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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
In the book, The God Who Knows Your Name Max Lucado writes, “How do we disarm anxiety? Stockpile our minds with God thoughts. Draw the logical implication: if birds and flowers fall under the category of God’s care, won’t he care for us as well? Saturate your heart with the goodness of God” — Jesus:…
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Dr. Chris Stevens • Redeemer Traverse City • Illustration • • 28 views
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Marketing research from multiple sources says that smart phone users spend more than four hours a day on their phones. That adds up to 120 hours a month and 1440 hours a year. Everywhere we look we see people in restaurants on their phones instead of conversation with each other. Walking down the street,…
Alan Wilkerson • Illustration • • 7 views
Writer Augusten Burroughs writes in his new book, about growing up with his distant, neglectful father. One part, in particular, was so raw as to make me almost cringe as I read it. Burroughs writes about how, as a 7 year-old child, he realized that whenever he’d try to crawl in his father’s lap, his…
Nathan Kuperus • Illustration • • 30 views
A woman was asked by a co-worker, 'What is it like to be a Christian?' The co-worker replied, 'It is like being a pumpkin.' God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Staying Young Since the days of Ponce de Leon, people have been searching for the illusive fountain of youth. With all the advancements of medical science, we still haven’t found the magic elixir—the best we can do is give a person a more youthful appearance by promoting a healthy lifestyle or by using…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
PLANNING Jon Bon Jovi says, “Map out your future, but do it in pencil.” —Reader’s Digest, September 2002, p. 73 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson James 4:13-15 NIV “Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ [14] Why,…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 13 views
Shortly after I became a Christ follower an older man challenged me to find key verses in the Bible that might speak to specific situations that I would find myself in through the course of a normal day. After identifying those critical verses and linking them to the challenges that may come my way,…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 8 views
In a letter to Alexander Campbell about a meeting he was conducting in Nashville in 1860, James Challen speaks of an old man whom Campbell had immersed years before. He says that in spite of all the troubles the Nashville church had suffered at the hands of J. B. Ferguson, “Bro. John Harding, whom you…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 264 views
Living above the Line A Celebration of our Union with Christ Rev Greg Byrd Faith Temple Baptist Church Poetry Texas Living Above the Line Introduction Introduction Colossians 1:27 says Christ in you, the hope of Glory. In fact Christ in us is our only hope of eternal Glory, The union of the believer…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 17 views
The Result of the Resurrection (What the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ means to Us Today) We can not understand the Crucifixion of Jesus, without an understanding of the Resurrection. We can not understand the Resurrection of Jesus, without an understanding of the nature of the fall of…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 625 views
The Result of the Resurrection (What the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ means to Us Today) We can not understand the Crucifixion of Jesus, without an understanding of the Resurrection. We can not understand the Resurrection of Jesus, without an understanding of the nature of the fall of…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 543 views
Union with Christ What does it mean to be “in Christ” or “united with Christ”? EXPLANATION AND SCRIPTURAL BASIS1 The subject is so frequently mentioned in Scripture and so wide-ranging in its application to our lives that it deserves treatment here. That is the concept of union with Christ. As we shall…
ANDREW HODGE • Illustration • • 48 views
Assignment Andrew Hodge 7th June 2005 The hermeneutic of Galatians 2:20 Focusing on Paul’s public rebuke of Peter, in defence of the Gospel. Presented, abridged, to the Adult Bible Class, Grace Gospel Community Church Sunday 5th June 2005 Context The Bible It is no longer sufficient to say “I believe…
Leigh Johnson • Illustration • • 129 views
I. Introduction When God created the universe and all within it, God looked and saw that it was good. At some point, however, evil entered the world and corrupted it. People may have different understandings of how this happened, but I don’t think anyone would argue that the world as we know it is the…
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…
Michael Isaacs • Illustration • • 736 views
Satan Stays on Message Send to printer Topics: Complacency; Death; End times; Lukewarmness; Procrastination; Rapture; Repentance; Second coming; Urgency; Watchfulness Filters: Christian Culture; Stories References: Isaiah 32:9-11 , Matthew 24:30-51 , Matthew 25:1-13 , Mark 13:1-37 , Luke 21:8-36 , 1…