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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
Most of the current movie and television hits are reruns or sequels of previous hits. Harry Potter on Broadway, Star Wars, Wonder Woman, and Avengers are all reboots or follow-ons at the movies. Television hits are Roseanne and Lost in Space from years ago. Why are all the new shows throw-backs? The…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Steve Scheibner is an American Airlines pilot. On the American Airlines website, he scheduled himself to pilot AA Flight 11, from Boston to Los Angeles on September 11, 2001. On the afternoon of September 10, a senior pilot, completely within his rights, bumped Scheibner from the flight. Steve was safe…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 139 views
One of the characteristics that young people look for today in the church is authenticity. How do you know when something is authentic? When going to Panda Express for lunch we assume we are eating Chinese food. Right? Panda Express is planning to expand into China, where they will find their menu a…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
In Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Kerry Patterson writes, “Now, an apology isn’t really an apology unless you experience a change in heart. To offer a sincere apology, your motives have to change. You have to give up saving face, being right, or winning in order to focus…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
An Austrian woman recently had to convince the local electric company that she was still alive. The fifty-eight-year-old woman identified as Christine received a personally addressed letter from the electric provider stating they had heard of her passing through her bank. The woman wrote back by fax…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
The gospel and religion are not synonyms. The things people preach and practice in religion can be crazy, even if very interesting. The leader of a Florida religious sect pressures followers to drink the mucus of giant African snails. Charles Stewart is practicing the African religion Ifa Orisha. “I…
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BALTIMORE — Prosecutors agreed to some unusual terms to win a guilty plea from a former religious cult member charged with starving her 1-year-old son to death: If the child is resurrected, her plea will be withdrawn. Ria Ramkissoon, 22, also agreed Monday to testify against four other members of the…
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BALTIMORE — Prosecutors agreed to some unusual terms to win a guilty plea from a former religious cult member charged with starving her 1-year-old son to death: If the child is resurrected, her plea will be withdrawn. Ria Ramkissoon, 22, also agreed Monday to testify against four other members of the…
Mike Mestler • Illustration • • 89 views
Funeral of Brezhnev As Vice President, George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev’s widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers…
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A friend said to me the other day: "My spirit makes commitments my body can't keep." After the Resurrection the body will be able to accomplish everything the Spirit wishes!! Great News! Never again will we be LATE!!! Time will be no more; praise the Lord
Chris Otani • Illustration • • 9 views
Duck Me! UPDATE 23-01-2007 | News | Permalink | 1005 views What would you do if a freshly hunted duck came back to life in your fridge? PluckandStuffVetandlifeTargetPracticeWorshipanewgodFeeditBrainsvote A duck which survived being shot before spending two days in a refrigerator has now overcome major…
Ralph K. Hooker • Illustration • • 23 views
Well over three hundred verses are concerned with the subject of Jesus' resurrection in the New Testament. We are told that this event is a sign for unbelievers (Matthew 12:38-40); cf. John 20:24-29) as well as the answer for the believer's doubt (Luke 24:38-43). It serves as the guarantee that Jesus'…
Alan Bester • Illustration • • 11,879 views
A Catechism for the use of the people called Methodists (a) WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? | 1 | What is a Christian? Christians are those who believe that God has revealed himself in Jesus Christ accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, live in communion with God and in the power of the Holy Spirit, and…
David Hunt • Illustration • • 90 views
The Abrahamic Covenant (Part 1) - by Dr. Renald Showers Two major systems of theology (Dispensational Theology and Covenant Theology) often differ from each other in their approaches to the major biblical covenants. These differences are significant, because they lead to contrasting views concerning…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 246 views
Living above the Line A Celebration of our Union with Christ Rev Greg Byrd Faith Temple Baptist Church Poetry Texas Living Above the Line Introduction Introduction Colossians 1:27 says Christ in you, the hope of Glory. In fact Christ in us is our only hope of eternal Glory, The union of the believer…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 12 views
The Result of the Resurrection (What the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ means to Us Today) We can not understand the Crucifixion of Jesus, without an understanding of the Resurrection. We can not understand the Resurrection of Jesus, without an understanding of the nature of the fall of…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 625 views
The Result of the Resurrection (What the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ means to Us Today) We can not understand the Crucifixion of Jesus, without an understanding of the Resurrection. We can not understand the Resurrection of Jesus, without an understanding of the nature of the fall of…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 535 views
Union with Christ What does it mean to be “in Christ” or “united with Christ”? EXPLANATION AND SCRIPTURAL BASIS1 The subject is so frequently mentioned in Scripture and so wide-ranging in its application to our lives that it deserves treatment here. That is the concept of union with Christ. As we shall…
David Hunt • Illustration • • 327 views
The Abrahamic Covenant (Part 1) - by Dr. Renald Showers Two major systems of theology (Dispensational Theology and Covenant Theology) often differ from each other in their approaches to the major biblical covenants. These differences are significant, because they lead to contrasting views concerning…
Steve Bramham • Illustration • • 935 views
A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 6 views
Tf-703 'That's Your Truth, I've Got My Own' Society sees faith asamatterof personal opinion, not objective truth. by Douglas Groothuis ou Christians are always judging others," young man said after reading the tract I gave him. "Don't you know that all ways are right? How can you say your way is the…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 9 views
The Assurance of Know-So Salvation by George Sweeting I t's shocking to realize how many people are made miserable by the disease called doubt. Doubt has robbed thousands of the thrill and joy of salvation. People who read their Bibles, earnestly pray, faithfully attend church, and live uprightly in…
Leigh Johnson • Illustration • • 15 views
I. Definition Atonement – reconciliation by removing the barrier that sin creates Christ suffered in our place II. Traditional Understandings It was necessary to meet the requirement of divine righteousness (Anselm, 1100) Expression of divine love, moral example (Abelard, 1141) Satisfaction of the law/divine…