tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98592042024-03-13T14:31:16.089-05:00SHEEP'S CRIB - ILLUSTRATIONS<br/><br/>Library of contemporary illustrations from a conservative Judeo-Christian worldview, by topic in side bar. Please <a href="mailto: kettlefrog@hotmail.com"><i><b>report</b></i></a> broken links.John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-10201157751931479452008-01-26T09:33:00.000-06:002008-01-26T10:16:01.749-06:00LOST & FOUND: The Lord knows right where you are!"But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet; and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate."Luke 15:22-24Alan Murphy, was devastated; while on vacation in the John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-76053736335901944242008-01-25T21:18:00.000-06:002008-01-25T21:27:25.994-06:00IN-LAWS: Fend for yourselves!The future father-in-law asked, “Young man, can you support a family?”To which the surprised groom-to-be replied, “Of course not. I was planning to support just your daughter … the rest of you will have to fend for yourselves.”Christianity, Illustrations,In-laws, ReligionJohn Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-14368458419177097142008-01-25T12:27:00.000-06:002008-01-25T21:37:52.809-06:00VIGILANCE: Asleep at the wheel!"It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. Therefore, be on the alert--for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning - in case he should come suddenly and find you John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-86958334804346691782008-01-25T12:25:00.000-06:002008-01-25T23:32:00.069-06:00JUSTIFICATION: I'm ninety-five percent saved!"Jesus answered and said to him, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.'"John 3:3Reuters is reporting the Metropolitan Police in London, England, are finding it difficult to bring in sufficient recruits. So the agency has loosened its requirements – ignoring tattoos and criminal records.“This wouldn't apply to people who had shown criminal intent, John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-1392269240520167362008-01-25T12:23:00.000-06:002008-01-25T23:39:50.211-06:00DISCIPLINE: If indeed I am your child!"You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, 'MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM; FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES.'"It is for discipline that you endure; God dealsJohn Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-80565256252279294312008-01-25T12:14:00.000-06:002008-01-25T23:46:36.427-06:00PERSECUTION: The ascending cry of their hearts!"For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle? So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and no kind is without meaning. If then I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be to the one John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-69123424525083184282008-01-25T12:11:00.000-06:002008-01-26T00:12:50.130-06:00CHRISTMAS: Dropped off and forgotten!Two women, dressed in their finest, were having lunch in an exclusive restaurant … a friend came to their table and greeted them. “What's the occasion?” she asked.One of the women said, “We're having a birthday party for our baby. He's 2 years old today.”“But, where's is he?” She asked.The mother answered, “Oh, I dropped him off at his grandmother's house until the party's over … it wouldn't haveJohn Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-43405256625708887242008-01-25T12:10:00.000-06:002008-01-26T00:23:04.342-06:00SPIRITUAL WARFARE: Holy headlocks and saintly slams!"Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil dayJohn Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-73306220850664276112008-01-25T12:08:00.000-06:002008-01-26T00:31:20.876-06:00GRACE: God? I'm thirsty!"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."Ephesians 2:8-10It never failed but that our kids got thirsty the minute we were too far from the house to get them John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-90982207158081911192008-01-25T12:06:00.000-06:002008-01-26T00:40:03.228-06:00WITNESS: Our clandestine public relations campaign!I stopped into one of our landmark “greasy spoons” the other day. Many senior church members have sworn by the personnel and the menu. I decided to give it a chance.Nothing on the menu caught my eye, so I ordered that old standard chili, topped with onions and grated cheese. I canceled the cheese after learning it cost an extra 50 cents (that’s over $30/lb. if you’re interested).However, the John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-85843653964887809912008-01-25T12:04:00.000-06:002008-01-26T00:49:07.274-06:00PROMISES: It's when and where promised!If a little boy hears his mom offer a Snickers candy bar from the kitchen window, and all he must do is go to the back door and receive it (assuming he believes she will keep her promise and assuming he desires the candy bar), why would he go to the front door instead? Or to a neighbor's back door?Why would he expect to receive it anywhere but when and where she promised?So too is the offer of John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-23018022730614213712008-01-25T12:02:00.000-06:002008-01-26T00:58:35.153-06:00ETERNAL LIFE: The secret is written above!The new teacher was given the combination to the school’s safe verbally. She then repeated it over and over as she hurried to the safe. As it would be, she forgot the correct numbers and their order; try as she would she could not get it open.Seeing a fellow faculty member walk by, she quickly asked him to help. “I think I can!” He responded.Walking into the supply room he let his hands fall to John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-72173627807157120342008-01-25T12:01:00.000-06:002008-01-26T01:12:43.709-06:00CIRCUMSTANCES #I: The sum of its parts!"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."Romans 8:28TEENAGE GRANDSON: “Grandma nothing is working in my life!”GRANDMA: “How do you mean?”GRANDSON: “You know! At school, at home, my friends, my girlfriend … you know!”.GRANDMA: “Would you like some of the cake I’m making?”GRANDSON: “Sure!”GRANDMA: “John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-52252584013397159292008-01-25T11:58:00.000-06:002008-01-26T01:15:40.601-06:00CIRCUMSTANCES #II: Getting the penny out of your eye!Recently, a young friend shared a conversation she had with her pastor at her home church in Brazil. She had sought his counsel concerning a difficulty she was having; her pastor suggested it was “a tempest in a teacup.”She objected to his suggestion and said, “Oh, Pastor, you don’t understand.” His response was perfect for her situation.He took a penny (actually the Brazilian equivalent of a John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-59667662728206267012008-01-25T11:55:00.000-06:002008-01-26T01:18:14.738-06:00CHILDREN: Out of the mouths of babes and bottles!A woman was trying to get the catsup out of the bottle when the phone rang. Determined to win the condiment war, she asked her four-year old daughter to answer the phone.“It's the preacher, Mommy,” the child reported. Then she added back to the phone, “Mommy can't come to the phone right now … she's hitting the bottle.”Children, Christianity,Illustrations, ReligionJohn Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-35760737410613060222008-01-25T11:53:00.000-06:002008-01-26T17:38:08.074-06:00NEIGHBORS: Those Ninevites around us!"Then God said to Jonah, 'Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?' And he said, 'I have good reason to be angry, even to death.' Then the LORD said, 'You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight. Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-6438254418348289752008-01-25T11:50:00.000-06:002008-01-26T19:09:58.262-06:00SANCTIFICATION: No longer able to!"Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-60681261787542729332008-01-25T11:46:00.000-06:002008-01-26T19:16:26.824-06:00MARIOLATRY: The message is inside!Editor’s note: If perhaps we have Catholic subscribers, it’s not The CRIB's intent to offend with this illustration; it’s simply our intent to propagate the truth as we know it; and, from a conservative, evangelical point of view, the worship of Mary is a form of idolatry.Our hope is that our Catholic friends will consider the illustration’s aim and, perhaps, see why we believe what we do. We, onJohn Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-76287385489339252672008-01-25T11:43:00.000-06:002008-01-26T19:33:40.700-06:00MARRIAGE: Separation is not the answer!"The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh."Genesis 2:22-24John Wesley Powell is a John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-63864259223393159532008-01-25T11:40:00.000-06:002008-01-26T19:36:27.690-06:00KOINONIA: The fellowship of believers!A salesman drove his car into a ditch; nearby was a farm where he asked the owner if he had a tractor to get his car back on the road.“Nope, but I got my mule, Blue.” Replied the farmer.“I doubt a mule is strong enough to pull it out.”“You don't know Blue!” The mule's proud owner responded. So Blue was hitched to the vehicle.“Pull, Blue!” The car didn't move. So the farmer called out, “Pull, John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-74299205215011845762008-01-25T11:18:00.000-06:002008-01-26T19:38:40.953-06:00REVIVAL: Blow on the embers!"LORD, I have heard the report about You and I fear. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy."Habakkuk 3:2When I lived in a cabin in the mountains above Santa Cruz, California, I had a fire in my fireplace all day, virtually everyday; the ash would build up over a few days. Eventually, I’d let the fire die down, then John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-91754774645736325532008-01-25T11:15:00.000-06:002008-01-26T19:42:54.986-06:00NEW CREATION: Our spiritual contractor!"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."2 Corinthians 5:17We know this one thing, if a man owned a house and a contractor offered to restore it, free of charge, he’d be a fool to deny his offer.Why then do so many men reject the offer of God to restore their spiritual homes? We are indeed a people without spiritual John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-65905605337029348532008-01-25T11:12:00.000-06:002008-01-26T19:45:57.594-06:00EVANGELISM: It's too easy!"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ."Romans 10:17When “Betty Crocker” first introduced her cake mix, women simply didn’t believe a dry mix, in a small box, at a reasonable price would make a cake. The company modified its claims and told women they must add an egg. They believed it … sales skyrocketed.When Parker Pen Company introduced the first ball-point pen, they John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-59154967389554073172008-01-25T11:08:00.000-06:002008-01-26T19:47:48.106-06:00REVIVAL: The people's gospel stew!LORD, I have heard the report about You and I fear. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.Habakkuk 3:2Revival is like putting last night's stew on the stove. What you have is something which was real good yesterday but has been in the refrigerator since. Now it’s cold, thick, chunky and feels too heavy to eat.First, John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9859204.post-43524170484964980402008-01-25T10:57:00.000-06:002008-01-26T23:25:50.628-06:00SCRIPTURE: God's corrective lenses!"But what does it say? 'THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART' - that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."Romans 10:John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0