In his book Integrity, Ted Engstrom tells this story: For Coach Cleveland Stroud and the Bulldogs of Rockdale County High School [Conyers, Georgia], it was their championship season: 21 wins and 5 losses on the way to the Georgia boy’s basketball tournament last March, then a dramatic come-from-behind victory in the state finals. ✖ You […]
Golden Lamp Church is China’s first megachurch. The structure was built to accommodate nearly 50,000 worshipers. As soon as the building was finished, authorities smashed doors and windows, seized Bibles, and physically attacked dozens of churchgoers. In 2009 the church’s co-pastors were sentenced to seven and four years in prison. Authorities locked the gates, and
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When a four-year-old Ohio boy disappeared, his family feared the worst, but it turned out he just didn’t want to miss church. Dillan McQueen had been seen playing outside of his house, and then he left riding his bicycle toward church. Dillan had traveled almost half a mile and had crossed several major streets before
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An Episcopal bishop, Heather Cook, struck a cyclist with her car and fled the scene in December 2014. While she was fleeing, Thomas Palermo, a married father of two, lay dying. Other cyclists tracked Cook down, confronted her, and she returned to the scene. ✖ You are unauthorized to view this information; you need a
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Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell, “Self-Control Is Contagious,” in 300 Illustrations for Preachers, ed. Elliot Ritzema (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2015). A 2010 study found that self-control can be contagious. The study, conducted in a laboratory setting, found that watching or even thinking about someone with good self-control makes others more likely to show
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Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell, “Returning $40,000 Found in a Couch,” in 300 Illustrations for Preachers, ed. Elliot Ritzema (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2015). A $20 couch turned out to be worth a whole lot more for a group of New York college students. They purchased the lumpy couch from a thrift store, but
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Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell, “More Concerned with Ugly Knees than Bad Knees,” in 300 Illustrations for Preachers, ed. Elliot Ritzema (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2015). Tiger Woods may just be the most famous person with bad knees, but many Americans struggle with this ailment. It is enough of a problem that, according to
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