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Reflections Podcasts
Rosemary Laxon • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 41 views • 8:51
Reflections Podcasts
Rosemary Laxton • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 32 views • 9:45
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 172 views • unknown
The story of the painting, The Last Supper, is >> > > > > > extremely interesting and instructive. The two >> > > > > > incidents connected with it afford a most convincing >> > > > > > lesson on the effects of right thinking or wrong >> > > > > > thinking in the life of a boy or girl, or of a man >>…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 395 views
It is said to have been the distinguishing mark of Caesar as a soldier that he never said to his followers “Go!” but he always said “Come!” Of Alexander, also, it was noted that in weary marches he was sure to be on foot with his warriors, and in fierce attacks he always was in the vanguard. The most…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 16 views
An owl is a fine bird to look at, but he is a very small bird when he is plucked. He is nearly all feathers, and I think that a great many professing Christians are very like owls. They are fine birds to look at, but it is mostly feathers. Just see whether it is mostly feathers with you. Spurgeon, C.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 128 views
People can tell lies when they hold their tongues. There was a little girl at school who always held her hand up when the boys and girls were asked to show that they knew the answer to any question that had been put to them. One afternoon she held her hand up when she did not know the answer, and a classmate…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 18 views
You know how a judge will stop a witness when he begins to say what others have told him: “No, no,” he says, “what did you see yourself? What do you know about this business on your own account? I do not want to know what others said to you about it.” So is it with the message delivered from the pulpit.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 14 views
You say that he is “a rewarder of those who seek him”; do you despise the reward? Are you content with having made a profession of religion? Some professing Christians remind me of the reply of the child who was asked at the Sunday school about her father, who never went to any place of worship. “Is…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 12 views
What strength holy living in his people gives to the preacher of the word of God! Imagine a man comes before you and says, “There is, somewhere about here, an invisible lake, containing the purest, coolest, and most refreshing water that you ever drank. You never saw water so pure and delicious.” We…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 47 views
We read in olden times of many of the most eminent servants of God being dressed in the poorest manner. When good Bishop Hooper was led out to be burnt, he had been long in prison, and his clothes were so gone from him that he borrowed an old scholar’s gown, full of rags and holes, that he might put…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 10 views
A person asked me one day, “Is not such-and-such a person a Baptist?” I replied, “I do not know him.” He said, “He is a fellow who says a very long grace before his dinner, and he goes to such-and-such a chapel.” “Well,” I answered, “If he goes there, he certainly attends a Baptist chapel.” Then he said,…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 13 views
A “richly supplied” entrance has sometimes been illustrated in this way. You see yonder ship. After a long voyage, it has neared the haven, but is much injured; the sails are rent to ribbons, and it is in such a forlorn condition that it cannot come up to the harbor: a steam-tug is pulling it in with…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Police Chief Joshua Potvin lost his law enforcement license after the Main Criminal Justice discovered that he had an officer text him while he was in a meeting. He created a cover story by entering a false entry about a suspicious person at the Fryeburg fairgrounds, using a fairgrounds employee’s license…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
The customer was in a hurry. She failed to scratch off the last number—the million-dollar number and handed the lottery ticket to an employee to throw away for her. Ten days later, Abhi Shah, the son of the owner of the Lucky Stop convenience store in Southwick, Mass noticed the unscratched ticket in…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Spanish runner Ivan Fernandez Anaya was trailing Kenyan runner Abel Mutai in a cross-country race at an event in Burlada, Navarre. 32 feet from the finish line Mutai mistakenly thought he had crossed the finish line. Anaya had the opportunity to win the race, but he did not. Instead, he caught up to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “Integrity is when our words and deeds are consistent with our intentions.” --Leaders Eat Last, 188. Colossians 3:23 (CSB) Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people,
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Don Shula was arguably the greatest coach in the history of the NFL. He took his teams to the Super Bowl six times and over his career won a record 347 games. He is still the only coach to have a team record a perfect season, the 17-0 Miami Dolphins in 1972. In an interview just before he died at age…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Over 20 years ago Tom Cook and Joe Feeney decided to split any lottery winnings they might have in the future, and they shook on it. In June of 2020 Tom Cook won, and true to his word, he is splitting his $22 million winnings with Feeney. Cook said, "A handshake is a handshake, man," —Jim L. Wilson https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/23/powerball-lottery-winners-wisconsin-friends-split-jackpot/5495208002/…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
In his book Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God, Timothy Keller says, “To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking, when nothing is forcing you to think about anything in particular.” — Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God by Timothy…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Steny Hoyer tweeted the following after John Lewis died, “America has lost a towering moral figure, & I have lost a dear friend. John Lewis lived his life with purpose and in service, as close to a Christ-like figure as I have ever known. He is a beloved colleague, a trusted representative, & a man of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
What would you do if you discovered the bank had deposited $120,000 in your account by mistake? Robert and Tiffany Williams from Pennsylvania made such a discovery. Admitting later that is probably wasn’t the best thing to do; they went on a wild spending spree. They bought an SUV, a race car, a four-wheeler,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
George Condash did the right thing when he discovered a box of cash outside his credit union—he turned it in. As it turned out, a security guard left it behind when servicing the ATM. The Credit Union did give him a reward for his good deed, but Alicia Stewart, the bank’s cash manager told reporters…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Greta Thuynberg, a Swedish teenage activist in the climate change movement recently awarded prize from the Nordic Council in recognition of her “breathing new life into the debate surrounding the environment and climate at a critical moment in world history.” Even though it came with a $52,000.00 prize…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
The Donegal County Library in Ireland confirmed that a copy of the book, The White Owl, by Annie M.P. Smithson had been returned nearly 82 years after it was checked out. The library shared photos of the book and the library stamp on social media. The stamp indicated the book had been checked out July…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Parisa Dudley said she believes her son learned important lessons when he returned an envelope of lost cash to the owner. Dudley said her son Foster found a bank envelope with $900 at a department store. There was a receipt from a local credit union along with a person’s name and signature. Dudley asked…