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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
On the night of May 11th 2002, Megan Napier, was on her way home when Eric Smallridge crashed his vehicle into her car killing Megan and her friend. This was not a normal accident because Eric was driving drunk. Renee Napier, Megan’s mother did the unthinkable. Napier and her family had every right to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Kenneth was drunk and wanted to go home, so he called an Uber to pick him up near West Virginia University and drive him home. So far, sounds like the responsible thing to do, right? After all, we wouldn’t want him to drink and then drive. He gave the UberXL driver his address and passed out in the car,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Twenty-two-year-old Emily Guberman just graduated from Baylor University, is a VISTA volunteer and is running 1,000 miles to support Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Emily’s motivation for supporting MADD is unique, because a drunk driver killed her mother in 2009. After her mother’s death Emily…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 32 views
According to news reports, Joshua Tackett, a 29-year-old New Hampshire resident crashed his car in front of his local police headquarters. Police later arrested him on the suspicion of drunk driving. In his mug shot, he is wearing a t-shirt that says, “This guy needs a beer.” While many viewing the picture…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Joel Sweeney of River Falls, Wisconsin had a drinking problem. He has eight drunk-driving infractions. He was in near death accidents three times. After spending three years in jail he decided to get sober. Since 2013 he has been the town’s designated driver. He gives free rides to people as they leave…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
A woman who was hit by a drunk driver has filed a lawsuit seeking $4,600 to replace the clothes she was wearing at the time. She is seeking the money for clothing in addition to the cost of her medical bills. In a court statement, Susan Layne said the accident left her with bruises, scratches, and pains.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
In 2013, Ethan Couch killed four people and seriously injured two others while driving drunk. In his defense, a psychologist testified that Couch was a victim of parents who never set limits for him and coined the word “affluenza” to describe what happens to a child who grows up without proper parental…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
A Massachusetts man whose wife was killed by a drunk driver on the way to church said his has forgiven the woman who killed her. Bill LaPierre and his wife Karen had stopped to pick up doughnuts to serve after church, when 37 year old Lisa Leavitt struck Karen with her car. Leavitt later admitted to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Nebraska man recently returned home to thank the Omaha police officer who arrested him and turned his life around ten years earlier. Mark Allen wanted to include the offering of gratitude as he celebrated nine years of sobriety. Allen said he researched the information on his case in order to track…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 72 views
FORGIVENESS On November 12, 2006, Frank, a follower of Christ, and his wife Becca were walking in Denver with their two children, Macie, four years old, and Garrison, two. Mom and Dad were pushing Macie and Garrison in a side-by-side stroller. As they crossed an intersection, a drunk driver named Lawrence…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Some lies are easier to detect than others. A Washington State Trooper saw an intoxicated driver who, after he noticed the officer, turned into a driveway and pulled into an empty garage. He was trying to convince the Trooper this was his home. Trooper Trevor Downey had no problem detecting the false…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 5 views
I’m not 100% sure who is the author of the thoughts on the thoughts on Starbucks coffee cups. Perhaps it’s made it’s way into your inbox. It blasts them for a couple of pretty “out there” quotes. Quotes that while not graphic in their language are bad enough that I won’t give them a reprint here. I’ve…
Illustration • • 15 views
The following are a sampling of real answers received on exams given by the California Department of Transportation's driving school. Q: Do you yield when a blind pedestrian is crossing the road? A: What for? He can't see my license plate. Q: Who has the right of way when four cars approach a four-way…
Jason Adam Brooks • Illustration • • 17 views
Matthew 23:29-33 Today you and I come together from many different places. I live a couple counties over, in Estill county, I was born and raised even farther east in Wolfe County on the far side of Powell County. Some of you were maybe born and raised in Fayette county, and likely others came from other…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 95 views
the pastor's story file a resource file for pastors/teachers/speakers THEME: Forgiveness — II Number 18 — April / 1986 WORDS ON AN EPITAPH As Copernicus, the great astronomer, was dying, a copy of his great book, The Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies, was placed in his hands. But it was not his brilliant…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 66 views
FORGIVENESS A Grinch of sorts was busy in South Florida this past holiday season. On Christmas Eve, Ron and Helen Meijer found a ransom note in their front-lawn nativity scene. The plastic baby Jesus had been kidnapped. The kidnappers did not demand money. Instead, they made a demand the Meijers refused…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 7 views
To Illustrate BLOOD'S PRICE" W hen I was five years old, before factory-installed seat belts and automobile air bags, my family was involved in a head-on collision with a drunk driver. After a visit to my grandparents' farm, we had been driving home at night on a two-lane country road. I was sitting…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 31 views
parables, etc. ". . . he did not speak to them without a parable" Jesus Mark 4:34 R.S.V. - a monthly resource letter for pastors/teachers/speakers Volume 6, Number 10 December / 1986 SEASON'S GREETINGS- The church choir director was being driven out of his mind at the rehearsals for the Christmas Choral…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 38 views
SALVATION "Actions," the saying goes, "speak louder than words." Ungodly actions can muffle the sounds of righteous words. That's what happened in Stephanie's home. Stephanie grew up in church and regularly heard the claims of the gospel, but never experienced a life transformation until she was eighteen.…
joe • Illustration • • 184 views
MOODY'S ANECDOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. RELATED IN HIS REVIVAL WORK BY THE GREAT EVANGELIST DWIGHT L. MOODY. FULLY ILLUSTRATED FROM GUSTAVE DORE REVISED EDITION. EDITED BY REV. J. B. McClure. CHICAGO: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Co. 1899 Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1896 by the Rhodes…