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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 19 views
Some of our teachers wanted us to learn the big doctrines first, and they did not like it because we could not at once see all the sublime truths of election and predestination. Certain of the old standards who are very orthodox expect all newborn babes to eat meat at once; as soon as ever a person is…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 17 views
When Laurence Egerton’s metal detector turned up something of extraordinary value, he went to great lengths to protect it. Egerton routinely founds old shotgun cartridges and metal junk, but when his detector went off as he was surveying near the site of ancient Roman villa, he knew he had a unique find.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 23 views
The odd story of a loss at sea 17 years ago provides insight into how long the impact of an event can last, and how widely it can spread. In 1997, a shipping container carrying 4.8 Lego pieces fell into the sea about 20 miles from the British coast. Ironically, many of the pieces were nautically themed,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Like the prodigal son, KC decided to take what was his and go to the far country. The 14-year-old dog got loose from his owner while on a walk outside their suburban Detroit home. When he came to his senses he was far from home on out on the ice of Lake St. Clair, 4 miles from shore. Discovered and rescued…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Poet Muriel Rukeyser says, “The universe is made up of stories, not atoms.” --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week, March 1, 2013 p. 17 Matthew 13:13 (ESV) This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
A passerby in Gulfport, Mississippi, found a man who was lying on the street severely injured and unconscious. His condition showed signs of assault. The man who found him took the time to alert police so that the man could receive help for his severe injuries, who rushed the injured man, Jerry Turner…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 32 views
Recently, a remake of the Parable of the Good Samaritan occurred in China. After automobile hit a 2-year old child, the driver fled the scene of the accident. Pedestrians ignored the injured child lying with blood in the street. No one stopped to help. No one except Chen Xianmei, a poor woman, who was…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Pearl hunters off the coast of the Philippines discovered a pearl weighing five pounds. The owners auctioned it with the lower half of the shell in which it grew, the pearl is valued between $300,000 and $400,000. --The Week January 29, 2010, p. 12. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell In…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
In a strange twist on a timeless parable told by Jesus, security cameras recently revealed that at least seven people walked by a homeless man laying face down on the street bleeding. Some turned their heads to look, others gawked, and one lifted the man’s body, and set it down before walking away. Emergency…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
NEIGHBOR It had the feel of a biblical plague, but it wasn’t in Ancient Egypt, it was in a New York City GameStop store, near Union Square—thousands of swarming bees trapped workers inside. Most passer-bys “walked on the other side of the street,” but not Edward Albers. Though he didn’t don protective…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
God Sightings Have you heard anyone talk about their grandchildren lately? If you will listen, most grandparents are more than happy to tell you how little Johnny took his first step, is learning to drive or about to go to college. To hear the proud grandparent tell the story, you'd think they were the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 22 views
FOUNDATION During his sermon at the Washington National Cathedral on the National Day of Prayer and Remembrances for the victims of the terrorist bombings on the World Trade Center in New York, NY and on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Dr. Billy Graham drew a parallel between the destruction in New…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
SIN How far can one person fall? During the winter of 2008, Julian Carr made plans to fall 300 feet, land on his back, and walk away, or rather, ski away. The Salt Lake City resident plans to travel to Jackson, Wyoming for a planned ski jump, summersault, and free fall into a 10-foot snow pack with another…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 19 views
NEIGHBOR The man who was first to climb Mount Everest says he is concerned about the attitude of climbers today. Sir Edmund Hillary who reached the summit of the world's highest mountain in 1953, said he was shocked that dozens of climbers left a British mountaineer to die during their recent attempts…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
STORY In "Encouraging the Heart", Kouzes and Posner write, "The renowned trial attorney Gerry Spence-who, by the way, has never lost a criminal trial-says that 'the strongest structure for any argument is story.'" —"Encouraging the Heart", p 101. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Romans 4:2 (MSG) "If Abraham,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
The Small Things Laying on Susan's lap, I didn't know what was more beautiful, her big brown eyes or the clear blue sky. One thing I knew for sure, I'd found the girl of my dreams--I was in love. I took a long piece of grass and wove a ring out of it and put it on her finger. You know, the little things…