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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 36 views
You who are parents know that you do not make your children offenders for a word. When they first learn to talk to you, they pronounce their words very imperfectly, and make many blunders. They break all the rules of grammar, and their prattle is often so indistinct that strangers who come to your house…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 20 views
There is a famous picture that represents our Lord before Pilate. It has deservedly won great attention. A certain excellent newspaper, which brings out for a very cheap price a large number of engravings, has given an engraving of this picture; but, inasmuch as the painting was too large for the paper…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 7 views
The Word of God gets at the very marrow of our manhood; it lays bare the secret thoughts of the soul. It is “able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.” Have you not often, in hearing the Word, wondered how the preacher could so unveil that which you had concealed? He says the very things…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 17 views
I remember an old countryman saying to me, long ago, “Depend upon it, my brother, if you or I get one inch above the ground, we get just that inch too high”; and I believe it is so. Flat on our faces before the cross of Christ is the place for us; realizing that we ourselves are nothing, and that Jesus…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 12 views
Plants unknown in certain regions have suddenly sprung from the soil: the seeds have been wafted on the winds, carried by birds, or washed ashore by the waves of the sea. So vital are seeds that they live and grow wherever they are borne; and even after lying deep in the soil for centuries, when the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
After experiencing a medical attack, an Ohio woman mistakenly dialed the wrong number, but still found the help she needed. Seventy-year-old Loretta Smith felt her right side go numb and fell to floor of her Ohio home. She was able to grab the phone with her left hand and tried to call her son. Instead,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 61 views
In his book The Pressure's Off, psychologist Larry Crabb uses a story from his childhood to illustrate our need to delight in God through adversity: One Saturday afternoon, I decided I was a big boy and could use the bathroom without anyone's help. So I climbed the stairs, closed and locked the door…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 155 views
Matt Proctor writes: My 5-year-old, Carl, and my 3-year-old, Conrad, love it when I dress like them. After they put on jeans and a blue T-shirt, they'll come ask me to wear jeans and a blue T-shirt. When I do, they have a saying. They will survey me, survey themselves, and say, "Look, Dad—same, same."…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 12 views
There’s a question mark in my mind after every Discovery Class. (By the way, if you don’t know what the Discovery class is, it’s the class that allows you to discover more about Peace Church and whether or not you want to join our church family.) That question mark is always there. Know what I’m asking…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 11 views
The president of Great Lakes Christian College says that when he was a kid playing Little League baseball, his coach had a picnic at the beginning of the season. After they’d pigged out on hot dogs and burgers, it was time for the pep talk. He says that the coach always asked them, "How many of you have…
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Prayer is not simply meeting with God, but God meeting with you. In his diaries, George Washington wrote, “Let my heart gracious God, be so effected with your glory and majesty, that I may fulfill these weighty duties which you have required of me. I have called upon you to pardon me of my sins. Thank…
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Things looked bleak for the children of George Mueller's orphanage at Ashley Downs in England. It was time for breakfast, and there was no food. A small girl whose father was a close friend of Mueller was visiting in the home. Mueller took her hand and said, “Come and see what our Father will do.” In…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 1,592 views
FEAR "In The Diary of Anne Frank young Anne describes the fear she and her family felt as they hid, huddled in a small attic, from the Nazis. Every scream of Gestapo sirens sent chills of fear down their spines. They lost their breath at every knock on the front door. They lived in constant horror behind…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 22 views
Though skeptical of his teenage son's newfound determination to build bulging muscles, one father followed his teenager to the store's weight-lifting department, where they admired a set of weights. "Please, Dad," pleaded the teen, "I promise I'll use 'em every day." "I don't know, Michael. It's really…
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Access to the most powerful leader in the world—the President of the United States of America—is granted only to the few who have successfully passed through a series of detailed, cautious checkpoints. A Norway teen created quite a stir in the United States when he challenged the system, boldly dialing…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 10 views
"A friend was lecturing in Latin America. He was going to use a translator, but to identify with his audience; he wanted to begin his talk by saying in Spanish, "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." He arrived at the auditorium a little early and realized he did not know the Spanish words for ladies…
James H. Schafer • Illustration • • 1,809 views
John Newton CHOICE EXCERPTS I am not what I once was! In his old age, when he could no longer see to read, John Newton heard someone recite this text, "By the grace of God—I am what I am." He remained silent a short time and then, as if speaking to himself, he said: "I am not what I ought to be—ah, how…
Benjamin Kurz • Illustration • • 3,896 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…
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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…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 258 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 • • 542 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…
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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…
Steve Bramham • Illustration • • 949 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…