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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 9 views
It is not mine to make God’s Word consistent, but to believe that it is so. When a text stands in the middle of the road I drive no further. The Romans had a god they called “Terminus,” who was the god of landmarks. Holy Scripture is my sacred landmark, and I hear a voice that threatens me with a curse…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Florida couple said they were grateful to a man who found and returned a bag containing a quarter million dollars in lost jewelry. Joe and Elif Fitzgerald had attended a charity event in Florida and had a lot to pick up after the event. They put a bag containing $250,000 worth of jewelry in the back…
EQUIP
Dustan Ingenthron • Branson Bible Church • Illustration • • 131 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…
Romans
Rev. Bruce Goettsche • Union Church of La Harpe Illinois • Illustration • • 442 views
Imagine going to Chicago on a business trip. You have a bunch of meetings and have plans to fly out right after your last meeting to meet your family in some great vacation spot. Your meetings run late and you know it is going to be a challenge to get to the airport and get checked in so you can make…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 18 views
Over the holidays, the Klein’s set out for a week of vacation. They decided to visit one of the world’s wonders, the Grand Canyon. On the North Rim, they were stuck on a forest road. The family decided the mom, Karen, would walk to find help. She traveled over 26 miles in the frozen wilderness. Searching…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
When road construction nearly drove Mukhtar Raja out of business, a local church saved the business, one tank of gas at a time. Raja’s convenience store was losing business because the construction project cut off many of the ways into the business. He was considering filing bankruptcy because he had…
Wesley Crouch • Illustration • • 18 views
The Only Way! Jesus is the Bridge! Are you standing before a sea of depression, a terrible river of despair? Jesus is the Bridge! To you does God seem to be somewhere unreachable? Is his love across a canyon of gloom? Do you wake up nights fearing for your life or for your soul? Jesus is the Bridge to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
CONSCIENCE A survey of average traffic speeds reveals 85 percent of drivers don't pay a lot of attention to posted speed limits. The unwritten rule of the road is that 5 to 10 miles an hour over the limit is acceptable. Though most drivers are used to choosing their own speed, a device being tested in…
Benjamin Kurz • Illustration • • 111 views
On Jesus way to Jerusalem (to die), He had to pass through the same desert in which He was tempted. Maybe Satan's temptations rang in His ears..."maybe there's another way..." Jesus last words to His disciples before coming this way was "we need to confront the gates of Hell." When Jesus entered Jerusalem,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4,535 views
PROVIDENCE Cooling down after practice, Daniel had taken one last dive and his neck struck the bottom of the concrete pool. Daniel sustained damage to C-3, C-4, and C-5 vertebrae of his spine. Two fusion operations followed and the surgeon was successful in preventing paralysis, but Daniel's parents…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 12 views
The Archimedean Point 12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13 God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you." 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 (NIV) From time to time throughout history, those calling themselves “Christian” have…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 81 views
CONTROL The fast pace of today's world may not be all it's cracked up to be. A new survey suggests many people feel their lives are out of control. The study by WingspanBank.com found 61% of Americans feel at least one aspect of their lives is out of control. The top three priorities among respondents…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
REVENGE In the last few years, Hollywood movies have followed a rather precarious theme: revenge. In 2003, The Punisher debuted with a story of an ex-cop set out to punish those who murdered his family. That same year Man on fire broke the box offices with a tale of a man determined to make kidnappers…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 11 views
Christ’s Headship: An Emboldening Truth for the Church 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. Ephesians 1:22-23 (NIV) Could the Church rise and fall—just like…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 16 views
Feasting on Heaven for the Sake of Holiness 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 40 views
Psalm 119:42 A story Lorne Sanny, past president of the Navigators, illustrates the power of God’s Word when we hide it in our hearts. Some missionaries in India were unable to get the national Christians to share the Gospel. They tried everything, but these believers seemed completely tongue-tied. Then…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 30 views
CONSISTENCY Two French government ministers traveling to the unveiling of a new radar speed trap outside Paris were caught exceeding the speed limit as they went to the event. Reporters using handheld radar guns recorded Transport Minister Gilles de Robien's car traveling through Paris at 62 mph in a…
Illustration • • 38 views
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT#1- THE NATURAL AND THE SUPERNATURAL READING: Galatians 5:13-15 INTRO: Church people are often prone to extremes. One good saint interprets liberty as license thinking he can do what ever he wants. Another Christian sees the error and goes to the opposite extreme, lives by law…
Jason W. Miller • Illustration • • 34 views
From the quiet town of Bradford to the heathen city of Rangoon, Burma, Ann Judson remained a tool in the master’s hands. God brought her through many personal trying times before He could use her. He allowed her to be raised in a good home where she could develop and grow into a woman fit for the master’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 43 views
CULTURE "'Can't you lead a good life without believing in Christianity?' This is the question on which I have been asked to write, and straight away, before I begin trying to answer it, I have a comment to make. The question sounds as if it were asked by a person who said to himself, 'I don't care whether…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 3 views
I was traveling with at tour in southern France when we stopped at Aries, a charming little French village. We had a break of about 30 minutes before the tour was to continue, so I and many others, got off the bus and went about exploring the village. I went off by myself to have a look around. The Village…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 474 views
Luther and Erasmus: The Controversy Concerning the Bondage of the Will Protestant Reformed Theological Journal ^ | April 1999 | Garrett J. Eriks Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 6:48:03 PM by HarleyD Introduction At the time of the Reformation, many hoped Martin Luther and Erasmus could unite against…
Clay Spencer • Illustration • • 65 views
Getting Your Life Back Books: The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a Kempis The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John climacus Interior Castle by Teresa of Avila The Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross Spiritual formation is rooted in the virtues. Choosing virtue is choosing to submit our will to God and…
Robby Roberson • Illustration • • 9 views
FELLOWSHIP OF THE UNASHAMED (AN AFRICAN MARTYR’S LAST WORDS) I AM PART OF THE “FELLOWSHIP OF THE UNASHAMED.” THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST. I HAVE STEPPED OVER THE LINE. THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. I AM A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST. I WON’T LOOK BACK, LET UP, SLOW DOWN, BACK AWAY, OR BE STILL. MY PAST IS REDEEMED,…
Kathleen Boozer • Illustration • • 215 views
#1 — The Conflict In God’s FamilyPlease press the microphone to listen to the talk. Requires the free RealPlayer®. Installation instructions available. “The Conflict In God’s Family” — another look at the Biblical basis for understanding the plan of salvation as God’s provision for restoring peace in…