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| Illustration Title | Illustration Author | |
|---|---|---|
| A Good Road | April, 1985 Good News Broadcaster, p. 12 | |
| Against the Odds | Heaven Bound Living, Knofel Stanton, Standard, 1989, pp. 43-44 | |
| Commitment to a Cause | Focus on the Family Newsletter, March, 1994 | |
| Consecration | Source unknown | |
| Declaration of Independence | Source unknown | |
| Discouragement | "Regions Beyond," Vol 37, #1, p. 2. | |
| Football Players | Mark DeVries, Family-Based Youth Ministry, (Downers Grove, IL, InterVarsity Press, 1994, pp. 150-151 | |
| Give Me 100 Men | Quoted in "Toolkit," Cell Church, Winter, 1996, p. 10 | |
| Hernando Cortez | Today in the Word, October, 1990, p. 24 | |
| Local Anesthetic | In the Eye of the Storm by Max Lucado, Word Publishing, 1991, pp. 35-36 | |
| Luciano Pavarotti | Guideposts | |
| Message from Abe | C. Swindoll, Growing Strong, pp. 200, 213 | |
| Missionary to America | B. Clayton Bell, in Preaching, May-June, 1986 | |
| Mountain Men | Charles Swindoll, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity, p. 236 | |
| No Town Hall Meeting | Quality Press, August, 1992 | |
| No Turning Back | Source unknown | |
| One Nail | Leadership, Vol X, #3 (Summer, 1989), p. 35 | |
| Pliny the Elder | Pulpit Helps, August, 1992, p. 14 | |
| Prepared for Every Eventuality | Bits & Pieces, January 5, 1995, pp. 10-11 | |
| Referee | Source unknown | |
| Sealed with Blood | Source unknown | |
| Testing by Freedom | Pavel Poloz, (1987) exiled from Russia, Moody Monthly, April, 1989 | |
| The Baptist Challenge | Source unknown | |
| The Plan | Steve Farrar, Point Man, p. 81 | |
| Tidbits | Kenneth L. Dodge, Resource, Sept./ Oct., 1992, p.5 | |
| UnMarriage Contract | Saturday Review, quoted in Feb, 1980 His Leadership, IV, 3, p. 81 | |
| All of Me | Source unknown | |
| Assignment to Destroy | Reader's Digest, June, 1994, pp.196-197 | |
| Bravery | Our Daily Bread, January 30, 1994 | |
| Charles Spurgeon | Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers, W. Wiersbe, p. 235 | |
| Consecration | The Baptist Challenge | |
| David Brainerd, Colonial Missionary | Today in the Word, November 19, 1997 | |
| Famed Violinist | Bits and Pieces, Vol F, #41 | |
| Famous Men | Sources unknown | |
| Famous People | Source unknown | |
| Govern My Heart | Source unknown | |
| Great Acting | LIFE Magazine, December 1987. | |
| I Gave It All | Passion and Purity, Elizabeth Elliot, Revell, 1984, p. 43 | |
| Inspiration | Joseph Stowell, Through The Fire, Victor Books, 1988, p. 150 | |
| Lessons From a Tree | Resource, Sept./Oct., 1992, p. 9 | |
| Michelangelo | Gary Inrig, A Call to Excellence | |
| Motto | Adoniram Judson in To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson | |
| Mountain Men | Charles Swindoll, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity, p. 236 | |
| Narrow Road | Source unknown | |
| Part-Time Loyalty | Source unknown | |
| Persistence | Today in the Word, November 26, 1991 | |
| Quote | Source unknown | |
| Short Prayer | Source unknown | |
| They Wouldn't Give Up | Heaven Bound Living, Knofel Stanton, Standard, 1989, pp. 43-44 | |
| Utmost Ability | Our Daily Bread, April 3 | |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Today in the Word, July, 1990, p. 8 | |
| Finished Alone | Bore No More, M. & A. Nappa, Group Publications | |
| Get Back Up | Bits & Pieces, March 3, 1994, p. 16 | |
| Hell or High Water | Source unknown | |
| Keen Memory | The Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers, W. Wiersbe, p. 203 | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Today in the Word, September 5, 1993 | |
| Nanook of the North | Today in the Word, July 19, 1993 | |
| Never Turn Back | Ulysses S. Grant, quoted in Reader's Digest | |
| Olympics | "What Makes Olympic Champions? John E. Anderson, February 1994 Reader's Digest, p. 120 | |
| Press On | Charles Swindoll, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity, p. 93 | |
| Devoted for Life | Adoniram Judson in To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson | |
| Beirut Bombing | Children at Risk, J. Dobson & Gary Bauer, Word, 1990, pp. 187-188 | |
| Judgment Day | Winning the New Civil War, Robert P. Dugan, Jr., p. 183 | |
| Start Right, End Well | William Clubertson, former president, Moody Bible Institute | |
| Distinguished Scholar | Our Daily Bread, January 21, 1994 | |
| Alice in Wonderland | Daily Walk, May 31, 1992. | |
| All Men Dream | Source unknown | |
| Basketball Coach | Our Daily Bread, Sept.-Nov. 1997, page for October 17. | |
| Eric Sevarid | Bits and Pieces, February, 1990, pp. 11-12 | |
| Exceeding Expectations | Reader's Digest, April, 1997, pp. 134-135. | |
| Expectations | You Can Win!, Roger F. Campbell, 1985, SP Publications, pp. 10-11. | |
| Eye on the Ball | Bits & Pieces, September 15, 1994, pp. 7-8 | |
| First Moon Walk | Source unknown | |
| Flight 401 | From Dropping Your Guard by Charles R. Swindoll | |
| General Patton | Gordon McDonald, Ordering Our Private World, p. 181 | |
| Goin' Huntin' | C. Swindoll, Growing Strong, p. 138 | |
| Lee Trevino | Bits and Pieces, December, 1990 | |
| Lost Ticket | Our Daily Bread, September 11, 1992 | |
| Low Aim | The Pursuit of Excellence, Ted W. Engstrom, 1982, Zondervan, p. 92. | |
| Premarital Sex | Robert J. Collins in the Chicago Tribune, quoted in HIS, February, 1976. | |
| Quotes | Sources unknown | |
| Roger Staubach | Source unknown | |
| Spot Bowling | Our Daily Bread, August 4, 1992 | |
| Surmounting Difficult Odds | Today in the Word, July, 1990, p. 14 | |
| Swimming the English Channel | Source unknown | |
| Things to Consider | Source unknown | |
| Three Trees | Source unknown | |
| We'll Know When We Get There | Pastoral Renewal, 10-86, p. 2 | |
| Yogi Berra | Nehemiah: Learning to Lead, J. M. Boice, Revell, 1990, p. 38 | |
| Quote | Bits and Pieces, September 19, 1991, p. 19 |
