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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 24 views
He who stands in the thickest part of the battle shall have the highest glory at last. The old warriors would not stand and skirmish a little on the outside of the army, but would say, “To the center, men! To the center!” And they cut through thick and thin until they reached the place where the standard…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 9 views
I know an old friend who used to tell me that for 60 years he had never known a day’s illness. A splendid healthy old man he was, but about three months ago he took typhoid fever. I went to see him, and when he got better he came to see me. He said, “Well, sir, you see I am not the man I was, but I have…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 17 views
A man takes a mass of metal. It appears to you very pure, and very beautiful to look at. It is alloyed. He puts it into his refining pot, he heats the coals, and he begins to stir it. You say to him, “What are you doing? You are spoiling that precious metal. See how foul the surface is! What a scum floats…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 56 views
We despise the chastening of the Lord when we despise those that God chastens. You say, “Poor old Mrs. So-and-so. The last seven years she has been bedridden; what is the good of her in the church? Would it not be a mercy if she were dead? We always have to be keeping her—someone or other giving her…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 72 views
We never find Adam afraid of God or of any manifestation of Deity while he was in Paradise an obedient creature. But no sooner had he touched the fatal fruit than he found that he was naked, and hid himself. When he heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, Adam was…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 55 views
A tree of common fruit may be let alone so long as there is some little fruit on it, but the very best fruit gets the sharpest pruning. I have noticed that in those countries where the best wine is made, the vinedressers cut the shoots right close in, and in the winter you cannot tell that there is a…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 32 views
If a grandfather of ours should die and leave us five hundred pounds, what a merciful providence that would be! If by something strange in business we were suddenly to accumulate a fortune, that would be a blessed providence! If an accident happens, and we are preserved, and our limbs are not hurt, that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 40 views
On the T.V. show Psych, Shawn Spencer is a psychic detective. He consistently solves crimes, but his immaturity often gets the best of him, resulting in his father, Henry Spencer, stepping in to help him solve the cases. Sometimes, Dad uses the opportunity to teach his son a life lesson. In one episode,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 10 views
Philip Yancey wrote of a friend of his named Susan, a Christian who told Yancey "that her husband did not measure up and she was actively looking for other men to meet her needs for intimacy": When Susan mentioned that she rose early each day to "spend an hour with the Father," I asked, "In your meetings…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 6 views
He was called “Praying Hyde.” A missionary to India at the turn of the century, many people thought John Hyde was always intensely serious because of his reputation for being able to pray and see incredible answers to prayer. They thought that such a prayer-warrior could have no capacity for celebration.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 3 views
The story of General George Washington is quite an amazing one. He was, hands down, the most important figure in the revolution and independence of this country. He stuck it out when things were bleak. In fact, there was a period of time when Washington was the Head General of a group of states which…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 26 views
Samuel Zwemer was one of America’s early missionaries to the Arabs. In the 1890's he went to Bahrein and served among Muslims. As you can imagine the going was tough. Muslims are extremely difficult to reach. In forty years of ministry, in fact, Zwemer probably reached less than one dozen converts. And…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 9 views
It begins on Sunday night. Lights flash on as recruits are awakened by their instructor. Next to one ear, a machine gun filled with blanks is fired. A jet from a garden hose is flushing the other ear. An instructor shouts, “We have a mission to perform tonight. I want you to listen to every word.” The…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 5 views
Some of you may not know that my undergraduate and one of my graduate degrees was in the field of music. I had a lot of training in music education because them that can do and them that can’t teach. I was never a great performer, so I hoped to perpetuate my mediocrity by teaching others! I always admired…
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Jesus Christ Opened lide of his creation Stepped into aromatic box of earth Religious powers Intent to trap But he already there In death per them Wounds' liquid loss Soaked cardboard Now soggy flat No ribbon or wrap More colorful Than Jesus' blood A revelation Of life unbounded
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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…
Steven D Olsen • Illustration • • 178 views
Gold is purified faith is strengthened and demonstrated 1 Peter 1:6-7; Job 23:10; Malachi 3:3 Gold is purified under into a liqued in order to remove the impurities. Prov 25:4; 1 Peter 2:19-20; 4:12-19 Gold is chemically stable does not tarnish by the enviornment Romans 12:1-2 Gold is maliable roled…
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 • • 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…
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 • • 21 views
| Spiritual Life | | How To Develop Learners Not Legalistsby Jerry Bridges | When I was first introduced to the idea of discipleship, I was given a list of seven spiritual disciplines I should practice every day—things such as a daily quiet time, Scripture memorization, Bible study, and prayer. As…