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Building Up One Another
Zach Broom • Illustration • • 62 views • 57:05
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 18 views
We need to preach the truth continually, for even those who know it need to be reminded of it again and again. Truth unpublished is like seed laid up in a florist’s shop; it does not produce any result. We need to have the truth constantly sown in our hearts, and watered by the Holy Spirit, that it may…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 62 views
I sometimes liken the promises to the smith’s great bunch of keys, which he brings when you have lost the key of your chest and cannot unlock it. He feels pretty sure that out of all the keys upon the ring some one or other will fit, and he tries them with patient industry. At last—yes—that is it, he…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 34 views
O, prize the word written; prizing is the way to profiting. If Caesar so valued his commentaries that for preserving them he lost his purple robe, how should we estimate the sacred oracles of God? “I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.”—Thomas Watson, in The Morning Exercises.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 23 views
Suppose a corpse is before us. How great a pretender would he be who should boast that it was in his power to restore it to life! Certainly, it would be even a greater pretense if anyone should say that he could give to himself or to another the divine life, the spiritual life by which a man is made…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 16 views
In many of our dissenting places of worship very great encouragement is held out to doubting. A person comes before the pastor, and says, “Oh! Sir, I am so afraid I am not converted; I tremble lest I should not be a child of God. Oh! I fear I am not one of the Lord’s elect.” The pastor will put out his…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 16 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 • • 12 views
2020 was a difficult year for most people, but some good has emerged from the pandemic. A survey conducted by OnePoll of 2005 Americans found that since the lockdown that began in March of 2020, “seventy-two percent said they found themselves caring about the health and well-being of others significantly…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Kyle and Kristen Upham were in a Santa Barbara jewelry store in 2004 when Paul Walker, the late Fast and Furious actor, overheard them talking about a $9,000 diamond wedding ring that was too expensive. Walker bought the ring for them, and he slipped out of the store without a word. http://wtvr.com/2013/12/04/paul-walker-wedding-ring/…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
The nation of Denmark has implemented the world’s first tax on fatty foods. The country’s leaders voted to apply a surcharge to food containing more than 2.3 percent saturated fats, in an effort to combat obesity and heart disease. Danes emptied grocery stores shelves before the tax went into effect,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
DISCIPLESHIP The first line of defense against explosive attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad is a small wand with antennas that supposedly detects explosives. Officials from the United States military doubt the devices, which are used at 400 Iraqi police checkpoints, really work. One official described…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 7 views
The famous actor Gregory Peck was once standing in line with a friend, waiting for a table in a crowded Los Angeles restaurant. They had been waiting for some time, the diners seemed to be taking their time eating and new tables weren't opening up very fast. They weren't even that close to the front…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 44 views
2 Peter 2; 2 Peter 2:1-3 Sooner or later we all get conned at least once. Perhaps you’ve been bamboozled by a forgery or a bogus investment scheme. Maybe you lost only your spare change; maybe it was your life savings. Or perhaps it nearly cost you your sanity, as it did Christopher Edwards. Listen to…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 2 views
A great pianist finished his concert and was greeting people as they exited the building. Many had great praise for his performance. One woman said to him, "I'd give anything to play like that." The pianist stopped, looked her in the eye and said "No, you wouldn't." The woman, taken aback, replied, "What…
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An expanded excerpt from the diary of John Wesley, reprinted on the 100th anniversary of his May 24, 1738, conversion by The Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume XX. New Series, Vol. IX, 1838. New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, for The Methodist Episcopal Church, at the conference office, 200…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 36 views
POST SEEKER AGE In the book, Lost in America, Tom Clegg, tells the story of an encounter with a group of young people in a Barnes and Noble store. He had just settled into an armchair to read when he overheard the conversation at a nearby table. Six university students were hotly debating a trivia question.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
FULFILLMENT/EFFECTIVENESS New research suggests playing video games can satisfy deep psychological needs and improve a person's well-being for a short time. Dr. Scott Rigby of Immersyve, a Florida-based virtual environment think tank says the more a game fulfills a players' sense if independence, achievement,…
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John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…
Cecil Ferrell • Illustration • • 61 views
TEXT: JAMES 1:27- SUBJECT:” WHOSE ARE YOU?”{ The mere hearing of the Word, then, is no guarantee of salvation, and James is very clear in its warning that there is the distinct possibility that a hearer can deceive himself that he is saved, for v.26 states that it is possible for the tongue of a man…
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The TOP facts about Healing October 23, 2006 Pastor Michael Mehring Full Gospel Church The Lord is building an army Are you going to be a part Basic training – boot camp – 40 days Lifestyle shift is required – the Lord desires to bless – but deeper blessing and more power requires adjustments in our…