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Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 6 views
Did you ever visit the manufactory of splendid porcelain at Sèvres, France? I have done so. If anybody should say to me, “Do you know the manufactory at Sèvres?” I should say, “Yes, I do, and no, I do not. I know it, for I have seen the building. I have seen the rooms in which the articles are exhibited…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 15 views
Gregory Nazianzen, a foremost father of the Christian Church, rejoiced that he was well versed in the Athenian philosophy. Why do you think he rejoiced in that? Because he had to give it all up when he became a Christian, and, said he, “I thank God that I had a philosophy to throw away.” He counted it…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 16 views
Do you see that train steaming along the iron way? See, it plunges into a cavern in yonder hill! You have now lost sight of it. Has it perished? As on an angel’s wing, you fly to the top of the hill, and you look down on the other side. There it comes steaming forth again from the tunnel, bearing its…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 39 views
“From the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born from Hebrews.” Paul shakes out the whole lot for the dogs, and is glad to be rid of it all for Christ’s sake. It reminds me of a ship in a storm. When the captain leaves the harbor he has a cargo on board of which he takes great care,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic say they have cracked the code to being happy. They have been studying this for decades, working with tens of thousands of patients. Now they think they have found it. They key parts of the code are 1) focus on the right things. 2) Learn to compartmentalize your life and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
In The Divine Commodity: Discovering a Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity, Skye Jethani writes, “Suffering was not an abnormality to be avoided, but a facet of God’s grace to be accepted. It was the way transformation occurred and new life entered. To sacrifice one’s immediate desires was how to fulfill…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Glen Coffee, a San Francisco 49er Running Back, has decided that one year in the NFL is enough. Football is no longer his dream. “Coffee told Matt Barrows of The Sacramento Bee that he is headed back to school to complete his undergraduate degree and pursue a master’s degree, a decision rooted in his…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 3 views
He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and theChristian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He assumed theearnestness of a man weighed down by historic responsibility. He handed out pious stories to the press, especially to…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 3 views
You ever heard of the book, Orbiting the Giant Hairball? I had not either until I was working on this message. Now don’t worry, I’m not going to try to “wax eloquent” on the revolutions you can do around feline fur. No, I’m more interested in what the book said than I am in its title. You see it was…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 9 views
Between my freshman and sophmore years in college, the chairman of the music department changed, and, since I was studying music at the time, I cared! It ended up being good, however. The professor who was there before was one of the godliest men I ever met, but he was also very intimidating. The very…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 25 views
In February 2001, John Oros spoke to an audience at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary about his experience as a church leader in Romania during the Communist era: During communism, many of us preached?and people came at the end of a service, and they said, "I have decided to become a Christian."…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 5 views
I’ll never remember my first date with Kathy. We were supposed to go to a ballgame together and she stood me up. I’ll never forget going to the ballfield with such great anticipation and walking back to my dorm room . . . Mad! Praise the Lord, I got some wise counsel from a good friend and I asked her…
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Angela Boneva is living in limbo. For years she, and the U.S. government, thought the Bulgarian-born 34-year-old was an American citizen. But, when she went to renew her passport in 2003, the State Department reportedly told her something terribly different. Boneva's father was born in Indiana, and the…
Illustration • • 97 views
We are perplexed to see misfortune falling upon decent, inoffensive, worthy people - on capable, thrifty, little trades-people, on those who have worked so hard, and so honestly, for thier modest stock of happiness and know seem to be entering on the enjoyment of it with the fullest right. . . Let me…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
As a symbol of the new policy of openness citizens of Hungary planned an event at the border to the free nation of Austria. Originally, they planned to take a bus over the border, visit a small Austrian village and return. Plans changed when several hundred East Germans heard about the event and decided…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 46 views
Years ago, there was a woman who went browsing through an antique store. While she was there, she found a piano that she fell in love with. It was a magnificent old mahogany upright with beautiful carvings across the front. Inside the top was a beautiful hand detailed painting along the back along with…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 24 views
First is in a sense, Invisible Money. This is money that you have, but you don’t have it to spend as you would like. Think about the $5 your mom gave you when you went on a field trip in elementary school: “Now, David, don’t lose this money or spend it. Take it to school and give it to your teacher.…
Timothy C. Seal • Illustration • • 6 views
“PLACES TO MEET CHRIST” (Philippians 3:7-11) “But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 17 views
CONVICTIONS The most famous and expensive baseball card in the world was displayed at a sports collectibles convention in Illinois this summer. The card, produced in 1909, is worth an estimated $1.3 million dollars. It is so valuable because the baseball player on the card decided to take a stand. In…
Jim Vance • Illustration • • 203 views
3 John Piper Desiring God Minneapolis, Minnesota 4 For Your Joy FOR YOUR JOY Published by Desiring God © 2005 Desiring God International Standard Book Number: 0-9773286-0-0 Edited for Desiring God Cover design by Edd Blott All scripture quotations are taken from: The Holy Bible: English Standard Version,…
Illustration • • 338 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…
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…