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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7,286 views
STEWARDSHIP After terrorists attacked America on September 11, 2001, people opened up their hearts and their pocketbooks to give to those directly affected by the tragedy. The American Red Cross received $547 million dollars for the cause, but until there was a public uproar, the Red Cross was not planning…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 1,861 views
A Navajo Indian tradition says that your conscience is like a small triangle inside your heart. When you know something is wrong, it turns and pricks the flesh of your heart with one of its corners. But when you harden your heart and ignore your conscience, it keeps turning, wearing down its corners…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 557 views
SMALL THINGS Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines recently said, “We’ve never been focused on gigantism. We’ve focused on being the best.” Though it is only the seventh largest airline, Allan Sloan, Newsweek’s Wall Street editor calls Southwest Airlines “the nation’s most successful [airline].” —Newsweek,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 526 views
In 2009, a high school girl named Wanetta Gibson falsely accused a High school football star named Brian Banks of rape. That accusation caused the loss of several college scholarships and a five years sentence when he could have played college football. The future after than we will never know, for he…
Illustration • • 456 views
I am part of the "Fellowship of the Unashamed." I have Holy Spirit Power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 347 views
I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. "Even dummies know that!" My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to her that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 336 views
Many studies have shown the benefits for those growing up in good strong families. Two Australian philosophers have a somewhat different take on good families. They believe that happy families contribute to social inequality. When children grow up in a loving family it gives them an unfair advantage.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 328 views
Facing the Giants is about the faith of a high school football coach and how he uses biblical principles to motivate and inspire his team to play winning football while honoring God. In that movie, Coach Taylor has one of his players who is really hard-hearted. His name is Matt Prater. Coach Taylor has…
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"Heresy is not so much rejecting as selecting. The heretic simply selects the parts of the Scripture he wants to emphasize and lets the rest go. This is shown by the etymology of the word heresy and by the practice of the heretic. "Beware," an editorial scribe of the fourteenth century warned his readers…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 203 views
TRUTH Pastor Steven Furtick says he is diving into topics may other churches won’t touch because he believes people need to hear the truth. Furtick’s message series entitled, “Cow Tipping” is designed to tackle controversial topics and shine the light of God’s truth on them. Furtick is concerned that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 199 views
Three Zen Buddhist monks stopped on their journey to rest. One of the monks saw a flag and said, "Oh, What a strong wind blowing!” The second monk argued that it was not the wind blowing but the flag flying. The third monk contended that neither the wind was blowing nor the flag flying, but their minds…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 194 views
Missouri History Why Is Missouri Called the "Show-Me" State? There are a number of stories and legends behind Missouri's sobriquet "Show-Me" state. The slogan is not official, but is common throughout the state and is used on Missouri license plates. The most widely known legend attributes the phrase…
"THE SECRETS OF YOUR HEART!
Rev. Dr. Johnson Mwara • Diaspora Community of Faith Church • Illustration • • 172 views • 1:02:28
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 169 views
What is the worst thing that may happen to us because of our faith? In our current culture we may face ridicule or perhaps some form of censure, but for many in our world, the cost of following Jesus is paid in the blood of martyrdom. The mother of an Egyptian Coptic who was among the 21 Christians beheaded…
Calvin Habig • Illustration • • 163 views
When Albert Einstein was asked if he believed in God, here was his response: "I'm not an atheist. I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Faithlife Sermons • Illustration • • 149 views
Old Hugh Latimer preached before Henry VIII. It was the custom of the court preacher to present the king with something on his birthday, and Latimer presented Henry VIII with a pocket handkerchief with this text in the corner: “God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers” (Heb 13:4)—a very…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 147 views
Cooking I never thought of myself as a good cook. Oh, I can heat up a TV Dinner with the best of them, and I can flip a burger on the grill, but I'm not much of a cook. One of my problems is I can't follow a recipe. When Susan cooks, she carefully measures out a cup of this and a teaspoon of that; cooking…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 137 views
Charles H. Duell was the Commissioner of US patent office in 1899. Mr. Deull's most famous attributed utterance is that "everything that can be invented has been invented." Most patent attorneys have also heard that the quote is apocryphal. In his 1989 article, Samuel Sass traced the quote back to 1981…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 135 views
LOVE “There was once a Christian counselor who met with a man who was having difficulty in his marriage. With sensitivity to the man’s concerns, the counselor told him that the answer was to love his wife just as commanded in Ephesians 5:25. The troubled husband replied that he just could not do that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 129 views
In an interview with Time Pastor Rick Warren was asked, “If you could get people to change one thing, what would it be?” Warren’s answer may be the quote of the year. “I’d get them to stop believing everything they think. We lie to ourselves more than anybody else. Jesus said the truth will set you free—but…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Faithlife Sermons • Illustration • • 104 views
Do you not know that plain dealing is more precious than rubies? Would you not say to your physician, “Put me under the severest examination, and let me know the truth”? Would you pay him a fee so that he might deceive you? As to your soul, do you not desire to know the very worst of your case? If you…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 81 views
AUTHENTICITY After McGwire hit 70 home runs in a single season in 1998, collectors scrambled to purchase his 1985 Topps rookie card. Con men were also scrambling. Not to buy cards, but to produce forgeries to sell to the collectors. At $200.00 a card, con men were raking it in. The best of the fakes…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 77 views
Minnesota teenager Erica Clark found $2800.00 in a McDonald’s parking lot in an envelope filled with $100.00 bills. She immediately called her Dad, who asked her to come home so they could turn the money into the police.—Jim L. Wilson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUWkkU0V2o4 Proverbs 2:20-21 (NLT)…