Illustrations Archives

• Jesus  (August 19, 2007)
  According to the people at "Ripley's Believe it or Not," the cornerstone of the Washington Monument, which was laid on July 4, 1884, disappeared and has never been found.
• Jesus  (August 19, 2007)
  Mel Gibson, star and director of many an action film, has taken on a new challenge.
• Integrity  (August 19, 2007)
  In Melbourne, Florida, firefighters got so consumed with an emergency they forgot to turn off a fryer in their kitchen and started a fire in their own station.
• Influence  (August 19, 2007)
  Michael Shaara died thinking he was a failure. His great love was writing.
• Influence  (August 19, 2007)
  Many Christians wear a WWJD band on their arms. This stands for the question, "What Would Jesus Do?"
• Influence  (August 19, 2007)
  The ancient Greek mathematician once used his ingenuity to help defend his home against foreign invaders.
• Influence  (August 19, 2007)
  Rivers gain more attention than the little streams that create them.
• Immaturity  (August 19, 2007)
  Food fights aren't that unusual. According to the Associated Press, a Lee Thoss and a William Hocker got into a fight over Lee's picking through the lettuce at a salad bar.
• Humility  (August 19, 2007)
  Watchman Nee used to tell of a Chinese Christian who was a poor rice farmer.
• Hope  (August 19, 2007)
  The First Family, George W. and Laura Bush, have always included a scripture verse on their Christmas cards.
• Hope  (August 19, 2007)
  In a cemetery in Jaffrey, New Hampshire you can read the following epitaph:
• Honesty  (August 19, 2007)
  Several older men were talking about the greatest liars they had ever seen.
• Honesty  (August 19, 2007)
  A man saw an ad in the paper advertising a talking dog for twenty dollars. He knew it wasn't possible, but his curiosity got the best of him.
• Heaven  (August 19, 2007)
  The great Methodist preacher, Charles Allen, used to tell the story of a little girl who was taking an evening walk with her father. Wonderingly, she looked up at the stars and exclaimed; "Oh, Daddy, if the wrong side of heaven is so beautiful, what must the right side be!"
• Heaven  (August 19, 2007)
  There is an old legend of a swan and a crane.
• Heaven  (August 19, 2007)
  In the book, Salt, the author describes a fictional character (though based on fact) who left the southern Appalachians to live and work in Kansas.
• God  (August 18, 2007)
  H.G. Wells once said, "If there is no God, nothing matters. If there is a God, nothing else matters!"
• Gambling  (August 18, 2007)
  According to a March 31 Baptist Press story, "The percentage of Americans who play the lottery has dropped significantly in recent years while the percentage who visit casinos has risen slightly, a Gallup poll shows.
• Freedom  (August 18, 2007)
  For many years the license plates of New Hampshire, bore the slogan, made famous by Revolutionary War general John Stark - live free or die.
• Forgiveness  (August 18, 2007)
  In his very entertaining book, Bible in Pocket, Gun in Hand, Ross Pahres tells about a frontier preacher who was preaching against the sin of hatred.