... redemptive compassion. What law is operating here? The law forbidding sexual ...
2. Too Busy To Build Fires
Matthew 22:1-14
Illustration
King Duncan
... said to the young telegraph operator, "Why don't you build ... man immediately." The young telegraph operator got the message. A moment ... telegram yet?" The young telegraph operator said, "Listen mister, I'm ...
3. There Are Other Worlds to Sing In
John 3: 1-17
Illustration
James W. Moore
... Seattle. He dialed his hometown operator and said, “Information Please." Miraculously ... . “Are you a friend?" the operator asked. “Yes, a very old ... he could hang up, the operator said: “Wait a minute. Did ...
4. The Inside Results
John 1:1-28
Illustration
King Duncan
... soothe her fears. Later, I operated on her." "After a week ... of your face before the operation?' "She looked at the "before ...
5. Cut It Out
Mark 9:38-41
Illustration
Donald B. Strobe
The analogy of an operating room, where radical surgery must ... regret, of course; but we operate on the assumption that it ...
6. The Release I Long For
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
... that evening Andrew began the operation, taking his razor and shaving ... . Instantly, as soon as the operation was over, the gibbon jumped ...
7. If You Understand This Message...
Mark 1:4-11
Illustration
... job as a Morse code operator. Answering an ad in the ...
8. Seeing for the First Time
Mark 10:46-52
Illustration
Max Lucado
... skilled surgeon performed a complicated operation and, for the first time ...
9. Wash Your Hands
John 13:8
Illustration
Boyce Mouton
... began soaking surgery instruments, the operating table, his hands, and the ...
10. A Positive Affliction
Illustration
James Dobson
... of a computer that he operated from the tiniest movement of ...
11. Not Raising Hogs
Illustration
Brett Blair
... 100 hogs? I plan to operate on a small scale at ...
12. Relay for Life
Mt 16:24; 2 Tim 4:7
Illustration
Brett Blair
... distance with their dog teams! Operating in relays from trading post ...
13. Teaches One Thing, Practices Another
Illustration
Francis Schaeffer
... the spirit of my chance operations, I would die shortly.” John ...
14. The Doctor's Brave Volunteer
Illustration
Max Lucado
... 1921. New York City. The operating room of the Kane ... The first novelty of this operation? The use of local anesthesia ... morning, February 15, the historic operation occurs. The patient is prepped ... and wheeled into the operating room. A local anesthetic is ... prove his point, Dr. Kane operated on himself! A wise ... performed nearly four thousand such operations, he was confident this would ... him, and prepared for the operation. The surgeon deftly cut into ... out without a hitch. The operation was a rousing success, and ...
15. At the Beginning of Time
John 1:1-18
Illustration
Paul E. Flesner
... different words for time. God operates in kairos, a Greek word ... the "fullness of time." We operate in chronos, the Greek word ... other ours, because even farmers operate in kairos time when it ...
16. The Easter Formula
John 20:1-18
Illustration
Billy D. Strayhorn
... , natural laws only operate because he makes them operate." Swineburne used the ...
17. Selecting a New President
Illustration
Staff
... clear of day-to-day operating problems, so he will have ... of the president is to operate the business at a profit ...
18. The Collapsing Circle
Galatians 3:26--4:7
Illustration
Richard A. Jensen
... is a consultant to business operations throughout the world. Allan Nelson ...
19. Knowing All Things
John 14:26
Illustration
John R. Steward
... that the plant was not operating meant a financial loss for ...
20. Wash One Another's Feet
John 13:1-17
Illustration
Lee Griess
... remembers most, though, was the operating room nurse who, sensing the ...
21. Happiness
Matthew 5:1-12
Illustration
Staff
A London newspaper asked its readers this question: "Who are the happiest people in the world?" Here are four of the answers that summarize most of the answers given: A craftsman or artist whistling over a job well done. A little child building a sand castle. A mother, after a busy day, bathing her baby. A doctor who has successfully finished a difficult operation. No playboys. No millionaires. No international Tycoons. No Hollywood stars.
22. Spiritual Perception
Mark 1:11
Illustration
Gary Preston
... job as a Morse code operator. Answering an ad in the ...
23. Living Unaware of Our Vast Fortune
Acts 2:1-21
Illustration
Dan Rondeau
... make enough on his ranching operation to pay the principal and ...
24. The Value of the Job - Motherhood
2 Timothy 1:5
Illustration
... , cook, chief executive officer, computer operator, nurse and general maintenance worker ...
25. Best Advice
Matthew 7:24-29
Illustration
Brett Blair
... . The English language is the operating system of the free world ...
26. Sermon Opener – “Where Are the Laborers?”
Mt 9:35 - 10:8
Illustration
King Duncan
... business." It's difficult to operate a Kool-Aid business if ...
27. Our Lord's Abundant Table - Sermon Starter
Matthew 14:13-21
Illustration
Brett Blair
... . It's more popular to operate in the black-and-white ...
28. Decisions Based on Integrity
Matthew 21:23-32
Illustration
Keith Wagner
... , which his family owned and operated for three generations. During the ...
29. Taking Christ’s Love into the World
Matthew 22:34-40
Illustration
King Duncan
... performs one of those delicate operations without stopping to think of ...
30. Small Acts of Kindness
Matthew 25:14-30
Illustration
Robert W. Bohl
... Institute. After a series of operations her sight was partially restored ...
31. Greeks Seek Wisdom Not A Savior
John 12:20-36
Illustration
Brett Blair
... knows that these are political operatives. He has just entered Jerusalem ...
32. The Eternal Words of Christ
Luke 21:25-36
Illustration
Donald Deffner
... the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. There ...
33. Our Children Can Teach Us
Luke 2:41-52
Illustration
James W. Moore
... bear – and off to the operating room they went… a little ...
34. Sickness Rearranges Priorities
Luke 13:10-17
Illustration
Brett Blair
... vibrant young man underwent three operations and began the most aggressive ...
35. “Not Responsible for…”
Matthew 4:1-11
Illustration
David E. Leininger
... couple of days after his operation, he raided the hospital refrigerator ...
36. The Children of Light Get Flustered
Matthew 13:24-30
Illustration
Robert Farrar Capon
... power to muck up the operation - he simply sprinkles around a ...
37. Three Measures of Flour
Matt 13:33
Illustration
Charles Hoffacker
... we have a no-nonsense operation. Sports fans, this is baking ...
38. At Least One Dollar
Matthew 14:13-21
Illustration
John Bedingfield
... a presentation on how groups operate. Then Mr. Fuller took time ...
39. The Twelfth Sponge
Illustration
Staff
In the operating room of a large hospital, ...
40. Put Your Heart Into It
Illustration
Staff
... responsibility and risk in the operation. Just one error could cause ...
41. A Caddie Worth Having
Illustration
... down South that winter and operated on his foot. He made ...
42. Phantom Pain
I John 3:19-20
Illustration
Dr. Paul Brand
... was scheduled immediately. Before the operation, however, Barwick, asked the doctor ...
43. Right Where You Are
Illustration
... , where are you coming from?" "Operation desert Storm, Ma'am." "No ...
44. A Map of the City
Illustration
Gary Smalley & John Trent, Ph.D.
... thirty years after this military operation took place, an army researcher ...
45. Hatching a Plan
Illustration
Brett Blair
... was developing the first electrically operated cash register. His boss was ...
46. Rising from the Least
Illustration
Staff
... was "the most daring amphibious operation we have launched, or which ...
47. Gratitude Lunch
Illustration
Courtland Milloy
... were just too afraid." The operation at Washington Hospital Center in ...
48. God Chose Amateurs
Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20
Illustration
Bruce Larson
... is how God chooses to operate even today. It is the ...
49. Like A Sponge
Rom 8:9
Illustration
Roy Hession
... where the Holy Spirit is operating and the Holy Spirit comes ...
50. How God Brings Change
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
... to all the other drugstore operators, all the other chains, and ...