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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 36 views
If I were asked to visit you tomorrow evening, I am sure you would make some preparations for my call—even for one so commonplace as myself. You would prepare, because you would welcome me. If you expected the Queen to call, how excited you would be! What preparation good housewives would make for a…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 2 views
Along the coast, in certain places, there are no harbors. But in other spots, there are bays into which vessels run at once in the time of storm. Some men present an open natural harborage for people in distress. You love them instinctively, and trust them unreservedly. They, on their part, welcome your…
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…
Jared Clark • Falls Baptist Church • Illustration • • 25 views
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
An electronic sign meant to welcome tourists to Miami Beach briefly offered visitors a confusing message when it malfunctioned. The flashing, portable sign along a causeway read, ”Welcome visitors! Prohibited.” It was actually supposed to flash a message reading “Welcome visitors! Prohibited on the beach:…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Friends and family welcomed Dave “Dinger” Bell back to dry ground when the former Royal Marine arrived in England after rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. Bell’s team believes he is one of the first people to row from New York to England unsupported. Bell reported that on the trip he was stung by a jellyfish,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Brownsville Texas welcomed a duck when it chose to nest in their parking lot. The establishment used their social media page to report that the duck, named Daisy, was living in the parking lot, and asked guests to say hello, but be respectful of her home. The restaurant posted…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
MENTORING Discipleship needs the kind patterning that can only happen in healthy and authentic Christian relationships. Jim Wilder wisely observes, “Who we love has far more impact on character than what we believe.” — Jim Wilson and Jon R. Pennington --Jim Wilder, Renovated: God, Dallas Willard, and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Despite the bad news in the world around them, two North Dakota families choose to focus on good and spread kindness. 11-year-old Eva Brooke and her family collected $280 and gave it to their server when they visited one of their favorite local restaurants. Brooke said she got the idea from another friend,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A German multimillionaire has invited 10 “nice people” to live with him on his 550-acre property in New Zealand. International businessman Karl Reipen placed an ad in the New Zealand Herald two times inviting up to ten people to share the “paradise” he has created. The property features horse stables,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Traveling with her son gave Kendra Robins an idea to minster to homeless children around the country. Robins noticed that her son slept better away from home when he had a familiar item to snuggle with. She realized children spending an evening in a homeless shelter might be afraid to sleep because they…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
The words we use can have many implications that go beyond the actual meaning of the words. Michigan State University is advising employees to avoid saying “no problem” to customers. MSU says that “no problem” is a “trigger’’ that could lead “a customer to believe that they could be a problem.” It’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
In 1944 Waclaw Domagala was injured at the Battle of Monte Cassino. Doctors removed his left leg in an Italian military hospital. He never forgot the “angel” who nursed him back to health. She was a young 21-year-old nurse named Maria Kowalaka. Domagala is now in a senior home in southwest England. The…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Have you ever been on a journey, with someone else at the wheel, where you thought you were going someplace, only to end up in a completely different location? Happened not so long ago to the passengers on a British Airways flight out of London City Airport. They thought they were on a flight to Dusseldorf…
Dr. Paul Stohler • ChristCentral Baptist Church • Illustration • • 23 views
Welcome to ChristCentral Sunday Morning Worship, for July 09, 2023.
Visiting speaker & pastor, Dr. Paul Stohler, from the SBC (Southern Baptist of Texas), delivers a sermon titled "The Parable of the Hidden Treasure", from Matthew 13:44,
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+13%3A44&version=NKJV
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
The state of Nebraska introduced a new tourism campaign in the fall of 2018, offering a different reason to visit. The slogan: “Nebraska. Honestly, it’s not for everyone,” replaced a campaign titled “Through My Eyes” and is a sharp contrast to an earlier slogan which read, “Visit Nebraska. Visit Nice.”…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 17 views
When the authorities catch Val Jean for stealing from the priest in Les Miserables, the priest has the opportunity to hand him over to the law. He does not. Instead, the priest lies to the two officers and makes up a story that saves Val Jean from going to prison. He then sings, “I have bought your soul…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
When an Arizona grandmother accidentally sent a text to a wrong number, she went ahead and invited the stranger to Thanksgiving dinner. Jamal Hinson said he received a text from someone who told him Thanksgiving dinner would be served at 3PM on the holiday. The person sending the text identified themselves…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
When Nomura Takuyuki accepted Christ, his family disowned him. His father kicked him out of the house and declared him a non-person. They were upset because as the oldest son it would fall to him to take care of the kamidana, a miniature household altar to worship ancestors. Nomura knew that as a Christian…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
While sitting at their second-grade lunch table, Rebecca told her Rachael that she knew who the tooth fairy was. The night before Rebecca was pretending to be asleep when her dad snuck in, took the tooth, and laid a crisp five-dollar bill under her pillow. Rachel couldn’t believe it and she couldn’t…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 35 views
Bruce Tanner walked nearly 800 miles to encourage others and prove that there are still good people in the world. It took Tanner three weeks to travel from Maine to Ohio, and when he finished his 21-day journey, a crowd of nearly 100 friends and family lined the highway leading into his hometown to welcome…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Michelle Keylor, an Ohio mother of two sons and two dogs was very serious about keeping the house nice and tidy for their 2016 Thanksgiving celebration. She posted a note at the living room entrance that said, “This room has been cleaned for the holidays and is officially CLOSED until Thanksgiving.”…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
It is not healthy to be lonely. A new finding from studies conducted over 21 years shows that people who lacked strong social ties and had few friends were 29 percent more likely to have a heart attack and 32 percent more likely to suffer a stroke. Researcher Nicole Valtorta reports that “if this is…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Businesses in Yuma, Arizona took advantage of a boom of travelers passing through their town. Yuma is usually a sleepy town on the way to San Diego, but a bridge collapse of nearby Interstate 10 sent detoured traffic through the town. When they realized traffic would be diverted, the convention and visitors…