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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 231 views • unknown
THE STORY I was born in 1725, and I died 1807. The only godly influence in my life, as far back as I can remember, was my mother, whom I had for only seven years. When she left my life through death, I was virtually an orphan. My father remarried, sent me to a strict military school, where the severity…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
A classic 1956 Chevrolet sedan that was originally used as a military staff car at an Army Depot was sold twice to help the Honor Flight organization which provides free transportation for veterans to visit military memorials in Washington DC. The government auctioned the Chevrolet 150 in 1964 and it…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Archaeologists uncovered a rare stone sign establishing the city limit of ancient Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius around 49A.D. The sign was uncovered when workers excavated a new sewer system and is a huge slab of travertine used to mark off a sacred, military, and political perimeter highlighting…
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 • • 7 views
A couple hiking in northeastern France found an unusual artifact, carrier pigeon message dating from 110 years earlier. Jade Halaoui said he and a friend were hiking in the Ingersheim when they spotted a tiny aluminum cylinder on the ground. They dug it up and found a small piece of paper inside with…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Hundreds of residents of New Bern, North Carolina needed help after Hurricane Florence flooded their community with torrential downpours. One of those helping was retired Marine Jason Weinmann. After he left the Corps, Weinmann purchased a large military transport vehicle at a government auction with…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
An article in Journal of Community Health reported the findings of researchers who studied the pervasiveness of “short sleep duration,” which they defined as less than seven hours per night. In the abstract of the article the authors wrote, “In 2018, the highest levels of short sleep duration were found…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
In 1944 Waclaw Domagala was injured at the Battle of Monte Cassino. Doctors removed his left leg in an Italian military hospital. He never forgot the “angel” who nursed him back to health. She was a young 21-year-old nurse named Maria Kowalaka. Domagala is now in a senior home in southwest England. The…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Historian Tom Holland’s new book, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (Basic, 2019) tells the amazing story of how a culture that had esteemed only big winners began to care about (in worldly terms) big losers. This is the story of the Gospels. One example begins with a description…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Construction crews tearing down an old middle school in Massachusetts found a 124-year old time capsule under the front steps. It had an April 28, 1894 date, which was the day the school was originally dedicated. The capsule contained two newspapers, remnants or military uniforms from the Civil War,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
In the movie “The Last Samurai,” Nathan Algren, played by Tom Cruise, embraces the samurai culture he was hired to destroy. The way of the Samurai was being replaced by modern weapons and military tactics. The young emperor, manipulated by the nation’s generals, found himself at odds with the leader…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 22 views
In 2016, Colin Kapernick, the 49ers quarterback, gained national attention by not standing for the National Anthem. His choice was a personal act of protest against recent acts of police violence against African Americans, but erupted into a national media controversy for the NFL. Kapernick has drawn…
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Dustan Ingenthron • Branson Bible Church • Illustration • • 129 views • 42:59
# Philippians Lesson 1 ## Intro to the Study of Philippians I’ve been given the privilege of teaching the opening weeks of this study through the book of Philippians. Before we get to the text of Philippians I am going to take a few minutes to refresh your memory of the background of the Philippian churches…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Pilot Ken McKenzie credits his faith and his military experience for getting himself and his wife out of a plane after it crash landed in the Everglades. McKenzie is an experienced pilot, who served in the Canadian Air Force. He says his training took over, but both he and his wife credit their faith…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
In March of 2015, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he wouldn't have swapped Terrorist prisoners for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. "I don't think I would have made the trade," said Romney on NBC's "Today Show." Bergdahl was charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, about nine months…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
A county in Oregon decided to change the attribution for a quote on a veterans monument to “Unknown” after they were unable to prove that George Washington said it. The quote about respect for military veterans had often been attributed to the first president, so the county included that on the monument.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 114 views
When President Jimmy Carter announced on Meet the Press, January 20, 1980 that he intended to boycott the Moscow Olympic Games, it altered the lives of many American athletes, like Bob Bugg. He had qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials already, unlike many others, and could have earned a place on the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
Immigration is a big topic in US and world politics. It also impacts mission work. How? During the last century, Latin American Protestants rose from 50,000 in 1900 to 64 million in 2000, according to Evangelical scholar William Taylor, with Pentecostal and charismatic churches making up three-quarters…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
During World War II, Dorothy Carlberg exchanged letters with young soldiers. Now, nearly 7 decades later, she received a reply from one of the men she wrote to. Carlberg is 85 and lives in an assisted living center, was the intended recipient of letter written by Al Fragakis, who affectionately called…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Irene Triplett, the 84-year-old daughter of a Civil War veteran is the last recipient of a Civil War Pension. She receives $73.13 each month from the U.S. Government. There are still 16 widows and children of veterans of the 1898 Spanish-American war receiving military pensions, and 4,038 widows, sons,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 19 views
After Typhoon Haiyan battered the Philippine city of Tacloban, residents cheered a bit of good news in the midst of the debris when a baby girl was born. 21-year-old Emily Ortega gave birth at the Tacloban airport after surviving the storm herself. Ortega was in an evacuation center when the storm surge…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
In a new book about John Dickinson we discover some new truths about this leader in the American Revolution. Dickinson was there in the beginning of our country but he disagreed with the Declaration of Independence. He believed that Americans should give the English time to come to understand their colony…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Sgt. Dennis Weichel was herding a group of Afghan children off the road out of the way of a military convoy when one boy darted back into the road. Weichel, a Rhode Island National Guardsman, pushed the boy out of the way before the vehicle struck him. Instead, it hit Sgt. Weichel who died from his injuries.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
The way the laws regarding aid to the families of U.S. military veterans are structured, has added millions of dollars to the cost of the wars the country has fought. The law states that surviving spouses can qualify for lifetime benefits when troops have a service-related death. Children under the age…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A smoke screen is an old military term meaning something intended to disguise, conceal, deceive or camouflage. Like a mass of dense smoke created by artificial means to obscure movements conceal an area or vessel from the enemy. In short, something said or done in order to hide the truth. With the shocking…