Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Setting Up Camp at Night October 6, 2023 May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me ~ John 17:23 NIV ~ Classic Illustrator -- First appeared 2005 "This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and a ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Setting Up Camp at Night October 6, 2023 May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me ~ John 17:23 NIV ~ Classic Illustrator -- First appeared 2005 "This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and a ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Anger Madness October 4, 2023 ...anger lodges in the heart of fools. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:9b ESV ~ One day, I was coming from church on a Sunday afternoon and the rain was falling. I tried to stop several taxis, but to no avail. Everyone was trying to find shelter from the rain, and no driver was ready to drive in that weather. I tried ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR A Cathedral October 2, 2023 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap... ~ Psalms 113:7 NIV ~ "...who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people." (Psalm ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Buried Treasure September 27, 2023 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. ~ Ez. 36:26 NLT ~ "And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart." (Eze ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Technique September 25, 2023 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. ~ 1 John 1:9 NIV ~ "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9 NIV) Every Monday, six months ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Keeping Short Accounts September 24, 2023 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. ~ Ephesians 4:31 ESV ~ I've just returned from the gas station, where I filled up the gas tank in my car for just under $20. Gas prices in the USA have been rising almost daily to the point where they're more than double what ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Doing: Working Out Our Salvation, Part 4 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- September 23, 2023 I accomplished a huge job, one that I had been putting it off: Winterizing our trailer for the season. Part of the reason I was putting it off is because winterizing the trailer means no more fun outings until next summer. It also means that the colds of ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Picking Raspberries September 22, 2023 ...but we also glory in our sufferings... ~ Romans 5:3a NIV ~ One of the things my wife insisted upon planting when we planned our garden was a raspberry patch. We had planted one years ago at a previous house. Sadly, when we moved, we couldn't take it with us, and the new property wasn't menial for a garden; but when we started putti ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Be Friendly September 19, 2023 A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. ~ Proverbs 18:24 NKJV ~ I recall the beginning of the first day in that new home as though it were yesterday. On that gorgeous fall day, I had no idea that a new chapter of my life was opening and would become one of my favourites. Knowing ...Continue Reading