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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 665 views
“You are a very peculiar person,” said one to a Christian. “I thank you for that testimony,” answered the Christian, “for that is what I desire to be, as Peter says, ‘You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession” (1 Pet 2:9). “Ah!” said the other, “but there…
Pastor Jon • First United Methodist Church -- Rockville, Indiana • Illustration • • 18 views
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Isabella Chow serves as a senator in the student government at the University of California Berkeley. Recently, a bill was introduced that would change the definition of gender under Title IX. Ms. Chow abstained from voting on the measure. When it was discovered that she was Christian and did not support…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Roughly 70% of Christians worldwide live without the right to worship freely, notes Karen Ellis, director at Reformed Theological Seminary’s Center for the Study of the Bible & Ethnicity. It is getting worse. Open Doors, a group that monitors worldwide persecution says that last year 1 in 9 Christians…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
In September of 2015 witnesses of a mass baptism held after school at an Atlanta area high school posted footage online, drawing criticism. These critics claimed, “Holding team baptisms at football practice with coaches participating is a clear Constitutional violation (the Establishment Clause of the…
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Dustan Ingenthron • Branson Bible Church • Illustration • • 285 views • 36:53
# Philippians 1:9-11 ## Opening — Paul’s Prayer This morning we conclude our look at the opening section of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. In verses 1–2, we have the opening salutation which identifies the author, Paul, and with him Timothy—The young man he has mentored. It also identifies the recipients—all…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
The Chinese government arrested most of the 1000 members of Shouwang House Church in Beijing's Zhongguancun district was on Resurrection Sunday 2011. The arrest didn’t keep them from worshipping, they sang hymns as authorities herded them into a bus. In recent years, the Chinese government has been relaxing…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 60 views
Fruit is produced only when the tree is nourished. In the Greek Islands, one can seek out the home of Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. In the area, one can also find an olive tree, supposedly dating from his time. If this is so, this tree would then be some 2,400 years old. The trunk of this…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 42 views
Philadelphia—Little Power, Great Endurance7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write . . . 8 ‘I know your works . . . I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 36 views
Rob Bell spoke on the selecting process that rabbis would use to choose their disciples. At the age of six, children would begin to learn the Torah; this training was called bat-cipher. From age eight to ten, they would memorize the Torah from Genesis to Deuteronomy. By the end of bat-cipher, most kids…
Jim Vance • Illustration • • 114 views
FINAL WORDS. Christ's Farewell to Those He Loved Part One Calming Troubled Hearts Don't you wish you could turn anxiety on and off like a faucet? Wouldn't it be great if you could worry from 9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. and then shut it down so that you could get a good night's rest? Unfortunately, we cannot…
Illustration • • 336 views
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…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 14 views
Rob Bell spoke on the selecting process that rabbis would use to choose their disciples. At the age of six, children would begin to learn the Torah; this training was called bat-cipher. From age eight to ten, they would memorize the Torah from Genesis to Deuteronomy. By the end of bat-cipher, most kids…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 25 views
The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus (How you can avoid the Cross) The Trial 1) Get a good lawyer, say nothing until he arrives! John 18:13-14, 19-23 2) Line up good character witnesses! Mark 14:53, 55-65, Matt. 26:57, 59-68, Luke 22:54a, 63-65 John 18:24 3) Get your friends to testify! John 18, 15-18,25-27,…
Ralph Andrus • Illustration • • 82 views
EMERGENCY NUMBERS PRINT OUT AND KEEP IT WITH YOUR BIBLE. USE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY! HANDY REFERENCE LIST OF EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS When in sorrow.....................................call John 14 When men fail you.................................call Psalm 27 When you have sinned..............................call…
David Melchior • Illustration • • 22 views
The word Father is used fifty-three times in John 13–17. Heaven is “My Father’s house,” according to the Son of God. It is “home” for God’s children! Some years ago, a London newspaper held a contest to determine the best definition of “home.” The winning entry was, “Home is the place where you are treated…
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 • • 40 views
The Anticipation of Victory Re 1:9-20(NIV) --(9) I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. --(10) On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard…
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…