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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 9 views • unknown
Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. James 2:18b Recommended Reading James 2:14-18 Ask the average man or woman on the street what the prerequisite for a person to go to heaven is, and the response you are likely to receive is that he or she must "be a good…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 25 views
A 2017 study, conducted by Gallup, reported disengaged workers — those employees who are not really at work though they may be physically present — make up nearly 51% of the workforce, costing organizations between $450 and $550 billion annually in lost productivity. Effectively, this 51% of the workforce…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
Mark Zilio’s job was to promote a local costume store, while dressed in a Spider-Man costume. However, when he saw someone attempting to walk off with store merchandise, he did more than play the role of the super hero he sprung into action and saved the costume store from intended theft. —Jim L. Wilson…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Marv Hoyt, the former Idaho director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition was an outspoken wildlife advocate, who has been critical of the mining industries practice of generating pollution that kills sheep and cattle. Hoyt is the former director, because he was forced to resign in the wake of poaching…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
In The New Republic Leon Wieseltier takes aim at Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s comments regarding the need to face the future on our knees. “This country was not built by people on their knees. It was built by people on their feet, with their hands as they were guided by their minds,” says Wieseltier. --The…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 6 views
The action of repentance is always inward. The consequences of repentance are always outward.
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 14 views
There's a story about a farmer who was visited by a couple of young, energetic evangelists. They knocked on his door and asked if he 'was saved.' The farmer left the two at the door and went into his farmhouse for a pencil and a pad of paper. Coming back to the two evangelists, he gave them a list of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
COMMUNITY “In April of 1999, Jeremy went to the beach with some friends from church, just hanging out. As usually happens with most people, he mentioned something that was worrying him—he couldn't make his rent that month. After communion the next evening, the church had an open microphone for anyone…
David B. Brokaw • Illustration • • 30 views
What follows is a brief overview of traditional matters of introduction to James–Jude. I have also provided brief bibliographies listing mostly commentaries. I assume the presence of articles in the IVP dictionaries and in NT introductions. One additional word of preface. James through 2 Peter and Jude…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 12 views
James 1:2-4 2 My family once lived next door to a woman in her eighties who was admittedly crusty and made a life out of being just a touch out-of-sorts about most things. It was her "gig," and we loved her for it. She claimed that her daily gin and cigarettes kept her fresh! Her sister, on the other…
Alan Bester • Illustration • • 11,773 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…
Kathleen Boozer • Illustration • • 214 views
#1 — The Conflict In God’s FamilyPlease press the microphone to listen to the talk. Requires the free RealPlayer®. Installation instructions available. “The Conflict In God’s Family” — another look at the Biblical basis for understanding the plan of salvation as God’s provision for restoring peace in…
Chad Oltman • Illustration • • 75 views
Lechem - Bread by Josa Bivin1 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." John 6:33 When Richard and Lucinda (our volunteer workers) first came to Israel, they noticed plastic sacks containing pieces of bread hanging from the sides of the trash containers…
Steve Bramham • Illustration • • 930 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 • • 5 views
Social Is Ihe Gospel? by Elmer L. Towns | F | undamentalists are taking stands along the spectrum of a heated debate as to which has priority—preaching the gospel or involvement in social service programs. Some maintain that preaching is the sole aim of the church, and any type of social action is outside…