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Reflections Podcasts
Rosemary Laxton • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 31 views • 13:35
Women’s Fall Kickoff
DeLena Beavers • Illustration • • 30 views • 32:33
Friday Evening Session
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Amanda Yates Garcia is a witch. No, she doesn’t wear a pointy black hat or ride a broom, but her business is booming in Southern California. She sells her magical services to clients struggling with heartache, aging, work stress, or other emotional problems. Her hour-long “elemental divination” sessions…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
An article in Journal of Community Health reported the findings of researchers who studied the pervasiveness of “short sleep duration,” which they defined as less than seven hours per night. In the abstract of the article the authors wrote, “In 2018, the highest levels of short sleep duration were found…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
In his book, Leading on Empty, Wayne Cordoro writes, “If we violate the Sabbath rest, something morphs in our soul. We start to get proud, edgy, anxious.”—Jim L. Wilson Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on empty : refilling your tank and renewing your passion. (Minneapolis, Minn: Bethany House, 2009), 126. Matthew…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
In Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives, Richard Swenson writes: “In 1879, Thomas Edison produced the first electric light. If the clock broke up the day, the light bulb broke up the night. Illuminati was flushed with its presumed victory over yet another…
Bible Study
Andrew Norvelle • Illustration • • 475 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…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 78 views
There is a story that Hebrew families tell their children to help them understand the fourth commandment. The fourth commandment reads, "Six days you shall labor but on the seventh you shall rest." (Exodus 20:8-10; Deut 6:12-14) The story is called, "The Sweetest Sound." The main character in the story…
Stephen Hustedde • Illustration • • 14 views
If you fill a bucket with a gallon of water and carry it on your head it quickly grows heavy and tiresome. In contrast, if you swim underwater you have many gallons of water on top of your head and the weight is not really burdensome. The environement that you are in alters your response to the burden.…
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The secret of the easy yoke is simple, actually. It is the intelligent, informed, unyielding resolve to live as Jesus lived in all aspects of his life, not just in the moment of specific choice or action. Source: Willard, Dallas; The Spirit of the Disciplines, p.10, 1988.
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The general human failing is to want what is right and important, but at the same time not to commit to the kind of life that will produce the action we know to be right and the condition we want to enjoy. This is the feature of human character that explains why the road to hell is paved with good intentions.…
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Our mistake is to think that following Jesus consists in loving our enemies, going the "second mile", turning the other cheek, suffering patiently and hopefully - while living the rest of our lives just as everyone around us does. This is like the aspiring young baseball players mentioned earlier. It's…
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And in this truth lies the secret of the easy yoke: the secret involves living as he lived in the entirety of his life - adopting his overall life-style. Following "in his steps" cannot be equated with behaving as he did when he was "on the spot." To live as Christ lived is to live as he did all his…
Illustration • • 18 views
"Christianity has not so much been tried and found wanting, as it has been found difficult and left untried." G.K Chesterton Source: Willard, Dallas: The Spirit of the Disciplines, p. 1, 1988.
Clay Spencer • Illustration • • 70 views
Getting Your Life Back Books: The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a Kempis The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John climacus Interior Castle by Teresa of Avila The Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross Spiritual formation is rooted in the virtues. Choosing virtue is choosing to submit our will to God and…
Robert Phillips • Illustration • • 13 views
Excuses? "It's impossible." All things are possible (Luke 18:27). "I'm too tired." I will give you rest (Matt. 11:28-30). "Nobody really loves me." I love you (John 3:16; 13:34). "I can't go on." My grace is sufficient" (2 Cor. 12:9; Ps. 91:15). "I can't figure things out." I will direct your steps (Prow…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 2,862 views
The effectiveness of the Bible in your life lies in how much of it you obey. The US Department of the Interior once conducted an experiment using migratory birds. The birds were tagged with metal strips reading "Wash. Biol. Surv."—for Washington Biological Survey. The code was changed, so the story goes,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Pride What virtue is impossible to have if you know you have it? If you have it, and know it, you don't have it. If you work towards it, and finally achieve it, you'll become proud of it and lose it. Give up? The answer is humility. It is as slippery as black ice, it is as difficult to define as it is…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 450 views
REST A new study suggests that companies that operate all-nights shifts to increase profitability may not realize the total cost of maintaining a third shift. The study by Circadian Technologies of Lexington Massachusetts suggests the night shift may cost companies upwards of $206 billion a year, roughly…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 40 views
AMBITION Have you ever had your dreams shattered? Have you wondered where God was when life became too much to bear? Have you ever thought that if you had more in life you would get more out of life? In his book, Shattered Dreams, Larry Crabb wrote: "Satan's masterpiece is not the prostitute or the skid-row…
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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…
Kathleen Boozer • Illustration • • 226 views
#1 — The Conflict In God’s FamilyPlease press the microphone to listen to the talk. Requires the free RealPlayer®. Installation instructions available. “The Conflict In God’s Family” — another look at the Biblical basis for understanding the plan of salvation as God’s provision for restoring peace in…
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…
Alan Wilkerson • Illustration • • 8 views
"I'm going to make it" By Jerry Brewer Seattle Times staff columnist Gloria Strauss is ready for her miracle. God will heal her. Mom said so. The 11-year-old has spent four years dueling with cancer. Seven bouts of chemotherapy. A stem-cell transplant. Radiation. Experimental drugs that belong in a spelling…
Alan Wilkerson • Illustration • • 27 views
"I'm going to make it" By Jerry Brewer Seattle Times staff columnist Gloria Strauss is ready for her miracle. God will heal her. Mom said so. The 11-year-old has spent four years dueling with cancer. Seven bouts of chemotherapy. A stem-cell transplant. Radiation. Experimental drugs that belong in a spelling…