Illustrations Archives

• Foolishness  (August 18, 2007)
  In what must be one of the worst choices of all time, a man tried to hijack a police cruiser, with the police inside.
• Fellowship  (August 18, 2007)
  ohn Fawcett was the beloved minister of a small, rural church. He was called to a larger church in the city, but at the last moment he changed his mind.
• Family  (August 18, 2007)
  There is a famous scene in the original Peter Pan. Peter is in the children's bedroom; they have seen him fly, and they wish to fly, too.
• Family  (August 18, 2007)
  "Perhaps the best we can do in our fifty-something years is sound the wake-up call to our family members and deepen our relationships with them.
• Family  (August 18, 2007)
  Finding Nemo is the most popular animated feature of all time. What is the secret of its success?
• Faithfulness  (August 18, 2007)
  It's a story that was once immortalized in a movie. It is the story of a unique friend named Greyfriars Bobby.
• Faith  (August 18, 2007)
  Vance Havner once observed, "Faith will not always get for us what we want, but it will get what God wants us to have."
• Failure  (August 18, 2007)
  The great racehorse Native Dancer won every race he ever entered except one
• Examples  (August 18, 2007)
  ohn Bonham was a patriot. He died at the Alamo along with Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Colonel Travis and the rest.
• Evangelism  (August 18, 2007)
  One of the most popular Celtic bands in the world is Clannad. Their music has been featured in movies like Patriot Games and Last of the Mohicans. The lead singer with the distinctive, haunting voice is Maire Brennan.
• Evangelism  (August 18, 2007)
  According to the book Signfica, by Irving Wallace, a man named William Phelps Eno can be called the father of traffic safety.
• Evangelism  (August 18, 2007)
  Congressman and former Olympic great Jim Ryun (along with sons, Ned and Drew) has written a book entitled, Heroes Among Us.
• Evangelism  (August 18, 2007)
  In Soulguide Bruce Demarest tells of Dateline NBC's report on Boston oncologist Dr. Jerome Groopman. Dateline followed the doctor for two years as he attempted to save the lives of Gene, who suffered from AIDS and Elizabeth, who suffered from breast cancer.
• Evangelism  (August 18, 2007)
  It's a fish story, but journalists have verified it. Jim Cone was boating on the Intracoastal Waterway in North Carolina when a Spanish mackerel jumped into his boat. It grazed his daughter's head and landed in his wife's lap
• Evangelism  (August 18, 2007)
  In a recent article in USA Today, Rita Rubin wrote an article concerning the communication gap between physicians and patients. She writes of Barry Weiss, a professor of clinical and community medicine at the University of Arizona, who remembered a time when he consulted with a colleague about a diabetic patient.
• Ethics  (August 18, 2007)
  Have you heard of the "Ten Commandments Project?" It encourages young people 16 and younger to memorize the Ten Commandments by paying them ten dollars for the feat.
• Emcumbrances  (August 18, 2007)
  In the Alleghenies Mountains a hunter mistakenly shot a large eagle.
• Easter  (August 18, 2007)
  The cartoon This Funny World once showed a couple leaving church. The wife said to her husband, "I'll tell you why it's always the same old sermon. The only time you come is on Easter Sunday, that's why!"
• Dreams  (August 18, 2007)
  The professor challenged his students to get to know someone they didn't already know. One of the football players felt a gentle touch on his shoulder and as he turned found a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at him.
• Discernment  (August 18, 2007)
  A man put this sign in front of his auto repair shop: "Beware of bargains in life rafts, brain surgery, parachutes, and auto repairs."