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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 30 views
There is a little mischief in the village about Miss A or Mr. B, and Mrs. Tittle-tattle is up as early as possible, and calls on Mrs. Scandal, and says, “Have you heard the sad news? I hope it is not true.” “No, I have not heard it.” “Well, don’t mention it to anybody else. I hope it is not correct,…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 138 views
The ostrich is reported to bury her head in the sand and then suppose herself safe, but she is captured all the more speedily. We may shut our eyes and say, “I do not have sin,” but in so doing, instead of securing eternal salvation, we shall as practically give ourselves up to the destroyer as the bird…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 130 views
Do you not know that plain dealing is more precious than rubies? Would you not say to your physician, “Put me under the severest examination, and let me know the truth”? Would you pay him a fee so that he might deceive you? As to your soul, do you not desire to know the very worst of your case? If you…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 36 views
If any man dares to tell me that he lives for a single day without a sinful deed, I will dare to tell him that he never knew himself. Only look at your own room. If you disturb it, I see only a little dust floating about in it, but if a stray sunbeam shall enter through the window I see millions upon…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 79 views
Suppose you go to a surgeon because you have some deadly cancer growing upon you. You want to have it removed, and you know there are a great many physicians who will profess to cure such things, but in reality only give temporary ease. You keep clear from all these. You are well aware that if only a…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 37 views
I remember hearing of a pious minister who was asked to speak one day upon the subject of joy in God. He stood up and said, “I am sorry that I have been requested to speak upon this topic; for the fact is, I am not walking in the light, but I am crying, ‘Restore to me the joy of your salvation’ (Psa…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 10 views
A person asked me one day, “Is not such-and-such a person a Baptist?” I replied, “I do not know him.” He said, “He is a fellow who says a very long grace before his dinner, and he goes to such-and-such a chapel.” “Well,” I answered, “If he goes there, he certainly attends a Baptist chapel.” Then he said,…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 128 views
People can tell lies when they hold their tongues. There was a little girl at school who always held her hand up when the boys and girls were asked to show that they knew the answer to any question that had been put to them. One afternoon she held her hand up when she did not know the answer, and a classmate…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 125 views
Many years ago a certain prince visited the Spanish galleys, where a large number of convicts were confined, chained to their oars to toil on without relief—I think nearly all of them condemned to a life sentence. Being a great prince, the King of Spain told him that he might in honor of his visit set…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
In You'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times, Max Lucado writes about a time his wife was transparent when someone asked how she was doing. He writes, “Years ago Denalyn battled a dark cloud of depression. Every day was gray. Her life was loud and busy—two kids in elementary school,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Possibly the biggest moment in the 2018 NBA Finals was the timeout that J.R. Smith did not call. “With the score tied at 107-107 after George Hill made the first of two free throws, Smith grabbed the rebound off a would-be go-ahead shot in the paint when Hill missed the second one. With 4.5 seconds remaining,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Florida couple said they were grateful to a man who found and returned a bag containing a quarter million dollars in lost jewelry. Joe and Elif Fitzgerald had attended a charity event in Florida and had a lot to pick up after the event. They put a bag containing $250,000 worth of jewelry in the back…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
In the annual Gallup poll regarding how honest and ethical most Americans rate different professions the clergy doesn’t come out looking very good. Only 42% of Americans view the clergy as high or very high in honesty and ethics. It has been declining every year since 2009. One reason for the decline…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
The US Border patrol will eliminate the use of polygraph tests used in interviewing new applicants. Currently, there are 1800 open positions and the president is seeking as many as 5000 new ones. The border patrol is running into problems. Over 60% of applicants cannot pass the polygraph test. “Not a…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
A Pennsylvania Turnpike worker decided that being brutally honest was the best way to end his 35-year career with the state. The worker was asked to fill out an exit survey and email it back to the human resources department. After completing the survey, the employee hit the “replay all” button and sent…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 22 views
Rogelio Andaverde, a Texas husband allegedly staged his own kidnapping. He wanted to hang out with friends but his wife would not give permission. Andaverde arranged for friends to don masks, display guns, and come to his home and take him away while his terrified wife looked on. A good marriage requires…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 24 views
Mike Vegas ordered pizza and wings from a pizza company. He only had time to eat one slice of pizza before he left for work, so he put the rest of the order in the refrigerator to eat later. While he was at work that night, he kept getting message on his cell phone, but he didn’t pay any attention to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 50 views
Officials with Wells Fargo Bank said they were happy that a Pennsylvania woman did the right thing when an automatic teller machine gave her too much money. Kristina Edwards told a local newspaper that she went to the ATM to withdraw $60. When the machine produced $380, she tried to chase down the customer…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
In “Life Beyond the Law,” Daryl Watts writes, “As my six-year-old daughter’s birthday party approached, I tried to coach her on how to be gracious about gifts. Even as a young child, she already had a reputation for brutal honesty. I asked her, “What do you say if you get a gift you don’t like?” She…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Seven-year-old Aiden Wright has been taught to do the right thing. His character was tested when he found $8,000 at his favorite park. Wright was playing when we noticed a black checkbook at the top of the slide. He opened it and was surprised to find $8,000 inside. He gave the money to his uncle who…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
A social experiment put teens in a room by themselves to play a bean-bag toss game. After they played the game researchers asked the teens to report on their own scores. Unknown to the youngsters there was a hidden camera to verify the results. They found that eighty percent of the participants lied,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Twenty-seven years after he stole a Color TV from the Norwalk, Connecticut Jewish Center, Randy Iannacone turned himself in to the police, who booked him for the crime. Though the Jewish Center closed in April of 1989, the 60-year old man still is working to make things right. –Jim L. Wilson http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-turns-self-stealing-tv-1989-n555411…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Darrell Cox stopped for breakfast at a diner in his neighborhood for bacon and eggs. He paid for his meal, but did not realize he left something very important behind. After Cox left, Johnny, a worker at the restaurant found an envelope containing $3,000 in the bathroom. He gave it to the manager, who…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
At the Burger King drive through window in Rochester, N.H., Janelle Jones ordered a sandwich and drink. When she opened the bag there was no sandwich inside. Instead there was $2,631, mostly inside bank deposit bags. After talking with her husband Matthew, and thinking about it for a while, the pair…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
26-year-old Cristian Osorio left Queens headed for Syracuse, New York in a stolen car. Police in Pennsylvania say he apparently took the wrong road and ended up lost and out of gas along a county highway. Authorities say Osorio was charged with receiving stolen property and unauthorized use of a motor…