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Reflections Podcasts
Rosemary Laxon • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 61 views • 8:51
Reflections Podcasts
Rosemary Laxton • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 39 views • 9:45
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 205 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 • • 408 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 • • 18 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 • • 132 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 • • 48 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 • • 11 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 • • 15 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 • • 16 views
When Bobby Wesson wanted to honor his wife’s hard work, he never dreamed so many people would see his message. Wesson took a picture of his wife and son sleeping and described how her day would go when she woke up in an hour. He described how she took care of her family and then worked hard taking care…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
The Boston Marathon is arguably the most prestigious foot race in the country. It has strict qualifying times that a runner must meet to run the big race. Another way to enter the race is with a charity team, usually requiring a person to raise thousands of dollars for the charity. Some runners choose…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Singer, Chrissie Hynde, enjoyed the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll existence. She spent some of her early years on top of the music polls with the Pretenders. She lived the wild lifestyle with other rockers. When asked if she would do it all again she replied, “Definitely not.” She said, “I would get rid of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 21 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,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
There are many reasons to keep our financial lives healthy. Researchers at the Federal Reserve Board have revealed another. “Couples with low credit scores are more likely to break up than those with higher scores.” If you let your debt get out of hand, your marriage will suffer. The researchers have…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 23 views
In Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Sue Johnson writes, “Emotional balance, calm, and vibrant joy are the rewards of love.” —Jim L. Wilson Hold Me Tight, 257 Luke 6:35 (HCSB) But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 46 views
In an attempt to attract more women, the regional authorities in southern Taiwan have built a church in the shape of a massive high-heeled shoe. The shape of the building is a poor excuse for going to church. Further investigation discovers it is a government building designed to bring brides to the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Smart Phones keep track of a lot of information about the people who use them. Now, a Spanish wireless company says they have devised a way to measure a person’s boredom level using several easily checked factors. Researchers for the company had 54 participants install an app that monitored phone statistics…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Massachusetts resident Chris Robarge was surprised when a former landlord contacted him asking for his current address. He was even more surprised when he received a letter from his former landlord with a check for $2500 inside. His former landlord told Robarge he had sold the house and explained that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Debbie Steele says, “God wants to reconcile all people to Himself. The gospel invitation is not conversion to heterosexuality but conversion to Jesus Christ.” —Jim L. Wilson Ministry in the New Marriage Culture, 152. Mark 16:16 (HCSB) Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Waste collection workers in Ohio were able to find and return $25,000 cash that a family accidentally threw away while helping their grandmother clean her home. Officials said they got a call from the family when they realized the money had accidentally been thrown in the trash just before the truck…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
The owners of a Michigan butcher shop were horrified when they realized they had misplaced an envelope containing all the day’s receipts. Tim Sobie, owner of Sobie Meats said he and his wife were frantically searching for the misplaced deposit bag after they dropped it somewhere inside or outside the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Do you remember the first Mr. Coffee commercials? For more than ten years, Baseball’s Joe DiMaggio stood in front of the cameras lauding the great taste of drip brewed coffee. However, when Mr. DiMaggio wanted to indulge in a hot drink, he fixed himself a cup of instant Sanka. In the mix of things that…