Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." (Jer 33:3)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Best Kept Maori Secret. What Should we Do When God is Silent? Part 2 The Maori people of New Zealand had a well-kept secret: The Waitomo Caves. However, there comes a time that every secret is revealed, and it so happened that in 1887, Chief Tane Tinorau fel ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (1John 1:9)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Gift As I sat and spoke to an old friend about God one evening while I was in Europe, my thoughts drifted to a grievous sin which I once committed. While it's true I had asked to be forgiven for this act countless times, I believe i ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." (Luke 23:34a)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Fruit of Forgiveness. Why I am a Christian, part 10 Jesus encourages us to: "Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me." (John 15:4, NIV2)What kind of fruit can w ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the words of the wise keep them out of trouble." Proverbs 14:3  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Too Many Words Sometimes, when I think I've said a lot, I realize I've said very little.The assignment was simple. Students were to write a short paper detailing three things they felt strongly about. When all were finished, I collected the papers and re-d ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." (Matt 7:1-2)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Fire! The Helpless Heroes and the Vindictively Prideful, Part 7 During World War I, who would we judge to be utterly despicable? Most would have an immediate answer: "The Germans!"But wait: ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it." Genesis 41:15  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Just a Dream? For the last few months I had noticed the brakes on my car getting weaker and weaker. They still worked but it took longer for my car to stop and I had to push the brake pedal further to th ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "'How much bread do you have?' 'Seven loaves,' they said." (Mark 8:5, MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Forgotten Message. The forgotten Message, Part 15 For three days a crowd of 4000 listened attentively to what Jesus was saying. Naturally, even though the words they heard were heavenly, they physically became quite hungry.Jesus was concerned about them, and He addressed his disciples con ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: John 4:6-7 "Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, 'Give me a drink.'"(RSV)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Time For What? I may be retired, but sometimes, I fear that I will lose myself in the midst of it all and drown in a sea of "gotta do ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "As for me and my family, we'll worship GOD." (Josh 24:15c, MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Fleeting Possessions Swallowed Out of View. Majestic Mountain View Series, Part 29 "Don't hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or-worse!-stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it's safe from moth and rust and burglars. It's obvious, isn't it? ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit." (Job 10:12)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Howling Storm David Kline is an Amish farmer and gifted writer. In the sixties he was drafted and forced to move to Cleveland to work in a hospital since he was a conscientious objector. Born and raised in the quiet countryside of Holmes County, Ohio, the largest ...Continue Reading