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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Americans are not taking regular vacations. According to a survey by insurance company Allianz Global Assistance, more than 135 million Americans, or about 56 percent of adults have not taken a week off work to get away in the past year. After a particularly busy time of ministry, Jesus encouraged His…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Research published by the U.S. Travel Association suggests that most Americans don’t use all of the available vacation time and may have a “work martyr complex” that chains them to the office. The data show the typical workers who gets paid time off uses 16 days of vacation per year, even though they…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 21 views
In his book, Leading on Empty, Wayne Cordoro writes, “Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.” –Jim L. Wilson Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on empty : refilling your tank and renewing your passion. (Minneapolis, Minn: Bethany House, 2009),…
James E Johnson • Illustration • • 8 views
Walking Across the Bog After dying, three friends, XX, YY and ZZ wake up outside of heaven. St Peter says that before any can enter, they have to pass through a bog. All those who pass through sink in proportion to the amount of unconfessed sins they had when they died. XX launches out and immediately…
Benjamin Kurz • Illustration • • 246 views
Decapolis -- 10 pagan (hellenistic) cities around Sea of Galilee. Tradition states that they were pagans driven out by Joshua (he drove out seven nations - Joshua 3:10; Acts 13:19). Numbers were important to Jewish culture. At the feeding of 5000, there were 12 baskets of leftovers, maybe symbolizing…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 345 views
Christ’s earthly ministry wasn’t simply work; He loved every person He came across. I once read this story written by an evangelist: “I was once conducting a session with high school teenagers. I told them that they could ask me any question on any subject, and I would try and answer it. Their questions…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 92 views
Compassion is about the moment! It is about using what I have at hand—money, talent, encouragement, or a shoulder to cry on—to meet another person’s need. Compassion is about tears from heaven Science tells us there are three kinds of tears. (1) Basal tears flow continually into our eyes to lubricate…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 13 views
Rest and relaxation doesn't seem to come as easily or naturally to Americans as it does to those in other nations. According to the 2006 World Almanac and Book of Facts: • a worker in Italy averages 42 vacation days per year. • a worker in France: 37 days • a worker in Germany: 35 days • a worker in…
The Rev. Canon Philip R. Taylor • Illustration • • 70 views
JESUS SAID…IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK A Christian Education Program for Men Lasting 6 Weeks Written and Presented by The Rev. Philip R. Taylor Meets each week for 1 ½ hours (Day & Time TBD) Objectives: 1. Listen to the voice of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark 2. Respond to the words of Jesus 3. Discover what…
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John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…
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…