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Reflections Podcasts
Rosemary Laxton • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 56 views • 9:47
Truth And Love
Josh Andrews • Mt. Zion Baptist Church • Illustration • • 13 views • 41:45
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 44 views
Summer is a time for family vacations. I hope none of you have the same experience as the lady in this story.
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.…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 10 views
HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW. > > Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood > and always has something positive to say: When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. > > If an employee…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 16 views
Barna: Doctrinal confusion abounds; Mohler: Church is key to discipleship Oct 14, 2002 By Michael Foust LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Seventy-nine percent of Americans profess a belief in the Trinity, while 74 percent reject the concept of original sin; 59 percent say Satan is merely a symbol of evil; and nearly…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 85 views
On one occasion I turned in by reason of the extreme severity of the rain to a little lone cottage. I found a woman there with a child who seemed somewhat relieved when she had admitted me, but previously she had been crying bitterly with sheer alarm and terror. “Why,” she said, “this is a little round…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 19 views
Just as people in a foreign land that love their country always are glad to have plenty of letters from the country, I hope we have much communication with the old fatherland. We send our prayers there as letters to our Father, and we get His letters back in this blessed volume of His Word. You go into…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 32 views
When I first began to preach, I am afraid that I used to say a great many strange things—which, of course, I do not do now. But having, on a certain occasion, said something rather striking and perhaps not quite wise, there was an excellent Christian man who wanted to set me right. He did not come and…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 17 views
John Bunyan beautifully portrays Christiana and Mercy coming up out of the bath of the interpreter’s house. They have had jewels put upon them, and when they are both washed, Mercy says to Christiana, “How comely and beautiful you look!” “No,” Christiana said, “My sister, I see no beauty in myself, but…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
A group of musicians and scientists sent a message into space, hoping to communicate with intelligent life on a distant planet. The project, known as Sonar Calling GJ 273b was aimed at a nearby exoplanet named GJ 273b. Scientists believe the planet is a “Super Earth” and may be the home of intelligent…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
One of the keys to a marriage’s survival is effective communication skills. Communication is not completed until the recipient receives the message intended by the sender. A woman in India has filed for divorce from her husband because his communication is being received differently than he intends.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Scientists studying the behavior patterns of cats call a feline’s shifting their front paws back and forth before they settle down, kneading because it looks like they are kneading dough to make biscuits. They said the behavior is a sign that the cat is relaxed and displaying affection to nearby people.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Joel Salinas, MD, the Lulu P. and David J. Levidow Assistant Professor of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and member of the Department of Neurology’s Center for Cognitive Neurology says, “But today, right now, you can ask yourself if you truly have someone available to listen to you in a…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
The social media network, Facebook has announced that they have developed new tools to help charities raise money, help mark people safe during a crisis, and seek or send help during a crisis. The company made the announcement during a forum designed to show off the tools they are creating to enable…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
When Stephen A. Smith came under fire for his insensitive remarks about Major League Baseball pitching and hitting phenomenon Shohei Ohtani, he did not make excuses. Instead, he said, “I was wrong, period.” As a black man, Smith has been on the other side of racism and is an outspoken critic of racist…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Pam Joy of Skagway Alaska was walking on the beach when she spotted a bottle with a group of washed-up logs, branches, and other debris. Joy opened the bottle and found a message written on a sheet of paper. It said, “Happy New Year 1987!” The message was not signed, and there was no indication where…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
9-year-old Abbie Graham was visiting Hawaiian Paradise Park with her parents and sister when she found a dirty glass bottle on the beach. Her parents said they thought it was just trash when they first saw it, but when they opened it, they discovered a message inside. The note was written by a Natural…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
The average person speaks about 16,000 words in a day. The less chatty speaking only 700 words with the most talkative topping out at 47,000 words a day. --Richard Knox, “Study: Men Talk Just as Much as Women.” All things Considered, NPR radio. Accessed 72621. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11762186…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
A study from the University of Central Florida found that keeping a gratitude journal for two weeks decreased gossip in the workplace. The participants in the study spent a few minutes each day writing about people they were grateful for. Writing for Psychology Today, Christopher Bergland said, “After…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
When people make sarcastic remarks, they say one thing, that if taken at face value has the exact opposite meaning that they wish to convey. For instance, they may say, “nice going” when someone makes a blunder. Many times, it is a light-hearted way to take the edge off a criticism that encourages everyone…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
A bridle bit will weigh between one and two pounds, yet a rider can direct an 1800-pound horse with it. https://martinblack.net/on-the-road-with-martin-black/traditional-california-bit-weights.html Small things can have power over things that are exponentially larger than they are. James 3:3; 5 (CSB)…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
In an article for The Good Men Project, Pamela Nikodem addresses what to do when sarcasm is on the tip of our tongues. Instead of indulging ourselves with the short-lived satisfaction of unleashing our anger disguised as wit, she offers the following advice, “The next time a witty thought shows up, challenge…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 63 views
Though it sank years ago, the Titanic continues to capture people’s imagination—especially as they speculate on how the disaster could have been avoided. Captain Charles B. Weeks studied the relative size its rudder to the hull to determine if a larger rudder would have made a difference. There are different…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Why do people gossip? Nicholas DiFonzo, Professor of Psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology says “This last desire informs us of perhaps the nastiest motive in gossip, moral rationalization-that feeling of glee to learn that someone else is worse than we are. Relatively speaking, we must…