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Apologetics for the Church
Dr Mark Farnham • Trinity BFC • Illustration • • 243 views • 56:39
This session helps believers answer the most difficult question posed against the Christian faith.
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 16 views
Barna: Doctrinal confusion abounds; Mohler: Church is key to discipleship Oct 14, 2002 By Michael Foust LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Seventy-nine percent of Americans profess a belief in the Trinity, while 74 percent reject the concept of original sin; 59 percent say Satan is merely a symbol of evil; and nearly…
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 13 views • unknown
THE LORD'S PRAYER (Could be a skit for worship) Rather cleverly done. This is in two parts, The Prayer (in blue or black type) and GOD (in red type) in response. It is very, very good. ********** Our Father Who Art In Heaven. Yes? Don't interrupt me. I'm praying. But -- you called ME! Called you? No,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 21 views
In THANKS! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. writes, “Although there is the problem of evil — why bad things happen to good people— there is the reciprocal problem of goodness — why good things happen, even to “bad” people.” —Jim L. Wilson —THANKS!, 113 Hebrews 12:28–29…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
“Problem gamblers make up about 10 to 15 percent of lottery participants, but are responsible for 80 percent of the $73 billion in sales of state lotteries. The higher the poverty rate in an area, the higher the sales of lottery games. It is the desire for money they don’t have that lead those struggling…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 41 views
When Isabel Larios was stuck in LA traffic after an accident on her way to work, she made the most of it. Instead of complaining, she got out of the cab of her food truck and opened up for the other motorists waiting for the road to clear. National Public Radio reported that she “served eggs, burritos…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
A 23-year-old woman in Tobermory, Ontario was unfamiliar with the area. No problem, she would just follow her GPS. She was dutifully following its directions. While making the turn it suggested, she drove her car right down the boat ramp and into the frigid water of Georgian Bay. She was able to climb…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In his book, Leadership and Conflict, Speed B. Leas writes, “Invite the other (even a person who is attacking you) to join you in a common search to identify what the problems are, stay with the other in order to work through the differences, look for alternatives that you both can agree have merit and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 32 views
One of the difficulties children with autism can have is an inability to make friends. They have problems with the rules of social contact. One young autistic boy, Gus, the son of New York Times reporter Judith Newman, has discovered a friend. This friend is always patient and kind. She never tires of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A church group in North Carolina had passed out coffee and breakfast sandwich to the city’s homeless every weekend for six years. When they returned to the site recently, officers from the police department met them and told them if they distributed food, they would be arrested. Seventy people had already…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Materialism is not a uniquely western trait. Even behind the Bamboo Curtain in North Korea it is a problem. People are anxious to buy a refrigerator as soon as they are financially able. That in itself may not be notable, but reliable power is so rare in North Korea the appliance becomes little more…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 18 views
In fact, it is quite common to shake their puny fists at God in the middle of tragedy and suffering. Nebraska State Senator, Ernie Chambers took his complaints to court.In October 2007, Sen. Chambers sued God for "causing untold death and horror" in the form of "fearsome floods…horrendous hurricanes,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
With economic uncertainty growing in Europe, many observers say they fear corruption could make the economies of troubled nations more vulnerable, and could increase the time required to overcome the current problems. They note that few countries in Europe regulate lobbying of government officials, and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
During World War II, England instituted the "Big Ben Minute,” as a catalyst to enlist citizen to prayer for the defeat of Germany’s Third Reich. Now the president of a Christian publishing company in Maryland is calling on the people of the United States to begin a daily minute of prayer to defeat evil…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
An author claims that if famous author Jane Austen were alive today, she would more than a best-selling author. She would be an avid blogger, active on Facebook, and possibility even tweeting every day. Laurel Ann Nattress, editor of a collection of Austen-type novels says she has studied the famous…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
In Lead with LUV: A Different Way to Create Real Success, Ken Blanchard and Colleen Barrett write, “I demonstrate love as patience when helping People who are down on their luck by showing them that I care about their problems. I want to help them rebuild their self-confidence so that they can, in turn,…
Brad Shockley • Illustration • • 15 views
While atheists routinely speak of the problem of evil, they usually don’t raise the problem of goodness. But if evil provides evidence against God, then shouldn’t goodness count as evidence for him? And wouldn’t that be evidence against atheism? From a non-theistic viewpoint, what is evil? Isn’t it just…
Bruce Goettsche • Illustration • • 21 views
GOD vs. SCIENCE 'Let me explain the problem science has with religion.' The atheist professor of Philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand. 'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?' 'Yes sir,' the student says. 'So, you believe in God?' 'Absolutely.' 'Is God good?'…
Illustration • • 248 views
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways... Former President Ronald Reagan once had an aunt who took him to a cobbler for a pair of new shoes. The cobbler asked young Reagan, "Do you want square toes or round toes?" Unable to decide, Reagan didn't answer, so the cobbler gave him a few days. Several…
Thomas Bevers • Illustration • • 8 views
A Heritage of Concern Throughout history we can find examples of who the world’s peoples have been concerned with ultimate or crucial questions. Hindus – questions of evil and guilt, karma reincarnation. Sin must be paid for. Zoroastoer the Persian prophet 7th century BC Origin of evil Hindu prince Gautama…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
City Lights The city looks beautiful from a distance. Have you ever seen the San Francisco skyline as the sun descends in the west? Or the Tandy buildings lit up at Christmas time in Fort Worth? The view of Albuquerque is exquisite from the West Mesa looking down into the Valley. The hot air balloons…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
PRAYER The Family Research Council is calling on Americans to dedicate the day after we celebrate our Independence from Great Britain to recognize our dependence on God. The Council has declared July 5, 2009 as Call2Fall. The day will be a day to focus on the spiritual and moral problems in the nation,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 66 views
VISION Max is a dreamer. He has a fertile imagination and a journal filled with stories of superheroes he invented, including Sharkboy and Lavagirl. Though Max holds tightly to his dreams, his life is headed in the opposite direction. His parents are having problems, and are threatening to split up.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
RESPONSIBILITY A New Mexico man who used "Satan" as one of his aliases is facing up to 16 years in prison and/or a $24,000 fine. 30-year-old Paul Edward Duran was arrested in May 2003 for allegedly speeding and driving recklessly in a stolen vehicle. As the investigation widened the charges against the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 1,818 views
TONGUE, SPEECH A Malaysian court has ruled that using derogatory and vulgar language about your superiors at work is acceptable, as long as you do it behind their backs. The Industrial Court ruled in the case of a secretary who was fired because she sent e-mail from the office computer to several friends,…