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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
Police in Muncie, Indiana stopped James Jason Buck and discovered him carrying methamphetamine. At the station, Buck gave police a false name. There was one problem with his plan. He has a tattoo on his neck with his real name. He ended up with a possession charge and a charge for false informing. As…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 20 views
Authorities arrested a man with a famous name at a Publix supermarket in West Palm Beach, Florida. Obviously, the Vladimir Putin who was belligerent and uncooperative is not the person by the same name who rules Russia. When you have a famous name you make the news when you misbehave. You and I bear…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 43 views
Michael B. Jordon shares a name with one of the most famous basketball players of all time. Living with a famous name is not easy. “I hated my name. I wanted to change it,” Jordan, who is an accomplished actor says. “But it gave me a healthy chip on my shoulder. One of my goals is when people hear ‘Michael…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
Immigration is a big topic in US and world politics. It also impacts mission work. How? During the last century, Latin American Protestants rose from 50,000 in 1900 to 64 million in 2000, according to Evangelical scholar William Taylor, with Pentecostal and charismatic churches making up three-quarters…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
As soon as Toby Sheldon has his jaw reduction and a nose job he will look just like Justin Bieber. In his attempt to look like the teen pop star, the 33-year-old Sheldon has already lowered his hairline, lifted his eyelids, and reduced his chin, all at the cost of over $100,000. In first century Antioch…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 18 views
The Kentucky High School Association first used the term, “the sweet sixteen.” The Illinois High School Association holds the trademark on “March Madness” for use in their high school basketball tournament. Those phrases, plus “elite eight” and “final four” are trademarked by the NCAA for use in college…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 73 views
The minute you were born again, God gave you a new name—Christian. A man in the Army of Alexander the Great who was also named Alexander, was accused of cowardly actions. He was brought before Alexander, who asked what his name was. He replied softly, “Alexander.” “I can't hear you,” the ruler stated.…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 7 views
The Antioch Example 20 Some of them [scattered by the persecution] . . . men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks, also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. 21 The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord . .…
Lee Webb • Illustration • • 12 views
OUT OF THE SHADOWS by Charles R. Swindoll Read Acts 11:19--26 Some of you who read these words today could use a little extra hope, especially if you find yourself in a waiting mode. You were once engaged in the action, doing top-priority work on the front lines. No longer. All that has changed. Now,…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 36 views
Dr. William B. McClain is the Professor of Preaching and Worship at Wesley Theological Seminary. Dr. McClain once told about meeting a South Korean tailor in Seoul, Korea. Amazingly, this South Korean tailor introduced himself as "Smitty Lee." Dr. McClain was fascinated to discover a Korean named Smitty.…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 8 views
A Tale of Three Cities But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his evil; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 (ESV) What…
Illustration • • 658 views
A Aaron, ' = "light bringer" Aharown {a-har-one'} 1) brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest Aaron Aaron {ah-ar-ohn'}= "light-bringer" 1) the brother of Moses, the first high priest of Israel and head of the whole priestly order ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…
Chad Oltman • Illustration • • 95 views
Lechem - Bread by Josa Bivin1 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." John 6:33 When Richard and Lucinda (our volunteer workers) first came to Israel, they noticed plastic sacks containing pieces of bread hanging from the sides of the trash containers…
Steve Bramham • Illustration • • 950 views
A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 12 views
Scriptures on the Filling of the Holy Spirit and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts-- Exodus 31:3 (NIV) and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts-- Exodus 35:31 (NIV) Now Joshua…