tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98592042011-04-21T12:57:47.543-05:00<br/><br/>Library of contemporary illustrations from a conservative Judeo-Christian worldview, by topic in side bar. Please <a href="mailto: kettlefrog@hotmail.com"><i><b>report</b></i></a> broken links.John Gillmartinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-10201157751931479452008-01-26T09:33:00.000-06:002008-01-26T10:16:01.749-06:00

"But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet; and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate."Luke 15:22-24Alan Murphy, was devastated; while on vacation in the

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The future father-in-law asked, “Young man, can you support a family?”To which the surprised groom-to-be replied, “Of course not. I was planning to support just your daughter … the rest of you will have to fend for yourselves.”Christianity, Illustrations,In-laws, Religion

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"It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. Therefore, be on the alert--for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning - in case he should come suddenly and find you

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"Jesus answered and said to him, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.'"John 3:3Reuters is reporting the Metropolitan Police in London, England, are finding it difficult to bring in sufficient recruits. So the agency has loosened its requirements – ignoring tattoos and criminal records.“This wouldn't apply to people who had shown criminal intent,

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"You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, 'MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM; FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES.'"It is for discipline that you endure; God deals

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"For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle? So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and no kind is without meaning. If then I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be to the one

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Two women, dressed in their finest, were having lunch in an exclusive restaurant … a friend came to their table and greeted them. “What's the occasion?” she asked.One of the women said, “We're having a birthday party for our baby. He's 2 years old today.”“But, where's is he?” She asked.The mother answered, “Oh, I dropped him off at his grandmother's house until the party's over … it wouldn't have

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"Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day

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"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."Ephesians 2:8-10It never failed but that our kids got thirsty the minute we were too far from the house to get them

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I stopped into one of our landmark “greasy spoons” the other day. Many senior church members have sworn by the personnel and the menu. I decided to give it a chance.Nothing on the menu caught my eye, so I ordered that old standard chili, topped with onions and grated cheese. I canceled the cheese after learning it cost an extra 50 cents (that’s over $30/lb. if you’re interested).However, the

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If a little boy hears his mom offer a Snickers candy bar from the kitchen window, and all he must do is go to the back door and receive it (assuming he believes she will keep her promise and assuming he desires the candy bar), why would he go to the front door instead? Or to a neighbor's back door?Why would he expect to receive it anywhere but when and where she promised?So too is the offer of

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The new teacher was given the combination to the school’s safe verbally. She then repeated it over and over as she hurried to the safe. As it would be, she forgot the correct numbers and their order; try as she would she could not get it open.Seeing a fellow faculty member walk by, she quickly asked him to help. “I think I can!” He responded.Walking into the supply room he let his hands fall to

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"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."Romans 8:28TEENAGE GRANDSON: “Grandma nothing is working in my life!”GRANDMA: “How do you mean?”GRANDSON: “You know! At school, at home, my friends, my girlfriend … you know!”.GRANDMA: “Would you like some of the cake I’m making?”GRANDSON: “Sure!”GRANDMA: “

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Recently, a young friend shared a conversation she had with her pastor at her home church in Brazil. She had sought his counsel concerning a difficulty she was having; her pastor suggested it was “a tempest in a teacup.”She objected to his suggestion and said, “Oh, Pastor, you don’t understand.” His response was perfect for her situation.He took a penny (actually the Brazilian equivalent of a

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A woman was trying to get the catsup out of the bottle when the phone rang. Determined to win the condiment war, she asked her four-year old daughter to answer the phone.“It's the preacher, Mommy,” the child reported. Then she added back to the phone, “Mommy can't come to the phone right now … she's hitting the bottle.”Children, Christianity,Illustrations, Religion

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"Then God said to Jonah, 'Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?' And he said, 'I have good reason to be angry, even to death.' Then the LORD said, 'You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight. Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000

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"Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than

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Editor’s note: If perhaps we have Catholic subscribers, it’s not The CRIB's intent to offend with this illustration; it’s simply our intent to propagate the truth as we know it; and, from a conservative, evangelical point of view, the worship of Mary is a form of idolatry.Our hope is that our Catholic friends will consider the illustration’s aim and, perhaps, see why we believe what we do. We, on

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"The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh."Genesis 2:22-24John Wesley Powell is a

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A salesman drove his car into a ditch; nearby was a farm where he asked the owner if he had a tractor to get his car back on the road.“Nope, but I got my mule, Blue.” Replied the farmer.“I doubt a mule is strong enough to pull it out.”“You don't know Blue!” The mule's proud owner responded. So Blue was hitched to the vehicle.“Pull, Blue!” The car didn't move. So the farmer called out, “Pull,

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"LORD, I have heard the report about You and I fear. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy."Habakkuk 3:2When I lived in a cabin in the mountains above Santa Cruz, California, I had a fire in my fireplace all day, virtually everyday; the ash would build up over a few days. Eventually, I’d let the fire die down, then

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"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."2 Corinthians 5:17We know this one thing, if a man owned a house and a contractor offered to restore it, free of charge, he’d be a fool to deny his offer.Why then do so many men reject the offer of God to restore their spiritual homes? We are indeed a people without spiritual

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"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ."Romans 10:17When “Betty Crocker” first introduced her cake mix, women simply didn’t believe a dry mix, in a small box, at a reasonable price would make a cake. The company modified its claims and told women they must add an egg. They believed it … sales skyrocketed.When Parker Pen Company introduced the first ball-point pen, they

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LORD, I have heard the report about You and I fear. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.Habakkuk 3:2Revival is like putting last night's stew on the stove. What you have is something which was real good yesterday but has been in the refrigerator since. Now it’s cold, thick, chunky and feels too heavy to eat.First,

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"But what does it say? 'THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART' - that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."Romans 10:8-

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"Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings."Malachi 3:8Who is the biggest meanest crook in the world? Is it a terrorist? An abortionist? Is it a Los Angeles gang-banger? A Mafioso? A scammer? Some one who preys on seniors?Robert Sumner said, “the biggest & meanest crook of all time is the one who steals from God.” [Excerpt from

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"Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever."1 John 2:15-17CNN’s

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"Jesus answered and said to him, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.'"John 3:3The Australian government recently issued a “hazard alert” for various models of the St. Jude Medical Tempo Pacemaker. They warned that the devices could fail unexpectedly. The pacemakers have “an internal problem which can lead to premature, unexpected device failure”

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"... when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' For many are

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"and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."John 8:32Girls at an Oregon middle school were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. After they put it on they would press their lips to the mirrors leaving dozens of teenage lip prints behind creating a real mess.The principal called the suspected culprits to the bathroom; she explained the lip prints were

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"But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God."Romans 14:10Sally, a grad student, had one teacher who was known for elaborate object lessons. She relates an experience from one of his classes.One day the students knew they were in for fun day. On the wall was a large target; on a nearby

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Why is it that we can tell when a child with dirty hands has been into something … say, the refrigerator? The answer? Because he leaves dirty fingerprints!Well then, why can’t we tell when the child who washed his hands has been in the same refrigerator? The answer? Because clean hands leave no dirty fingerprints!Haggai says, "the word of the LORD came [me] saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "

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"How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?"Romans 10:14Unfortunately, modern man is much like the people of India following British rule for 300 years. Subsequent to independence, a group of sociologists entered India to determine the effect foreign domination had had on the

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"And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all."Luke 17:26-27A several years ago, Reader’s Digest ran a splendid story which illustrates the similarity between our generation

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"And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all."Luke 17:26-27The April 12, 1993, issue of Newsweek unknowingly reported the signs of the times.Bill Wyman, of The Rolling

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"The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart."Psalms 51:17 [HCSB]One day as my wife and I approached a local on ramp to the I-10 in Pomona, California, we were almost blind-sided by another driver. The on ramp was a double-lane on ramp.We had been stopped at a light across the street from the access ramp and approached it with other

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We live in an area where we’re not allowed to walk our dogs. In order to give my little critter some exercise, I must walk outside our immediate area about one hundred yards. Of course, I don’t need the exercise, being a virtual clone of Arnold (Tom Arnold, that is).On an evening a few nights ago we were walking along as free as can be when my hound made a sudden and surprising turn. As quick as

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"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he

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"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."Matthew 13:44Compare for a moment the difference between a mountain hiker and a pearl diver. The hiker is, for the most part, indifferent to the ground under his feet; whereas the pearl diver earnestly examines the ground under

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"For we know Him who said, 'VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY.' And again, 'THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE.'"Hebrews 10:30When Marie Lupe Cooley, 41, of Jacksonville, Fla., saw a help-wanted ad in the newspaper for a position that looked suspiciously like her current job — and with her boss's phone number listed — she assumed she was about to be fired. ... .So, police say, she went to the

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"The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain."Deuteronomy 1:6As the end of the last century approached, I was reminded of something D. L. Moody said at the end of the previous, “I believe … four-fifths of the church is wandering around in the wilderness, far away from the cross of Calvary and the Promised Land.” Moody was commenting on the lives

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And now, the twist to the story ... there's an interesting extension to the story about railroad gauges and horses' behinds. When we see a Space Shuttle sitting on the launch pad, we see two huge booster rockets saddled to either side of the rocket’s main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. Thiokol Corporation makes the SRBs at their factory at Utah.The Thiokol SRB design

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Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." Mark 2:27-28The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches. Why? Because that’s the gauge used in England; English expatriates built our first railroads.Why that spacing? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who

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We once lived in a mobile home park. Now you must understand, a mobile home park is a place where most everyone has enough time on their hands to be sure you're doing all you should be doing and "watch" you doing it.One of the things that are evidently important to “seasoned-citizens” is your yard; you are regularly visited by people you don’t know, whose only interest is what you have or haven’t

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"... I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:20bBack in 1999 the evening news aired a 911 emergency call. A handicapped child’s mother {Ed note: she had stayed with her son even though she could have gotten out herself} could be heard comforting her son as fire invaded the room where they were hiding.Right to the last you heard her comforting him soothingly, “Hang on honey,

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Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?" God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"Exodus 3:13-14In his book Walking Through The Darkness, Neil Anderson

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"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full

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"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone."Matthew 24:36The TV reporter was speaking in an excited, animated tone, obviously caught up in the unfolding catastrophe; smoke was drifting across the neighbors’ yards, as an orange glow shimmered on the advancing firefighters.On the screen, to the right, a woman struggle fiercely with a

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“that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need."Hebrews 4:16 Missouri has one of the greatest tourist attractions in America. It’s called Pro Bass Shop, which is located in Springfield. This place is a sportsman’s paradise.Any sportsman who goes there will think he has died and gone to heaven. The store must cover a hundred acres: it has live fish ponds, indoors; a

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“ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness” Jude 1:4A few years ago, California Highway Patrol officers ticketed to a man on the one of their Interstate freeways. The officers observed a vehicle heading south toward San Diego, at freeway speed, with a lone driver and two legs hanging out from under the hood. It seems the carburetor linkage broke, so one steered and the

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“choose for yourselves whom you will serve”Joshua 24:15A thermometer reflects the temperature of the room; a thermostat adjusts the temperature for the room.God has too many children who are more like thermometers than thermostats; what he needs is a house full of the latter.Like Rip Van Winkle, the church is asleep … when it awakens the world will be so hostile to her that it will find itself an

John Gillmartinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-12156180090382450642008-01-22T11:39:00.000-06:002008-01-23T22:08:27.675-06:00

"Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry."Colossians 3:5I love to scour old cemeteries; the history and the intrigue manifested in grave markers is fascinating. While in Boston about 17 years ago I made it a point to visit the old cemetery above the harbor near North Church. What a treat.D.

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“the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost" Luke 19:10 I purchased a set of jumper cables for emergencies. I reasoned I’d be able to take care of myself in times of trouble, but others are not always equipped to do so. Some people just don’t prepare themselves for life’s trials and tribulations.I thought if I ever came across any of those poor unfortunates, I’d be equipped

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“but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ”1 Corinthians 6:11Not too long ago, we were fascinated with the development of “permanent-press” fabrics; now, thanks to a major advance in textile technology, we will soon have “permanent-fresh” fabrics.While this sounds like more frills on an already materialistic and pampered society, it

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Years ago a young man and his bride wanted to make a difference for God in this world; they applied and were accepted as missionaries to Africa.Following their arrival in New York to prepare for oversees service, mission officials determined the rigors of Africa would put the wife at risk. The agency revoked their deputation.The couple returned home, brokenhearted, wondering how to rebuild their

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So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects. "For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.Acts 17:22-23 [16-34]Louis Mills tells a story of a woman in his

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"Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith."Habakkuk 2:4As a youngster I was always in trouble. When I would walk somewhere I could hear the doors and windows shutting in homes as I approached. I could hear people saying things like, “Look out Ethel, here comes that Gillmartin kid!”I clearly remember one time when my friends and I

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"No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it."1 Corinthians 10:13Wrestling was not my favorite sport in Middle School, but I was blessed with considerable athletic ability and did quite well in it.

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"Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"Luke 10:36Listening to BreakPoint a couple of years ago, I heard Chuck Colson tell a story concerning the membership of a Florida church. Colson had been in the church when the pastor asked, “Do you remember the day the Brown family joined the church?” Many “amens” were heard among the people.

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"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You

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"You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near."James 5:8A young girl, dressed for the children’s Christmas program, was running as fast as she could to get to the church on time. As she ran, she prayed, “Dear Jesus, please don't let me be late! Dear Jesus, please don't let me be late!”.In her rush she caught her toe on the hem of her costume, tripped and fell.

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A few years ago an Illinois man was sentenced to life in prison for intimidating his wife to suicide … making him what's believed to be the first person convicted under a law which says it's a felony to induce anyone to take their own life.The teaching of Darwinist evolution and post-modern relativism (combined with abortion, euthanasia, and public exhibitionism) have so cheapened human life it

John Gillmartinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-40976070266714265222008-01-22T11:16:00.000-06:002008-01-25T00:36:30.534-06:00

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless."Ephesians 5:25-27The English professor wrote on the chalkboard:

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"Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, 'It is finished!' And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit."John 19:30In a Reader’s Digest article entitled “Fast-Track Fundamentals” by Richard A. Moran, a series of proverbs was supplied to remind career-oriented people of things they all too often don’t know or forget.One of these maxims was: "Understand what finished work looks

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"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."2 Corinthians 5:17In the late '90s, Finland’s hottest rock group was Apocalyptica; their fans don’t use drugs or mosh, instead they sit quietly and listen attentively.Apocalyptica is composed of four young cellists, who study at Sibelius Academy, Finland’s top classical training

John Gillmartinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-78400856960368528012008-01-22T11:02:00.000-06:002008-01-22T18:29:24.520-06:00

But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, God MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE. FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." Mark 10:5-9#1) “John Dallas, author, public

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"But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance."Luke 8:15It was a strange place to have a motivational poster … the Men’s Room at a car wash; then again who’s surprised at anything these days. The message read: “PERSEVERANCE … never give up for that is the place the tide will turn.”The

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“We know evolution isn’t true; otherwise, why do mothers still only have two hands and politicians only one mouth!”[Charles Lowery in SBC Life May 1998]Christianity, Evolution,Illustrations, Religion

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"The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son. And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life."1 John

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"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."Genesis 1:1They call it the “Ah ha!” experience. Kathy Hummel, media and production director of the National Scrabble Association says, “It comes from creating something out of nothing, you stick your hand in a bag and pull out seven random letters and build words.” The game is known as Scrabble.In the beginning, Alfred Mosher Butts, an

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"For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either."2 Thessalonians 3:10The Australian Associated Press is reporting new applicants for the dole (Aussie for welfare) will lose their payments unless they immediately join a work-for-dole plan, expected to be announced soon.The AAP said the tough new measure, to take

John Gillmartinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-51991927366133078632008-01-20T16:42:00.000-06:002008-01-20T16:49:06.799-06:00

"Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, 'Because I have asked him of the LORD.'"1 Samuel 1:19-20A woman went to her doctor’s

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"And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved."Acts 4:12John Lang, writing in The Washington Times, says,“Names are going through some strange transformations … powerful … trends are at play as parents [exercise] their occasionally inspired but often lamented power of naming names into the next millennium.”

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"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma."Ephesians 5:1-2It’s being reported that the reuse of old, object-oriented computer code has caused tactical stress for Australia's armed forces.As virtual reality simulators assume larger roles in helicopter combat

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"Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil

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"But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ."Philippians 3:7 [6-17]Several years ago the movie Dead Poets Society revived an obscure Latin term: carpe diem. It means seize the day. It's an exhortation to live life to the fullest!If you asked a hundred people, they would all say that’s what they want; no one wants a mediocre life, we want full

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"But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' For many are

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"Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them, 'If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.'"Luke 14:25-26 [25-35]The 60s were noted for revolutionary hype; individuals and groups such as Angela Davis, The Chicago 7, Timothy Leary, and Yoko “

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"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and

John Gillmartinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-76972370688954960672008-01-20T13:35:00.000-06:002008-01-20T13:46:40.613-06:00

"Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, 'Behold, we are your servants.' But Joseph said to them, 'Do not be afraid, for am I in God's place? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.'"Genesis 50:18-20I had been told my work would end, just as the others’ would end, when the

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"You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together."Deuteronomy 22:10With Christmas as one of the most popular times during the year for weddings, we offer the following marriage ceremony between a Christian and a non-Christian for your convenience.Dear Friends, we are gathered here today to witness a disaster in the making. For reasons none of us can understand, Martha here has decided she

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"One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, 'What commandment is the foremost of all?'"Mark 12:28An exasperated mother challenged her mischievous son, “How can you expect to get into heaven acting like this?”The boy, not hesitating, said, “Well, I think I’ll just run in and out, and in and out, and in and out, and slamming the door

John Gillmartinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-91113347485705889942008-01-18T00:54:00.000-06:002008-01-20T01:42:30.538-06:00

"And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling,

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"If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us."1 John 1:8-10A fully soundproof state of the art confessional was unveiled recently in Rome, offering air

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I’m told the odds of every prophecy concerning the first coming of Christ actually happening are 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000 (one hundred thousand trillion); enough to cover Texas two feet deep in silver dollars.If that’s true, Texans are going to be up to their chins in gold at the Second Coming.I’m not one to turn to the end of a book to see how it turns out before I’ve read it, but I did with

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"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth."2 Timothy 2:15Recently, I encountered the term "Sunday soldiers." Curious, I did an Internet search and discovered the term was quite popular during “the war between the states,” our own Civil War.“Sunday soldiers” were understood by veterans of battle to be those

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"All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left."Matthew 25:32-33Los Angeles County (California) deputies mistook Ray Nugent, for his fraternal twin brother, Jay, a federal fugitive wanted on bank robbery charges.County supervisors are

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Southern California is earning a well-deserved reputation as the “freeway-chase capitol” of the world … and rightly so. At least once or twice a week now, the evening news reports on another semi-brain dead simpleton who apparently believes he can outrun the police.Recently, however, one chase was especially interesting. The suspect speed off like all the other car-chase celebrities but then

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"But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? Indeed they have; 'THEIR VOICE HAS GONE OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH, AND THEIR WORDS TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD.'"Romans 10:18Many people get lost today, especially as the world gets smaller and increasingly congested. A few years ago I was told the San Mateo County (California) Convention & Visitors Bureau ordered 50,000 maps of the greater San Mateo

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"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God ... "Romans 3:23Strains of what is believed to be the most deadly virus on earth have been discovered, British scientists announced recently. Dubbed the "Spanish flu," the virus struck the world in 1918, killing over 40 million people.Initial examinations of the virus have already provided clues as to what made it so lethal, The London Times

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"But a voice from heaven answered a second time, 'What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.'"Acts 11:9Health-savvy women like to think they’re in touch with their bodies. Whenever there is something wrong, they believe their bodies tell them. They search for lumps and scrutinize every mole-like blemish.They claim they let their bodies talk; they “listen for any bad news.” But with

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"Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience."James 1:2-3 [ASV]A parable is told of a farmer who owned a mule who accidentally fell into an old uncovered well. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer decided neither the mule nor the well was worth saving; so, he called his neighbors to help haul dirt to

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"But Jesus called them unto him, saying, 'Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.'"Luke 18:16 [ASV]Three mischievous boys went to the zoo on a school outing. They decided to visit the elephant cage. It wasn’t too long before they were picked up by a zoo security officer for causing trouble.The deputy hauled them off to zoo central

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- for we walk by faith, not by sight -2 Corinthians 5:7The Sleepwalkers is a history of astronomy by Arthur Koestler. In it the author calls the period when astronomy and theology became separate disciplines a watershed event. The cause of the cleavage was the adoption of non-circular (elliptical) orbits for planets to explain their motion around the sun. This went against traditional religious

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"Just as it is written, 'HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!'"Romans 10:15bThe news report read: “The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) presented its 1999 International Press Freedom Awards last night to four journalists — from Columbia, Kosovo and Pakistan — at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.”The report told of the heroic exploits of four

John Gillmartinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-40034200088381856282008-01-16T22:40:00.000-06:002008-01-20T01:42:31.855-06:00

"Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?"Matthew 16:3bOur church was blessed with a godly pianist; Avery Dacus was his name. He was one of our seniors, but you’d never know it.Avery played almost everything from memory. We would name a hymn, he'd start playing as the second or third word left our lips. If he didn’t recognize it by name he'd

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"… on the day when … God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus."Romans 2: 16 The news media reported that Jeremy Strohmeyer – a California teenager who avoided the death penalty by confessing to the brutal rape and murder of a 7-year-old (Sherrice Iverson) in a Nevada casino – was seeking a new trial. Strohmeyer, of Long Beach, California, said his attorney, Leslie Abramson, bullied

John Gillmartinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-68887745371293409152008-01-16T11:16:00.000-06:002008-01-20T01:42:29.974-06:00

U.S. researchers [announced recently] they have made the darkest material on Earth, a substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light. [Reuters]I'm afraid the material they seek already exists; Jesus spoke of it 2 millennia ago:"If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!"Matthew 6:23bThe Lord's implication is that there is a state of absolute darkness

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On the MSN Home Page there is a link called “The Word of the Day.” Each day a new word is supplied to the site by Microsoft's Encarta. One word offered was:sui generis | soo-eye-JEH-nuh-russ or soo-ee-JEH-nuh-russ | adjective: constituting a class alone : unique, peculiarExample sentence: "No one before or since has had such a blend of wildness and vulnerability, such pretty-boy looks crossed

John Gillmartinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-47105289410936338062008-01-14T12:37:00.000-06:002008-01-20T01:42:30.722-06:00

"Mark the blameless man …"Psalm 37:37"… you were sealed in Him …"Ephesians 1:13 [also 4:30]"… sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads ..."Revelation 7:3I was reminded the other day of how our American hobos marked the homes of those who befriended them.Contrary to urban legends, American generosity is not a guaranteed commodity. Going from town to town and living on the road many

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