Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The All-Knowing Co-Op Student: The Sling for God, Part 5 January 8, 2021 Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him." ~ Psalms 3:1-2 NIV ~ We can learn a lot of David and His explicit trust in our Heavenly Father. Back when I was still teaching, I once had a high school ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Word She Wrote Across Her Chest... January 6, 2021 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. ~ Ephesians 1:18-19 NIV ~ Here is one of Paul's prayers for the Ephesians: "I pray th ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Would You Like Boots for  Supper? January 4, 2021 Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. ~ Hebrews 13:16 NIV ~ Classic Illustrator, appeared New Years 2007 Bishop Stringer and his companion were facing starvation that late October morning. They had been returning home from the Mackenzie reg ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Unexpected January 3, 2021 Now listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.' Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.  ~ James 4:13-14 NIV ~ "Now listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow w ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Happy New Year! January 2, 2021 2020 has come and gone, and we are celebrating the arrival of a new year, 2021. I don't know about you, but New Years brings about two completely different sets of emotions. I am either quite happy for a year and its troubles to end or saddened that the good things of the past year are now things of the past; and I am excited by the concept of new beginnings, but at ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Thinking of Others: New Year? Horrible! Part 2 January 1, 2021 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. ~ 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV ~ On Monday I told the story of how the New Years’ celebrations in my home as a child were – for me any ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Hope for a New Year December 30, 2020 Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. ~ Isaiah 40:30-31 NLT ~ "Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fa ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR What About Your Health? New Year? Horrible! Part 1 December 28, 2020 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. ~ 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV ~ With Christmas over and New Year approaching, my mind returns to some of the memorable – and un ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR God's Grip on You December 27, 2020 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus… ~ Romans 8:1 NIV ~ No matter how often we’re told otherwise, it’s easy to slip back into the thinking that God only loves us if we do a really, really good job of loving  him back. All the time. ‘If ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Gift That Lasts Forever: Christmas With Students, Part 5 December 25, 2020 Teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. ~ Matthew 28:20 NIV ~ No matter where we are, we are always with our Heavenly Father. Isn't this what Jesus meant in His address to His disciples just before ascending to Heaven ...Continue Reading