Illustrations Archives

• Illustration: Cleansing from Sin  (June 20, 2011)
  In a recent edition of the Daily Hope with Rick Warren email newsletter, Jon Walker writes: ?Jasmine is my beautiful and tenderhearted dog (cockapoo). She knows it is wrong to go near an old barn that?s on the edge of my property, but she saw a black cat run behind it and took off for a playful chase.
• Illustration: Resurrection  (June 13, 2011)
  It was Easter Sunday and the pastor gathered the children at the front of the church to ask them about the meaning of Easter. The pastor was disappointed as he listened to the first response: "Easter is the day the Easter Bunny comes and kids look for hidden eggs and eat chocolate."
• Illustration: Mirror, Reflection  (June 13, 2011)
  The first mirrors were made from highly polished metals such as copper or brass. Since the 1600s, mirrors have been made from plate glass with a backing of silver covered by coatings of copper, lacquer, and paint. Mirrors do not transmit light, but reflect it.
• Illustration: Stewardship, Trust  (June 13, 2011)
  In his book The Cycle of Victorious Giving (Beacon Hill Press), Stan Toler tells about the time when he was a college student and attended the annual missions conference at his church.
• Illustration: Preaching  (June 6, 2011)
  One Sunday morning right after the worship service had ended, the pastor went and sat down with his wife. She asked him how he thought the service went.
• Illustration: Second Coming  (June 6, 2011)
  Given the recent interest in Harold Camping?s mistaken predictions of a May 21, 2011, rapture, here are some thoughts from David Jeremiah in his Jan. 2, 2011, Turning Point Daily Devotional:
• Illustration: Teachers  (May 27, 2011)
  Being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: "Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, fill their every waking moment with a love for learning; and I'm supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse; and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits."
• Illustration: Salvation, Transformation  (May 27, 2011)
  Back in the 50s, there was a well-known radio host/comedian/song writer in Hollywood named Stuart Hamblen who was noted for his drinking, womanizing, partying, etc.
• Illustration: Sin  (May 27, 2011)
  In 1876, a highly touted plant made its American debut at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
• Illustration: Identity  (May 27, 2011)
  Maximus Julias Pauson was not given a name at birth and went without one for 19 years. His birth certificate simply said ?Baby Boy. Name to Come.?
• Illustration: Commitment  (May 27, 2011)
  Have you ever heard of the disease Encephalitis Lethargica.
• Illustration: Christ  (May 27, 2011)
  When William the Conqueror came to invade England, he made a grand entrance; but as he got off the boat, he stumbled and fell, bloodying his nose on the cobblestones.
• Illustration: Criticism  (May 27, 2011)
  Thomas Paine was the fiery writer who ignited the American Revolution with his book Common Sense.
• Illustration: Church  (May 27, 2011)
  The author J.R. Dolan was traveling in Austria. He rang the bell at the entrance of an old monastery, hoping he could get a tour.
• Illustration: Christ  (May 27, 2011)
  Lady Diana Cooper, an aristocrat whose husband was an ambassador, went to a concert and began chatting with ?a nice little woman.? Afterward, she suddenly realized the woman was Queen Elizabeth II.
• Illustration: Attitude  (May 27, 2011)
  The world?s oldest man recently died at the age of 114. His name was Walter Breuning.
• Illustration: Adversity  (May 27, 2011)
  It has been said that you can learn a lot in jail?most of it bad?but there are some good things that can be learned in prison. Just ask John Bunyan.
• Illustration: Adversity  (May 27, 2011)
  We have heard of the place called Death Valley. Normally it is barren and forbidding, but every once and a while it explodes with color.
• Illustration: Honesty  (May 23, 2011)
  A man was trying to pull out of a parking place but bashed the bumper of the parked car in front of him. Witnessed by a handful of pedestrians waiting for a bus, the driver got out, inspected the damage, and proceeded to write a note to leave on the windshield of the car he had hit.
• Illustration: Sin  (May 23, 2011)
  David Jeremiah writes: "Reuters recently reported about a hunter in Belarus who shot a fox from a distance, but as he approached the wounded animal it sprang on him. As the two scuffled, the fox got its paw on the trigger of the rifle and shot the man in the leg. The hunter was transported to the hospital and the fox escaped."