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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 42 views • unknown
HOPE ---------- by Max Lucado The scene recorded in Luke 24:13-24 fascinates me-two sincere disciples walking along the dusty road to Emmaus telling how the last nail has been driven in Israel's coffin. God, in disguise, listens patiently, his wounded hands buried deeply in his robe. He must have been…
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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…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 30 views
There is a little mischief in the village about Miss A or Mr. B, and Mrs. Tittle-tattle is up as early as possible, and calls on Mrs. Scandal, and says, “Have you heard the sad news? I hope it is not true.” “No, I have not heard it.” “Well, don’t mention it to anybody else. I hope it is not correct,…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 134 views
The ostrich is reported to bury her head in the sand and then suppose herself safe, but she is captured all the more speedily. We may shut our eyes and say, “I do not have sin,” but in so doing, instead of securing eternal salvation, we shall as practically give ourselves up to the destroyer as the bird…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 129 views
Do you not know that plain dealing is more precious than rubies? Would you not say to your physician, “Put me under the severest examination, and let me know the truth”? Would you pay him a fee so that he might deceive you? As to your soul, do you not desire to know the very worst of your case? If you…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 36 views
If any man dares to tell me that he lives for a single day without a sinful deed, I will dare to tell him that he never knew himself. Only look at your own room. If you disturb it, I see only a little dust floating about in it, but if a stray sunbeam shall enter through the window I see millions upon…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 77 views
Suppose you go to a surgeon because you have some deadly cancer growing upon you. You want to have it removed, and you know there are a great many physicians who will profess to cure such things, but in reality only give temporary ease. You keep clear from all these. You are well aware that if only a…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 37 views
I remember hearing of a pious minister who was asked to speak one day upon the subject of joy in God. He stood up and said, “I am sorry that I have been requested to speak upon this topic; for the fact is, I am not walking in the light, but I am crying, ‘Restore to me the joy of your salvation’ (Psa…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 128 views
People can tell lies when they hold their tongues. There was a little girl at school who always held her hand up when the boys and girls were asked to show that they knew the answer to any question that had been put to them. One afternoon she held her hand up when she did not know the answer, and a classmate…
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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,…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 125 views
Many years ago a certain prince visited the Spanish galleys, where a large number of convicts were confined, chained to their oars to toil on without relief—I think nearly all of them condemned to a life sentence. Being a great prince, the King of Spain told him that he might in honor of his visit set…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In an interview with ESPN, Hall of Famer Michael Jordan said, “I like Kobe, we talk a lot, I hope he comes back healthy. I think he’s one of the great players of the game, I think he’s done a lot for the game, and he has a true love for the game of basketball. I absolutely have high regard for Kobe Bryant.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Virginia sheriff’s department said a family who turned in two large mail bags filled with cash they found in the middle of the road deserved praise. The Schantz family said they were driving and ran over one of the bags. They thought it was full of trash and noticed another bag in a nearby ditch. They…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In their book, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer write, “Studies show that well over half the population will readily cheat the system to get more for themselves if they think they won’t be caught.” —No Rules Rules, 58 2 Corinthians 8:21 (CSB) Indeed, we…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
24-year-old Connor Betts entered a bar and restaurant in Dayton Ohio and shot and killed 9 people wounding 27 others. Dayton police, responding to the shooting, killed Connor or the massacre would have been much worse. His online obituary, published by his parents made no mention of the massacre that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
When Long Island railroad conductor Jerry Savino was walking through one of the cars on his train, he noticed a large folder on the overhead rack of the train. Concerned that it might contain something dangerous, Savino opened the envelope and found a wad of 90 new $100 bills. He found paperwork with…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
In the Paramount show Younger, a 40-year-old woman attempts to return to the book publishing industry after raising her daughter. Forced to find a job after learning she is getting a divorce, she is unable to find work after her absence from the industry for 15 years. Because of her young-looking face,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
When Richard Taverna found a purse by a wall on a New York subway platform, he was surprised by what he found inside. At first glance, he saw some paper with Russian writing on it, but when he looked closer, he found a hundred $100 bills. When he took the purse to police the following morning, Taverna…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Fifty years after the advent of color television in England, TV licensing spokesperson Jason Hill says over seven thousand households have not switched to color transmissions. Hill said it is interesting that despite the advent of smartphones, tablets, and computers, thousands still choose to watch their…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Federal authorities announced they intercepted a shipment of 108 fake replica Super Bowl rings representing many past champion teams. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the rings were in an express consignment package that arrived from Hong Kong. Officers noticed “poor craftsmanship” and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Sarcasm is often viewed as something bad, but a new study suggest that it may actually boost productivity and thought processes in both the user and the receiver. To examine their theory, researchers assigned volunteers to dialogues that were sarcastic, sincere, or neutral, and then assigned the participant…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Chris Mazdzer won a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. His medal was in the luge competition and is the first luge medal for an American man in the history of the Olympic Games. Before the Games, Mazdzer’s world ranking was sliding as he was struggling in some kind of rut. Just a few weeks before…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Ashh Nicole posted a video to YouTube showing insects falling into the glaze as it poured onto to the pastries in a doughnut shop in North Carolina. http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/10/28/Doughnut-shop-customer-films-bugs-falling-into-glaze/9151446053180/?spt=sec&or=on That video, coupled with the recent…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
For the past 20 years, Stuart Dunnings III has been the top prosecutor for Ingham County, Michigan and has built a reputation as “an outspoken advocate for ending human trafficking and prostitution.” According to the state attorney general’s office Dunnings took an aggressive approach to his job and…