Doug Dillard

  • brotherblotz
  • Belton, Texas
  • brotherblotz.com
  • Cartoonist (Brother Blotz) and Creativity Consultant
  • Read the Thankfulness Meter

    If you want a quick read of the depth of dedication of a Christian, check their Thankfulness Meter reading. Thankfulness is the end fruit of deep well nourished roots.

    Created 3 days ago

    Colossians 2:7 (NLT)

  • Secret of Success

    What you can do depends on God's power more than on your faith. Or your ability, for that matter.

    Created 20 days ago

    Luke 17:6 (NLT)

  • Lifestyle Choices Short-Circuit Success

    Greed, lousy lifestyle choices, and lust for instant gratification can cancel all the advantages of wealth, talent and skill sets. The Greek word translated "wasted" or "squandered" was used by Jews of…

    Created 20 days ago

    Luke 15:10 (NLT), Luke 15:13 (NLT), Luke 15:14 (NLT)

  • The View From Hell

    That simple phrase "when you see" is awesome. Possibly the most excruciating punishments possible is that for all eternity, while enduring what other punishments Hell inflicts one can see friends and…

    Created 27 days ago

    Luke 13:28 (NLT)

  • Lesson From the Extra Bird

    Sparrows were so cheap that you could buy two for one copper coin. Throw down another coin and the merchant would throw in an extra bird free. Jesus is saying God even cares for that extra bird that costs…

    Created 27 days ago

    Luke 12:6 (NLT)

  • Childlikeness is the key to faith: WHY?

    Why is childlikeness better than wisdom and knowledge in interpreting scripture? The problem we have with learning is that we take our bits of knowledge and set them in concrete, then interpret every…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Luke 10:21 (NLT)

  • Memory verse for Judgment day

    This is a good memory verse to calm a Christian's anxiety while standing in line at The Judgment. Better to meditate on the meaning of "holy...blameless...without a single fault" than on lame excuses…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Colossians 1:22 (NLT)

  • Names of Jesus reveal contrasting viewpoints

    When asked who they believed Jesus was, Peter answered the Messiah. When Jesus elaborated, he used his own favorite term, Son of Man. The terms show the contrasting views of Jesus from human perspective…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Luke 9:22 (NLT)

  • Power first, then preaching

    Power and authority over demons and diseases came first, then the commission to preach. I suspect that's why so much of our preaching has little impact. We don't even believe in power like that, much…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Luke 9:2 (NLT)

  • What "Legion" means to you

    A Legion of soldiers numbered 6,000. If Jesus could remove a legion of demons from this man, He can easily handle the one that's giving you fits.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Luke 8:30 (NLT)

  • "The rich get richer" works in the spiritual world too

    "The rich get richer" works in the spiritual world too. A growing mass of understanding about spiritual things, like a giant magnetic black hole, pulls in a universe of heavenly treasures.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Luke 8:18 (GNT)

  • A current example of choking the good seed

    A recent article brings this home: Texas bluebonnets are in danger. Yellow- flowered mustard weeds are proliferating and choking them out. Any attempt to mow the mustard weeds before they flower and drop…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Luke 8:14 (GNT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-04-08

  • The Greatest Miracle

    The greatest miracle here is not the Resurrection. The greatest miracle is the Son. Had it not been for the Incarnation -- God Himself in human flesh -- there would have been no Resurrection.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Luke 24:6 (GNT), Luke 24:7 (GNT)

  • Going Productively

    It isn't enough to go for God, working long and hard; but to go when and where He directs. The only assurance of success is to fish in the sweet spot. Where the fish are and where they are hungry. We…

    Created 2 months ago

    Luke 5:4 (NLT), Luke 5:5 (NLT), Luke 5:6 (NLT)

  • Demons Know What Man Denies

    Man looks on the outward appearance, God looks on the heart. And so does every demon. Jesus' hearers saw a Nazarene carpenter-turned teacher, the demon saw the "Holy One of God." If you don't agree, you…

    Created 2 months ago

    Luke 4:34 (NLT)

  • Exclusive to Luke

    All four gospels connect John the Baptist with this prophesy, but only Luke adds this; "And all flesh shall see the salvation of God." Was it that only the gentile Luke caught the awesome implications…

    Created 3 months ago

    Luke 3:6 (ASV)

  • Exclusive to Luke

    All four gospels connect with this prophesy, but only Luke includes this statement: "and all flesh shall see the salvation of God "

    Created 3 months ago

    Luke 3:6 (ASV)

  • fruits, Not Roots

    John is saying, "Don't tell me about your roots, show me your fruits!" You don't have to abandon your heritage, but you must live in the present.

    Created 3 months ago

    Luke 3:8 (ASV)

  • What's John doing in this distinguished list?

    How like God to choose an obscure wilderness prophet in tis distinguished list of rulers and religionists as the star of the story.

    Created 3 months ago

    Luke 3:1 (ASV), Luke 3:2 (ASV)

  • Wonder is important

    Wonder is the first step toward faith.

    Created 3 months ago

    Luke 2:18 (ASV)

  • "Rejoice! It's a God!"

    A story sent to me that I turned into one of my PulpiTEAR cartoons told of a a Christmas pageant planned and staged completely by children. The manger was behind a curtain so the actual birth would not…

    Created 3 months ago

    Luke 2:7 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights

    2012-02-29

  • The Song God Composed

    Apparently -- check it out --the song is verses 1-43.

    Created 3 months ago

    Deuteronomy 32:1 (MSG)

  • Reversed Blessings

    We think of blessings only in terms of acquisitions, usually of material things. But often God's blessings come in things that don't happen, like when our shoes don't wear out in a time when we couldn't…

    Created 3 months ago

    Deuteronomy 29:5 (MSG)

  • This Command is impossible EXCEPT...

    Full obedience as commanded here is impossible. The only way we can attain a state of full holiness is as Jesus picks us up in His arms and carry us there.

    Created 3 months ago

    Deuteronomy 27:10 (MSG)

  • A Chosen Frustration

    There's a difference between being alone and being lonely. Being lonely is a choice. This man was lonely because he chose to submerge himself only in his work with no time for human relationships. Part…

    Created 4 months ago

    Ecclesiastes 4:8 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-12-25

  • Jeremiah 43:1

    Jeremiah 43:1 (MSG)
    When Jeremiah finished telling all the people the whole Message that their God had sent him to give them—all these words—Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah, backed by all the self-important men, said to Jeremiah, "Liar! Our God never sent you with this message telling us not to go to Egypt and live there. Baruch son of Neriah is behind this. He has turned you against us. He's playing into the hands of the Babylonians so we'll either end up being killed or taken off to exile in Babylon."

    Created 7 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-09-18

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-09-18

  • Write It!

    Jeremiah 30:2 (MSG)
    "God's Message, the God of Israel: 'Write everything I tell you in a book.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: book

  • Signposts

    Jeremiah 31:21 (MSG)
    "Set up signposts to mark your trip home. Get a good map. Study the road conditions. The road out is the road back. Come back, dear virgin Israel, come back to your hometowns. How long will you flit here and there, indecisive? How long before you make up your fickle mind? God will create a new thing in this land: A transformed woman will embrace the transforming God!"

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: book

  • Jeremiah 21:1

    Jeremiah 21:1 (GNT)
    King Zedekiah of Judah sent to me Pashhur son of Malchiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah with this request:

    Created 11 months ago

  • 1 Peter 3:17

    1 Peter 3:17 (NLT)
    Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-04-10

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13

    1 Thessalonians 4:13 (WEB)
    But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

    Created about 1 year ago

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