Category: illustrations
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The jugglers cup runneth over
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. Malachi 3:10 I’ve heard and…
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Romans 7:14-20 Illustrated by Tiger Woods
This video illustrates this passage so well, doesn’t it? It’s shocked me to see people jump on the bandwagon against Tiger Woods. Shame on us for thinking for a second that he was less a man than you or I. “We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave…
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Daddy Wants You to Ask
On Sunday, my 6 year old son Paul, wanted to go to Game Stop to look for a new game for his Nintendo DS. When I was in first grade I got an Atari 2600 and that thing was my life. The same is true of Paul and his DS. We share this heart connection…
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The power of editing
The unsung heroes of any book, movie, magazine, or television show are the people behind the scenes who edit and frame a story into something that people will want to watch and talk about. For instance, take a look at the trailer for the 1988 movie, “A Cry in the Dark.” (You know, the one…
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A Word From Kermit
Kermit is right. It’s not easy being green. Embrace your identity. Whatever God has called you to do, do it with reckless abandon. Fear is your enemy. Safety is never productive. Own your fears. But don’t let them own you. Kermit is right. Nothing worth being is easy.
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Schlepping through a data schmutz
At work I’m doing a data smash. That is a tech geek way [I made up the term myself] of saying I’m taking all of our pipelines of customer web data and pouring it into one bucket to see if there’s anything interesting I can learn. It’s an experiment. There’s no guarantee it’ll tell me…
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Alone in the Wild
Last night I watched a fascinating documentary on the National Geographic Channel called, “Alone in the Wild.” It was difficult to watch. Here was this outdoorsmen named Ed Wardle. He wanted to test himself to see… can I live completely independent of others and survive in the Yukon wilderness? He intended to make it 90…
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Still Crazy After All These Years
Yes, I am a Paul Simon fan. I can’t explain it, other than the fact that my mom introduced me to him as a high school kid and I listened to the album The Concert in the Park nearly every day when I lived in Germany. This particular song has always made me think. Here…
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An idea for your church
Looking for something new, fresh, and hot? How about doing something practical, instead? How about changing lives forever? This is worth looking into: METRO ATLANTA, Ga. — Last weekend an Atlanta pastor made a promise that stunned his congregation and most of the people who heard it. In a speech that discussed abortion, the President,…
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Pointing towards Captain Obvious
I love this video for two reasons. First, the guy teaches a skill that I didn’t know but would have saved me a lot of time and frustration. How many times have I laid out a 100 foot extension cord and spent 20 minutes untangling it? Second, I love how this guy almost talks down…