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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 10 views • unknown
From: Jim Meigs from FBC, Center Point, Alabama
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 24 views
Do you remember the story of Desert Pete’s Pump? A rundown shack stood beside a seldom used trail in the California desert. Nearby was a well, the only source of water for miles around. At tin can was tied to the pump with a string. Inside was a message written on a piece of brown wrapping paper with…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 621 views • unknown
Why you should remain a virgin until you are married Teens having sex. It's in the movies, on TV, and splattered on the pages of magazines. It seems that having sex makes many teens feel that they are mature, popular, normal, or loved. Teens often mistake sex for love - and fondling for affection. But…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 25 views
When Queen Eleanor sucked the poison from her husband’s wounds, at the risk of her own life, I can see reasons why she should do it. I say not that she was bound to do it, but I do say that the relationship of a wife accounts for what she did. But Jesus Christ, the Son of God, had no relationship to…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 21 views
The truth is something like those stalactite caverns and grottoes that you must enter and see for yourself if you would really know their wonders. If you venture there without light or guide, you would run great risks. But with blazing torch and an instructed leader, your entrance is full of interest.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
On ABC’s television show “The Good Doctor” Dr. Shaun Murphy is a medical resident with Autism. Murphy is very smart and can see medical procedures in his mind before they ever begin. However, he does struggle with social interaction, struggling with how to deal with emotions. In season one Murphy made…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
A study by Harvard University suggests that changing regular sleep patterns increases the risk of heart disease or heart attacks. The study found that if when the difference was more than 90 minutes during an average week, the chances of heart disease doubled over a five year period. After controlling…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Clinical Psychologist Karra Harrington said, “Maintaining high quality relationships may be a key for protecting brain health from the negative impacts of loneliness. Older adults who feel more satisfied in their relationships have a 23% lower risk of dementia, while those who feel their relationships…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
According to Medical News Today, “There are a number of health and lifestyle factors – obesity, smoking, air pollution – that are known to be risk factors for early mortality and receive considerable attention. New research has suggested that social connections should be added to this list, with a study…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
According to the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, “Perceived social isolation (PSI) (loneliness) is linked to increased risk of chronic disease and mortality, and previous research has implicated up-regulated inflammation and down-regulated antiviral gene…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Walker Smallword dreamed of pitching in the major leagues, but bone cancer robbed him of those career aspirations. Instead of scrapbooking impressive baseball stats, his family logged these numbers, “six surgeries, six chemotherapy cycles, 24 treatments and 18 hospital stays.” The 17-year-old athlete…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
12-year-old Zechariah Cartledge was inspired by first responders who were injured in the line of duty. He felt he needed to do something to help those who risked their lives for his. He and his family started an organization called Running 4 Heroes to raise money to those injured or killed in the line…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
A study conducted by the University of Sussex found the people are more likely to overeat when multi-tasking. Researchers said their findings show the more the brain locks on something, such as watching television or a movie, the less it can tell when it is time to stop eating. Researchers examined 120…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Justin Hale, a researcher from VitalSmarts, a leadership training company says, “We've just entered uncharted territory as a workforce, and as our research indicates, many leaders aren’t fully prepared to manage remote teams . . . We need to be flexible with how we work and adjust, while acknowledging…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A published study led by a facial plastic surgeon found a jump in the number of facial injuries caused by cell phones. Dr. Boris Paskhover of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School said he reviewed 20 years of data and found an increase in injuries beginning in 2006, when smartphones entered the market. Researchers…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
A review of several studies published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal confirms what many parents feared about the potentially harmful impact of social media. The reviews stated the teenagers who spend less time socializing in person and have easy access to online information about suicide…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Erica Komisar is a therapist who deals with the depression and anxiety common among children and adolescents. She states that one of the most important explanations is the declining interest in religion. A 2018 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology examined how being raised in a family with religious…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Sometimes we can be afraid of following Christ in the way we know is right. God has made us, the church, as his outpost in a dangerous world. If we fail to encounter our world, seeking only our safety, we miss the high mark set for us. At Penn State University there is an Outing Club. Students who join…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Have you ever been on a journey, with someone else at the wheel, where you thought you were going someplace, only to end up in a completely different location? Happened not so long ago to the passengers on a British Airways flight out of London City Airport. They thought they were on a flight to Dusseldorf…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 21 views
Despite what they read in the Bible, a new Barna study suggests many Christians find it hard to forgive. The study found that 23% of Christians identified someone they could not forgive, and 27% said they knew someone they did not want to forgive. 15% of respondents said they had not offered unconditional…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 32 views
A new study from Norway concludes that hypochondriacs are at a greater risk for heart disease. Researchers tracked volunteers’ heart health for 12 years and found that those with health anxiety were 71% likelier to develop cardiac problems. —Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell. The Week, November 25, 2016…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A study conducted by the American Automobile Association established that Americans spend an average of 20 more minutes driving each week than they did in 2014. The study found, over the course of a year, American spend a total of 70 billion hours behind the wheel, which is an eight percent increase…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Marjorie Saint was a young widow. Despite the pain of the loss of her husband, she took her son, Steve Saint, and moved to the mission field in South American in order to reach the secluded Waodani tribe. According to cultural anthropologists, the Waodani tribe was the most violent group of people ever…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
The war on drugs has had some adverse consequences. One of those is the increasing number of women in state prisons. That number has increased by more than 800 percent over the past four decades. Today more than 250,000 children in the United States have a mother in jail. The Week, November 9, 2018 p.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 20 views
The growth of social media has created an increase of self-portraits or “selfies.” Google estimates that millions of selfies are taken every day, and the majority of them are taken by women. A Mashable report said that there were more selfie related deaths than shark-related deaths in 2015. Samuel Jay,…