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Romans
Dan Hendley • North Park Church • Illustration • • 18 views • 31:58
Romans
Dan Hendley • North Park Church • Illustration • • 30 views • 36:33
Rev. Michael K Boateng • Illustration • • 23 views
There is therefore no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus , who walk not after the flesh , but after the Spirit
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Authorities arrested Eva, a Slovakian woman after she played the same opera song on repeat for 16 years. They charged her with harassment and malicious persecution for forcing neighbors to listen to Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata repeatedly. Neighbors said the woman began playing the song to drown out…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
When writing a screen play for a movie, the author needs to be aware of the importance of conflict. Without conflict there is no plot. The only way to make a story interesting is to have conflict between characters, internal conflict, or conflict with nature. In the arts, as in life, conflict happens.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
In 2017 Netflix released a highly anticipated Marvel series: The Punisher. Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, lost his family in the hands of a murderous group. To avenge his family's death, Castle went on a bloody rampage, killing everyone who was in or involved with the group responsible for the deaths…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 18 views
Chinese police are punishing drivers who they catch not switching to low beams only when other cars approach, and give them a compulsory fine of 300 Yuan and then force them to sit down and stare into the full glare of headlight for a minute. Traffic police in one southern Chinese city have even posted…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
An 81-year-old Michigan man recently discovered a son he didn’t know he had. In 1959 Tony Trapani’s ex-lover sent him a letter to inform him he had a son in Pennsylvania, but he never received the letter. His wife intercepted the letter and hid it from him for more than 50 years. When she died in 2014,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Church Administrator Bruce MacNair and local banker Bryan Studier were both seeking a seat on the city council in Wolfforth, Texas. When all the ballots were counted, both men had exactly 118 votes. A special election would have cost the small community over $10,000, so the two men decided to use a more…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Though there is a growing movement to pray for outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens as he suffers from cancer, Hitchens insists believers do not need to pray for him. Hitchens contends in his latest book that organized religion is the main source of hatred in the world today. In an interview Hitchens…
Bible Study
Andrew Norvelle • Illustration • • 459 views
Culling the Army of God Purpose: To equip saints to be effective soldiers in the Lord's Army. Judges 7:2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A new survey says the place considered to be the one of the safest places on earth is not viewed as friendly by most Americans. The study commissioned by Group Publishing found the only 18 percent of Americans thought the church was the friendliest place in town. The result ranked the local church behind…
Illustration • • 26 views
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — A Tampa Bay area high school baseball coach has been temporarily relieved of his duties while authorities investigate the killing and burial of a snake on his team's field. Palm Harbor University High School second baseman Zach Sobel says Jeremy Albrecht told the team last week that…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 28 views
Living peaceably means allowing God to work even when your flesh is screaming for justice. A sad news story from Wales years ago told of a feud in a church looking for a new pastor. It read: “Yesterday the two opposing groups both sent ministers to the pulpit. Both spoke simultaneously, each trying to…
Nathan Parker • Illustration • • 75 views
Unknown Author These are more effective than 911 When - You are sad, phone John 14 You have sinned, phone Psalm 51 You are facing danger, phone Psalm 91 People have failed you, phone Psalm 27 It feels as though God is far from you, phone Psalm 139 Your faith needs stimulation, phone Hebrews 11 You are…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 13 views
Shortly after I became a Christ follower an older man challenged me to find key verses in the Bible that might speak to specific situations that I would find myself in through the course of a normal day. After identifying those critical verses and linking them to the challenges that may come my way,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
REVENGE In the last few years, Hollywood movies have followed a rather precarious theme: revenge. In 2003, The Punisher debuted with a story of an ex-cop set out to punish those who murdered his family. That same year Man on fire broke the box offices with a tale of a man determined to make kidnappers…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 20 views
Harmony Paul gives us a key to getting along with others in Romans 12:16. I particularly like the New Living Translation rendering of the verse, "Live in harmony with each other. Don't try to act important, but enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all!" Paul didn't tell us…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 66 views
FORGIVENESS A Grinch of sorts was busy in South Florida this past holiday season. On Christmas Eve, Ron and Helen Meijer found a ransom note in their front-lawn nativity scene. The plastic baby Jesus had been kidnapped. The kidnappers did not demand money. Instead, they made a demand the Meijers refused…
Alan Bester • Illustration • • 11,846 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…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 12 views
Junior had just received his brand new driver’s license. To celebrate, the whole family trooped out to the driveway and climbed into the car for his inaugural drive. Dad immediately headed to the back seat, directly behind the newly minted driver. “I’ll bet you’re back there to get a change of scenery…
Ralph Andrus • Illustration • • 80 views
EMERGENCY NUMBERS PRINT OUT AND KEEP IT WITH YOUR BIBLE. USE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY! HANDY REFERENCE LIST OF EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS When in sorrow.....................................call John 14 When men fail you.................................call Psalm 27 When you have sinned..............................call…
Steve Bramham • Illustration • • 932 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…