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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 43 views
Our forefathers died for half a truth, and we will not bear rebuke for a whole one. Two women were tied to the stake at Wigton and drowned in the rising tide—do you know what for? Simply because they would not say, “God save the king.” You say, “What does that matter?” Well, it was comparatively a theological…


Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 42 views
I believe that a life spent in God’s praise would in itself be a missionary life. That matronly sister who never delivered a sermon, or even a lecture, in all her days has lived a quiet, happy, useful, loving life, and her family has learned from her to trust the Lord. Even when she shall have passed…


Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 10 views
The Lord’s first word to Abraham is that he should leave his father and his kinsfolk, and the idolatrous house in which he lived, and go to a land that God should show to him. Away he must go. Faith must be his guide, providence his provision, and the living God his only keeper. The separate life of…


Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 17 views
If you had walked through some of the shady glens around the city of Jerusalem, you might have heard in the distance the cry, “Unclean! Unclean! Unclean!”—a bitter wail that sounded like the sighing of despair, as if it came from some poor ghost that had been commanded to walk this earth with restless…


Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 48 views
That was an eloquent speech of Henry VI of France, when on the eve of battle, he said to his soldiers, “Gentlemen, you are Frenchmen. I am your King. There is the enemy!” Jesus Christ says, “You are my people. I am your leader. There is the foe!” How shall we dare to do anything unworthy of such a Lord…
Little Ones Youth Night Scripture Set 2
Charity • Illustration • • 5 views • 0:53
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
A study released by Arizona Christian University suggests there are significant statistical differences between what various generations in America believe about spiritual issues and behaviors. The study found that some of the biggest differences are found in the definitions of success, abortion, biblical…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 27 views
In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “Leadership is not a license to do less; it is a responsibility to do more. And that’s the trouble. Leadership takes work. It takes time and energy. The effects are not always easily measured and they are not always immediate. Leadership is always a commitment…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
Some criticize young children today as growing up rather selfish and inconsiderate of others. Not so for Jackson Champagne, an 8-year-old boy from Gambrills, Maryland. While out trick or treating on Halloween in 2019, the young boy came across an empty candy bowl at one of his stops. The doorbell camera…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
The amount of freedom current technology allows with phones is astounding. In fact, some statistics show that people only use our smartphones to talk with others by voice 22% of the total time they spend on the devices. The same research shows that users spend almost 5 hours per day on their Smartphone,…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
In the 1950 U. S. Census there were 270 occupations listed. Only one has been eliminated by automation: elevator operator. 32 jobs have been eliminated because there is no demand for them anymore and five have become technologically obsolete. Today there are several occupations in danger of being greatly…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
Johnny Duckworth, a 50-year-old busboy who works at a Colorado diner, doesn’t have a full-time job, a working car, or a home of his own. But when he found an envelope stuffed with $3,000 in cash left by a customer he promptly gave it to his boss who returned it to its owner. The boss, Randy Emmons then…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
According to a new government report, 50% of U.S. homes do not have or do not use a landline, relying on their cellular phones. That figure increases to 60% among young adults. The study, will aid the Center for Disease Control adapt its data collection program. The CDC was using data collected exclusively…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
An electronics recycling center in California is looking for a woman who dropped off an old Apple computer that turned out to be a collector’s item. Workers found the Apple I computer inside a box of electronics that a woman had collected from her garage after her husband died. She did not ask for a…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
It is hard to know what to do when the world keep changing. Does anybody know what the rules are anymore? Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus liken our world to Chinese Baseball, when they write, “Chinese baseball is played exactly the same way as American baseball with one major exception, and that is this:…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
33-year-old Nathan Grindal was removed from a dart tournament in England because the people around him found his appearance distracting. Grindal has long hair and a full beard. During the final match of the tournament, people seated around him began chanting, “Jesus! Jesus!” Before long, the majority…


EQUIP
Dustan Ingenthron • Branson Bible Church • Illustration • • 96 views • 36:32
# Philippians 3:17–21 ## Opening So far in this chapter Paul has warned against the Judaizers, and any who would place their confidence in who they are, or what they have done and not the finished work of Christ alone. By way of rebuking this idea, Paul gives his own longs list of “fleshly” qualifications…


EQUIP
Dustan Ingenthron • Branson Bible Church • Illustration • • 573 views • unknown
# Philippians 1:3–8 ## Opening: Paul’s Thanksgiving As we move on this morning in our study of Paul’s letter to the Philippians, we find Paul following his normal pattern of thanksgiving and prayer. This week we will look at his statement of thanksgiving about the Philippians, and next week we will look…
Illustration • • 20 views
(AP) DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. - On a chilly Easter night, two days after his son and four of his fellow soldiers were killed in Iraq, David Pautsch watched their remains arrive on a jumbo jet during a somber, half-hour ceremony. "You see these five caskets, flag-draped, it's sobering beyond belief,"…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 5 views
Chiefs TE Gonzalez saves man's life in restaurant Monday, July 07, 2008 By DOUG TUCKER, AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A California man says Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez of the Kansas City Chiefs kept him from choking to death. "Tony saved my life. There's no doubt," Ken Hunter, a shipping company…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 20 views
Karen Mains distinguishes between Hospitality and Entertaining: Entertaining says, "I want to impress you with my home, my clever decorating, my cooking." Hospitality, seeking to minister, says, "This home is a gift from my Master. I use it as he desires." Hospitality aims to serve. Entertaining puts…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 18 views
An older lady was in the hospital reading her Bible when her doctor came in for his visit. She asked him how she was doing. He told her to read Hebrews 13:8, which says, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, meaning she was about the same. However, she reversed the numbers and read…
Stephen Hustedde • Illustration • • 13 views
Eleanor Herr Boyd tells the following story in her book, "The Gospel in Leviticus": A missionary in India was hurrying along the street one day by the Ganges River when he saw a native woman standing looking at the water. In her arms was a sickly, whining infant, while at her side stood a beautiful,…
Wesley Crouch • Illustration • • 6 views
Perhaps our greatest fear is of dying. I have noticed many articles and books lately on “near-death” experiences; it seems people are more interested than ever in facing this fear. The greatest illustration I have ever heard on the subject is by Dr. Leslie Weatherhead. It concerns a baby in a prenatal…
Benjamin Kurz • Illustration • • 3,993 views
1. Feeding on the Word -- DAILY Nutrition A healthy baby has a healthy appetite. If you have truly been "born" of the Spirit of God, you will have a healthy appetite. The Bible says, "As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby," (1 Peter 2:2). Feed yourself every day…