12% of Americans were actually…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Harold Camping has become a household word for his incorrect prophecy concerning the rapture, which was to have taken place on May 21, 2011, and on the revised date of October 21. Camping then apologized for his predictions and said, “He was getting out of the prediction business and retiring.” The Week,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
People use a lot of different methods to predict the outcome of events like the Super Bowl. Some use a logical approach, examining season records, reviewing games, and talking with friends. Others rely on less convention methods, such as taking advice from a camel. Princess the camel lives at New Jersey’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Laser experts are reporting that they have succeeded in building a camera that can see around corners. “Eventually there’s no reason why this shouldn’t be on your iPhone someday,” according to Andreas Velten of the Morgridge Institute for Research, part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Soon…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
18-year-old Anthony Johnson had worried a little about Harold Camping’s prediction that the world would end on May 21, 2011. When midnight arrived, Johnson celebrated with friends by jumping into the Kalamazoo River. He never came out of the river. The world ended for Anthony early on May 22. http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/05/kalamazoo_river_drowning_victi.html…
Pastor Brad Berglund • Illustration • • 143 views
This is a excerpt from an unpublished book by Brad Berglund. It imagines what the wise men would have encountered when they arrived at Bethlehem. The account is purely fictional, but it draws upon the promises that filled the hearts of all who believed when Jesus was born. Enjoy! That night, the Wise…
Michael Hulmes • Illustration • • 95 views
In Matthew 23, Jesus destroys the people's perception of the temple service with the truth, and at the end, declares the temple [desolate]. In Matthew 24, Jesus then warns them of an end time sign; The abomination of [desolation]. Isaiah 66:3 , when coupled with what Jesus says in Mat. 23 and 24, leaves…