Illustrations
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Dreams
Illustrations, Dreams, illustration“There was once a woman who was disappointed, who was disillusioned, who was depressed. She wanted a good world, a peaceful world, and she wanted to be a good person. But the newspaper and television showed her how far we were from suc...
Demographics
Illustrations, Demographics, illustrationAs pointed out in a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, interracial families are becoming far more common in the U.S. The article notes: “Today, more than 10% of U.S.-born babies have one parent who is nonwhite or Hispanic and o...
Habits
Illustrations, Habits, illustrationIn his Defining Moments newsletter, Rick Ezell writes: “Good habits are the building blocks of success. Unfortunately, bad habits are the pitfalls of failure. Psychologists tell us that up to 90% of our behavior is habitual. Over the y...
Jesus
Illustrations, illustration, Jesus“The church in the world is a lot like the story that E. Stanley Jones tells of the missionary in the jungle. He got lost with nothing around him but bush and a few cleared places. He finally found a small village and asked one of the ...
Christians and Politics
Illustrations, Christian, illustration, PoliticsLaw professor Thom Lambert writes (as shared by David French): “’First Things’ refers to a C.S. Lewis essay emphasizing the importance of keeping matters in their proper place, of not overvaluing (admittedly good) things that are o...
Lent
Illustrations, Easter, illustration, LentFrom the Sermons.com newsletter: A couple of years ago, the Associated Press carried a story about a woman in Olney, England, named Dawn Gallyot who defied snow and a biting wind to beat seven other women to the finish line in the annual...
Changing Demographics
Illustrations, Demographics, illustrationAccording to a February 24 USA Today story by Susan Miller, “A record number of U.S. adults – 5.6% – identify as LGBTQ,” marking “more than a 1 percentage point jump from the last poll in 2017, in which 4.5% of adults identifie...
Recognizing the Problem
Illustrations, illustration, ProblemsThe small plane was carrying a handful of passengers to a remote Alaskan town. George, one of the passengers, was nervous as they approached a landing strip in a snow-covered area. The pilot descended to just a couple hundred feet, then...
Easter; Generosity
Illustrations, Easter, generosity; illustrationEddie Ogan writes: I’ll never forget Easter 1946. I was 14, my little sister Ocy was 12, and my older sister Darlene 16. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what it was to do without many things. My dad had died fiv...
