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Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 37 views
Back in 2000, the FCA leaders of Pearl River Central High School in Carriere, Ms, were discussing plans for the remainder of the school year. "Everyone was writing down goals and plans when suddenly a teacher suggested we reach our school for Christ," said Cary-Anne Dell, a member of the FCA's leadership…
Illustration • • 30 views
"One hundred religious persons knit into unity by careful organization do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisiste is life, always." A. W. Tozer, The Dwelling Place of God
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 33 views
In response to a advertising campaign launched several months ago by the National Secular Society (NSS), over 100,000 Britons have downloaded a ”certificate of debaptism” from an Internet resource in order to renounce their Christian faith. President of NSS, Terry Sanderson announced, “We now produce…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 15 views
The men and women who have moved the world have been the men and women the world could not move. Many years ago a man was commissioned by the king of Denmark to lead a band of soldiers against pirates who were reeking havoc with shipping along a certain coastal area. The man set up his headquarters on…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 34 views
Pentecost, the day on which we are indwelt by the Spirit, sweeps us up into the dance of the Trinity. We are summoned to the dance floor, [and] the music is grace and love and holiness and peace… The music is supplied by God, and his people are invited to sing and dance along. Pentecost, my friends,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
A new listing of churches within a denomination has found an interesting trend among young Christians. The survey conducted for Churches or Christ that most denominations are seeing a decline in overall membership. Carl Royster who conducted the survey says he found an increasing number of Americans…
Nathan Kuperus • Illustration • • 21 views
How can you tell the Holy Spirit is present? It is just like batteries in a flashlight. You can't tell the flashlight has batteries in it until you try to turn it on. When it is turned on you know if there are batteries or not. With the Christian life, if the Holy Spirit is present the Christian shines…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 20 views
Baptism There are at least three reasons why every believer should be baptized. First, they should be baptized to follow the example of Jesus. Matthew 3:16 says, "And after being baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
Baptism There are at least three reasons you should be baptized. First, you should be baptized to follow the example of Jesus."And after being baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon Him,"…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 12 views
The Holy Torment of Preaching 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 But how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to…
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 • • 11 views
the feasts of Many Christians do not realize that the seven feasts which God commanded in Leviticus 23 are still observed by their Jewish neighbors. The feasts, as given to Israel, bore a three-fold significance. First there was the seasonal aspect of each holiday; then the feasts were to be a memorial…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 16 views
a resource file for pastors/teachers/speakers Volume 1, Number 2 Summer / 1987 CXJT (H A BROKEN LIMB Actress Shirley MacLaine has written a book on her experiences with the occult world, entitled Out On A Limb. F. LaGard Smith, Professor of Law at Pepperdine University has written a Christian answer…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 14 views
the feasts of Many Christians do not realize that the seven feasts which God commanded in Leviticus 23 are still observed by their Jewish neighbors. The feasts, as given to Israel, bore a three-fold significance. First there was the seasonal aspect of each holiday; then the feasts were to be a memorial…