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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Aveen Ismail was forced to flee Syria with her husband and three children during the civil war in 2011. Now nearly 600 miles from her home she has had to adjust to a foreign land. Aveen is one amongst the 11 million immigrants displaced by the Syrian war, her story is not unique. But what is unique is…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
When Lexi Longstreet of Junction City. Oregon heard that families with children fleeing wildfires had come to a high school in their area in search of necessities, she invited some friends to bring comfort and companionship to the children. Longstreet owns a party shop and took the role of Belle from…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Genocide, rape, destruction, child trafficking are all the norm in many parts of the world. This devastating reality has caused millions of people to flee their homes, countries, and families looking for safety. There are more displaced people in the world now than there were after World War II. There…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
At the end of 2014, 59.5 million refugees have been driven from their homes by war, conflict, and persecution according to the United Nations. 15 regional conflicts have either started or reignited in the years 2009-2014. The increase in refugees between 2013 and 2014 is the sharpest ever one-year increase.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 2 views
One report says that research on media violence and its relationship to real-life aggression is substantial and convincing. Young persons learn their attitudes about violence at a very young age and, once learned, those attitudes are difficult to modify. Conservative estimates are that media violence…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 50 views
Miroslav Volf, a Christian theologian from Croatia, used to reject the concept of God's wrath. He thought that the idea of an angry God was barbaric, completely unworthy of a God of love. But then his country experienced a brutal war. People committed terrible atrocities against their neighbors and countrymen.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
RECONCILIATION The Collegiate Church, a collection of four congregations in New York, apologized for the part they played in the displacement of the Lenape Indian tribe 400 years ago. In a reconciliation ceremony, representatives of both groups exchanged wampum and music. Individuals of the Lenape tribe…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 19 views
I haven’t seen too many people faint in my time. I’ll never forget one time when it happened and, it could have been deadly but for the grace of God. It was in speech class at the Bible College. We were all giving demonstration speeches. You know, that’s where you find some object or skill, then give…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
CHARITY Are you wealthy? Before you answer that question, perhaps you should reflect upon the plight of the people in Mozambique. "Last year Mozambique had one of the highest economic growth rates in the world." according to Brady Anderson, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 32 views
GOD'S WILL Want to be in the center of God's will? Then turn to the center of God's word, the verse that is exactly in the middle of the Bible, Psalms 118:8 and follow the advise there: "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man." (NKJV) Illustration by Jim L. Wilson GOD’S WILL…
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If Jesus dwell at the fountain of my life; if the currents of His life have displaced and superseded all self-currents; if implicit obedience to Him be the inspiration and force of every movement of my life, then He can safely commit the praying to my will, and pledge Himself, by an obligation as profound…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 122 views
LOST AND FOUND As of July 1, 2003 a new lifesaving technology became available to millions of Americans. Personal locator beacons similar to beacons used by mariners and aviators, allow lost hikers, campers, and others to be tracked in an emergency when they carry the devices. When activated in an emergency,…
Phil Newby • Illustration • • 6 views
Messages from God From September 1, 1998 through November 30, 1998 God talked to South Florida. At least, he seemed to. The award winning advertising campaign was created by The Smith Agency of Ft. Lauderdale for an anonymous donor. It used eighteen different messages, all "signed by God". The campaign…
Stephen M. Hollingshead • Illustration • • 131 views
Authorized King James Version From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "King James Version" redirects here. For other uses, see King James Version (disambiguation). Authorized Version The title page to the 1611 first edition of the Authorized Version Bible by Cornelius Boel shows…
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…
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The Project Gutenberg EBook of On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin #3 in our series by Charles Darwin Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header…
WillEarl • Illustration • • 446 views
able border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt'> ! The Two Babylons or The Papal Worship Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife By the Late Rev. Alexander Hislop First published as a pamphlet in 1853--greatly expanded in 1858 Contents Introduction Chapter…