Illustrations Archives

• Words  (September 1, 2009)
  ?It happened in the 1840s in Uruguay. The Uruguayan Navy was desperate. They were fending off the navy of an aggressive force from Argentina. They ran out of conventional ammunition and thought their cause was lost.
• Preaching  (September 1, 2009)
  family asked a preacher to come to their home for dinner after church. The child of that family was quite precocious. To encourage conversation the mother asked the little girl how she liked the service.
• Listening  (September 1, 2009)
  ?Recently, Dennis the Menace?s mother had to put Dennis in time out for something that happened at school. His mother said, ?Your teacher says you don?t listen, Dennis.?
• Kindness  (September 1, 2009)
  ?While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, a police officer was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old.
• Relationships  (September 1, 2009)
  ?According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Linda Wolfe holds the record as the most married woman in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records has verified it. Linda, 68, has been married 23 times.
• Forgiveness  (September 1, 2009)
  ?In 1961 U.S. Representative John Lewis, at the time a civil rights activist and seminary student, was beaten severely at a South Carolina bus stop. Forty-eight years later, Elwin Wilson, the man who beat Lewis, has asked for forgiveness.
• Fatherhood  (September 1, 2009)
  ?Just around the time of the inauguration of President Obama, the daughters of outgoing President Bush wrote an open letter to the Obama daughters.
• Strength  (July 1, 2009)
  ?According to wire service reports, a New York man has set a record for the most records in the Guinness Book of World Records.
• Prayer  (July 1, 2009)
  ?In an article in AARP magazine, Dolly Parton, legendary county singer, speaks of her dependence on prayer.
• Lord's Supper  (July 1, 2009)
  ?The oldest synagogue in the western hemisphere is the Mikve synagogue on the island of Curacao.
• Optimism  (July 1, 2009)
  ?There is an old ?Far Side? comic that illustrates the power of perspective.
• Appearances  (July 1, 2009)
  ?Recently, through YouTube, the world became aware of Susan Boyle of Scotland.
• Hypocrisy  (July 1, 2009)
  Police say a driving instructor was drunk while giving a driving lesson.
• God  (July 1, 2009)
  ?Blaine Morris is only 2 years old, and his vocabulary is limited.
• Cross  (July 1, 2009)
  ?The Zugspitze is the highest mountain in Germany. Alongside the German-Austrian border, it towers 9,718 feet high.
• Courage, Prayer, Worship  (July 1, 2009)
  ?In his book Surviving Hell: A P.O.W.?s Journey, Leo Thorsness tells of the courage it took to worship in the infamous Hanoi Hilton prison in Vietnam.
• Church  (July 1, 2009)
  ?Bill Bryson writes about visiting Copenhagen in 1990 and was amazed to learn that Queen Margaret used to walk from the palace every morning to the shops to buy flowers and vegetables.
• Birth in a Grave  (May 1, 2009)
  ?Human tragedy is never ultimate. Purpose often springs out of chaos and light from the darkness.
• Sharing the Burden  (May 1, 2009)
  ?F.W. Boreham shares a story about his mentor J.J. Doke moving from New Zealand to South Africa and collaborating with Mahatma Gandhi.
• Qualified for What You're Doing?  (May 1, 2009)
  During a trip to Lancaster, Penn., I once had dinner in an Amish home, where I heard about their unusual procedure for choosing a pastor.