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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 5 views • unknown
> >> > > >This was written by a teen in Bagdad, Arizona. > >> > > > > >> > > >Now I sit me down in school > >> > > >Where praying is against the rule > >> > > >For this great nation under God > >> > > >Finds mention of Him very odd. > >> > > > > >> > > >If Scripture now the class recites, > >> > > >It…
Quotes
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 8 views
Monday, August 20, 2007 FOOTBALL QUOTES Subject: FOOTBALL PHILOSOPHY At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any." Erik Russell / Georgia Southern. "Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas." Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 21 views
I have seen, at a railway station, gentlemen with first-class tickets walking up and down the platform unable to find a first-class carriage; and if the train was going on they have jumped in the third class so as to get to their journey’s end. If there is any man who does not think that he ought to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 64 views
A famous comedian has a comic routine where he talks about sitting in first class on an airplane while watching other people go by to coach. He makes a comment about how whenever he sees a soldier get on the plane he thinks to himself “it would be the right thing to do...if I gave him my seat.” He then…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Rodney Smith Jr. set out on a personal mission several years ago. He owns half of lawn care business in Alabama and often helps people who are unable to mow their own lawn because of age, disability, or being a busy single mom. He wanted to travel America and mow the lawns of military veterans in all…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
When Chef Gordon Ramsay and his family go on vacation, his four kids are not permitted to sit with him and his wife in first class. “They haven’t worked anywhere near hard enough to afford first class,” the wealthy Ramsay declares. Having been raised in public housing in poverty and chaos where he left…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
High school senior Kate Wynja won the Class A girls state golf tournament, but then realized she has submitted an incorrect scorecard. She accidentally credited herself with a 4 on the 18th hole, instead of a 5 and knew she had to report it. As a result, she was disqualified, and her team fell from first…
Romans
Rev. Bruce Goettsche • Union Church of La Harpe Illinois • Illustration • • 428 views
Imagine going to Chicago on a business trip. You have a bunch of meetings and have plans to fly out right after your last meeting to meet your family in some great vacation spot. Your meetings run late and you know it is going to be a challenge to get to the airport and get checked in so you can make…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
In June of 2014, Mid-Continent University in Mayfield, Kentucky ceased operations after 65 years of Christian Education. This school had served as a training facility for pastors, missionaries, teachers, youth pastors, music ministers, and lay leaders for decades. It served people from several surrounding…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Blair Walsh, kicker for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, missed a last-second field goal kick and kept the team from advancing in the 2016 NFL playoffs. After the game, many ridiculed Walsh for missing what many thought was an easy kick. A group of first graders at Northpoint Elementary school decide to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 40 views
Michael B. Jordon shares a name with one of the most famous basketball players of all time. Living with a famous name is not easy. “I hated my name. I wanted to change it,” Jordan, who is an accomplished actor says. “But it gave me a healthy chip on my shoulder. One of my goals is when people hear ‘Michael…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Larry David was a co-creator of the television sitcom, Seinfeld. The success of that show has made David a multimillionaire. His success however didn’t stop his mother from worrying. Larry David said his mother would ask him, even after Seinfeld was the No. 1 show on Television, “Are they going to keep…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
The Great Courses offers audio and video courses on a great variety of subjects. One that is offered, taught by Professor Bart D. Ehrman from the University of North Carolina, is all about Jesus, but named How Jesus Became God. The first lesson is “Jesus—The Man Who Became God.” The professor has it…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Maybe there will always be people living in poverty, even in a country surrounded by wealth and opportunity. But Karin McQuillan explains the quickest way out of poverty. “We don’t need a $200 million dollar committee. The Census Bureau already has the figures. The cure for poverty is within everyone’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
An online course featuring several noted philanthropists including Warren Buffet, will help students learn about giving away money and could help make decisions regarding how Buffet’s money will be distributed. More than 4,000 people have signed up for the course, and sponsors say if more people sign…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Many Christians across the country set aside the first Thursday in May as the National day of Reason.” The date began in competition to the National Day of Prayer when the groups decided to offer some Americans an alternative. Those who observe the day encourage others to spend the day performing community…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 7 views
The truth is that, often, we want to be anything but a shepherd. And, by the way, that’s often what our people want to. In 1875, the following want add appeared in the Milwaukee Sentinel Wanted- A rector for St. James' Church. He must possess all Christian graces and a few worldly ones; must have such…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 16 views
By John Blake, CNN President Barack Obama was sharing a pulpit one day with a conservative Christian leader when a revealing exchange took place. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a conservative Christian who has taken public stands against abortion and same-sex marriage, had joined Obama for an AIDS summit.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 35 views
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn spoke of his time in prison, with all its pain, as a gift: It was granted to me to carry away from my prison years on my bent back, which nearly broke beneath its load, this essential experience: how a human being becomes evil and how good. In the intoxication of youthful successes…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 18 views
That’s what William Borden did. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, or perhaps you might say a golden calf in his back yard. He was heir to the Borden dairy estate and, because of this, was a millionaire by the age of 21. As you can imagine, he went to Yale for his education. But William was…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Most people pay close attention to the information on their airline tickets. Things like flight number, gate, and boarding time are important, but there are other codes on the ticket that tell the airlines a lot about the passenger. A single-letter code can make a big difference for the travel experience,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 31 views
Back in 2000, the FCA leaders of Pearl River Central High School in Carriere, Ms, were discussing plans for the remainder of the school year. "Everyone was writing down goals and plans when suddenly a teacher suggested we reach our school for Christ," said Cary-Anne Dell, a member of the FCA's leadership…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 23 views
Louie Zamperini was an Olympic class athlete, running in the 1936 Berlin games as a youngster. He was looking forward to the 1940 Olympics, first scheduled for Tokyo, then Finland, and finally cancelled completely because of World War II. His story of crashing, surviving the ocean only to be captured…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 2 views
But last of all, we are willing to challenge in the face of scriptural violation. Basically, this happens in a couple of situations. First, we are to challenge our leaders when they ask us to violate some scriptural principle. Last week I told you of Jennifer Keeton who was forced to attend remediation…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 6 views
Posted: 06/29/11 07:58 PM ET The Pew Research Center recently conducted a survey of global evangelical leaders which yielded some interesting results. For one thing, 92 percent of those surveyed believe taking a yoga class is incompatible with being a good evangelical. Seriously? We're against yoga?…