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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 48 views
ISIS is forcing many Christians to flee from their homes in the Middle East, and many are still being persecuted where they are. During one conflict, Bashir Estephanos lost two of his brothers, but his response to the killings of his family by ISIS is astonishing. During an interview about the incident,…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
A series of powerful rainstorms that caused flooding and closed roads and schools in northern California have also helped the state by easing drought conditions. The storms filled several reservoirs and raised hope that they may be able to lift the water restrictions. George Kostyrko, spokesperson for…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 20 views
After John Hinckly, Jr. shot President Reagan, Reagan woke up in the hospital recovery room with his wife Nancy at his side looking down at him and extremely upset. Reagan always joked with Nancy when she was upset, so he said, “Honey, I forgot to duck.” That’s what the great fighter Jack Dempsey said…
Scott Cody • Illustration • • 23 views
"Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed any one, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices." -Clarence Darrow


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
The night before the 2010 election, two political opponents had a unique meeting. Steven Duggar and Steve Holmes were both running for a position on the Henry County Indiana Council in District 3. As he drove home that evening, Duggar stopped to help at an accident scene, to his surprise, one of the…
C D Croscutt • Illustration • • 3 views
2010 - Average American income - $50,000/year Average World income - $7000/year
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 29 views
Thousands of dollars washed away as a newly engaged couple learned a tough lesson. A local couple's engagement went awry after the bride-to-be dropped the ring into the ocean. Slipping away into the sea. Thousands of dollars washed away as a newly engaged couple learned a tough lesson. A Massachusetts…
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Andrew Norvelle • Illustration • • 513 views
Culling the Army of God Purpose: To equip saints to be effective soldiers in the Lord's Army. Judges 7:2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax. Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted,…
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Some parents in Frisco, Texas, are fuming because their public school district allowed Christian evangelists to provide Bibles to students on school grounds, which administrators say was done to stop even more proselytizing outside the schools. Frisco Independent Schools allowed Gideons International…
Benjamin Kurz • Illustration • • 117 views
On Jesus way to Jerusalem (to die), He had to pass through the same desert in which He was tempted. Maybe Satan's temptations rang in His ears..."maybe there's another way..." Jesus last words to His disciples before coming this way was "we need to confront the gates of Hell." When Jesus entered Jerusalem,…
Ian Forest-Jones • Illustration • • 24 views
On April 26, 2008, the Western Oregon women's softball team played against Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. During the course of the game, Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky hit the first homerun of her college career. She dropped her bat and started to make her way around the…
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In Character Is DestinyJohn McCain wrote about his imprisonment in the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War. "During the time I was held in solitary, I was caught, not for the first time, communicating with my dear friend in the cell next to mine. For my transgression, I was kept overnight in a punishment…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
EVANGELISM In the book, 10 Things I Hate About Christianity, author Jason T. Berggren presents a unique challenge to believers. Berggren says, ”Consider no longer calling yourself a Christian.” He writes, “Take a few minutes to think about what it would mean if you had to stop using that term to describe…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Vengeance Have you ever heard someone downplay a scriptural command because it is in the Old Testament? I've heard it a million times, especially when it comes to God's command for people to tithe. Matthew 5:17 should set this record straight. Jesus said, "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
GOD'S LOVE In their book, "The Insider", Peterson & Shamy write, "God loves people whether they love him back or not. The farmer who hates God gets just as much sun and rain on his crops as does his neighbor the next farm over, who loves God. Why do the wicked prosper? They prosper because God loves…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 1,983 views
Happiness In Matthew 5, Jesus begins a sentence with the same words, “Blessed are...” eight different times. What does it mean to be blessed? It is a religious sounding word, isn’t it? It is pregnant with virtue–a stained glass sort of a word. The truth is, the Greek word simply means happy. In English,…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 69 views
FORGIVENESS A Grinch of sorts was busy in South Florida this past holiday season. On Christmas Eve, Ron and Helen Meijer found a ransom note in their front-lawn nativity scene. The plastic baby Jesus had been kidnapped. The kidnappers did not demand money. Instead, they made a demand the Meijers refused…


Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 33 views
DEATH After Greg Delmain graduated from college, but before he could start his new job, he had to bring evidence of his U.S. citizenship to a clerk at the company. The clerk took his driver’s license and jotted down some notes in his file. She gave it back to Greg and took his birth certificate. For…
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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…
Chad Oltman • Illustration • • 100 views
Lechem - Bread by Josa Bivin1 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." John 6:33 When Richard and Lucinda (our volunteer workers) first came to Israel, they noticed plastic sacks containing pieces of bread hanging from the sides of the trash containers…
Rev. Gregory S. Byrd • Illustration • • 271 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 • • 544 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…
Leigh Johnson • Illustration • • 131 views
I. Introduction When God created the universe and all within it, God looked and saw that it was good. At some point, however, evil entered the world and corrupted it. People may have different understandings of how this happened, but I don’t think anyone would argue that the world as we know it is the…
Steve Bramham • Illustration • • 955 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…