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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
The social isolation and quarantine brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic has spurred extraordinary feats of perseverance. Tobias Weller a 9-year-old autistic boy with cerebral palsy earned $100,000 by completing a marathon on his walker. He walked on the street in front of his house for 70 days cheered…
David Krueger • Illustration • • 137 views
I recently read a moving story that David Jeremiah wrote about the founder of World Vision, the international Christian relief agency. Bob Pierce had advanced leukemia, but he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they came upon a young girl…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
A new survey taken in Great Britain has found that a nation known for their ability to wait in line may be losing some of their patience. The results show the average British adult is now only able to stand in line for 10 minutes and 42 seconds before their tempers start to flare. The survey also found…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 30 views
When wanting to faint after years of fighting against slave trade William Wilberforce leaned upon the Lord for his strength. On his forty-first birthday, as rededicated himself to his calling, he prayed, “Oh Lord, purify my soul from all its stains. Warm my heart with the love of thee, animate my sluggish…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 141 views
William Wilberforce displayed extraordinary endurance. He was defeated regularly in his battle to free England of slave trade. The repeated defeats of his plans did not defeat him. His adversaries complained that, “Wilberforce jumped up whenever they knocked him down.” One said, “It is necessary to watch…
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The spirit of a pilgrim greatly facilitates praying. An earth-bound, earth-satisfied spirit cannot pray. In such a heart, the flame of spiritual desire is either gone out or smouldering in faintest glow. The wings of its faith are clipped, its eyes are filmed, its tongue silenced. But they, who in unswerving…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 10 views
In 1998, after speaking at a Christian rally in New Delhi, India, Dr. P. P. Job received threats against his family. At the time, his son Michael was training at the university to be a medical missionary. One evening, a white Fiat with Delhi plates, traveling at a high speed, changed lanes, rammed into…
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Coggins, Richard J. "Do We Still Need Deutero-Isaiah?" Journal for the Study of the Old Testament no. 81 (December 1998): 77-92. Do We Still Need Deutero-Isaiah? 1. An Obsolescent Term? To speak of 'Deutero-Isaiah' has become one of the 'assured results of scholarship'. Should we continue to do so? Any…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Waiting "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31 KJV) Ho hum. Are the Olympics over yet? I know that as a avid sports fan I was supposed to get excited about…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Wings of Eagles I like the Albuquerque Zoo because you can walk through it in a couple of hours and see just about everything. We are card-carrying members of the Zoo and go several times a year. The new polar bear exhibit is wonderful. It has a glass side so that you can see the bears underwater. The…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
Remaining Faithful It is HOT. I don't mean warm or toasty, it is HOT! The weatherman says it is unseasonably HOT. We expect extreme heat in the summer, but not in the early spring. God designed the world to run in seasons or cycles. They are predictable movements of nature. Have you ever considered the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Flatlanders Growing up on the plains of West Texas is pretty much the same one place as it is another. The land is flat-everywhere. No hills, mesas or mountains, just flat land. The folks that live out there have learned that if you add a little water to the flat land, it makes a pretty good place to…
Chester Marshall • Illustration • • 28 views
Sermon preached at State College Free Methodist Church On Sunday, April 27,1997, by Pastor C. W. Marshall Neh. 4:6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart. Neh. 4:10-14 Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers…
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…
Bob Pritchett • Illustration • • 132 views
How To Get Connected! JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES John 15:1-8 INTRODUCTION There’s a phrase that has become popular in pop culture today, Being in “the zone.” The zone refers to that state of mind when everything is clicking for you and you’re doing everything right. You can’t miss…