Illustrations Archives

• 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.
• 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.