Note: This page hasn’t been updated for some time. Yet I suspect much of this is still good. If one of you has time to go through the links and edit the post, I’d appreciate it. 

• Delete links that no longer work.
• Move the best links to the top of the page, for ease of access. 

Also see https://ssnet.org/blog/testing-free-assets-library-plugin/

Thanks.

We use a lot of GoodSalt images because they are beautiful, we have an affiliate agreement with them, and they are easy to find. However, we are not limited to GoodSalt images. When no suitable image is at GoodSalt.com, we need to look for a suitable image that is free to use. Please review Plagiarism, Attribution, Citation, Quotation before using images. Some suggestions are below. The first are articles. We don’t always need “Christian” images, and for those posts some of the others sources below may have suitable images. You will soon find your favorite sources.
(Contributed by Inge. Originally published Jan 15, 2015. This page needs updating.)

• The Secret to Finding Big, Beautiful Panoramic Images for Your WordPress Blog The title mentions panoramic images, but you can find ordinary safely free images the same way. Use Irfanview to resize and optimize.
• 53+ Free Image Sources For Your Blog and Social Media Posts

Search Engines:

• Compfight.com Search function for Flickr.com. Specify Creative Commons in the left side bar and search on keywords
• EveryStockPhoto.com Search engine for free images.
• Foter.com Search free stock photos
• Google Advanced Image Search (In Usage Rights specify Free to Use or Share)
• PhotoPin.com Search engine for Creative Commons photos
• Search.CreativeCommons.org Search for licensed free images. (Be sure to comply with attribution requirements.)
• Wylio.com Free pictures

The following are individual sites. Most worthwhile sites require a free membership. We suggest not using your main email address but using a “disposable” address instead. Please comment below on which ones you find to be good for what purposes, which not so good.

Specifically Christian Sites:

CreationSwap.com

Famous Bible Paintings at Conservapedia.com

Joyful Heart.com

Most old paintings are in the Public Domain. (Check to be surSearch in the Search box (upper right) for “Artwork of David” or “Paintings of Moses” to find a list of paintings.e.) It helps to spend time browsing the paintings to become familiar with the styles of different artists. Some may be suitable for our site, others not so much.

JesusWalk.com

Search in the Search box (upper right) for “Artwork of David” or “Paintings of Moses” to find a list of paintings.

• Artwork Depicting Scenes from Abraham’s Life Note the list of artists. Even if the link yields a ‘File Not Found” error you can use Google to find the painting elsewhere once you know the name. Note that Rembrandt is usually a good bet.
• Biography of James Tissot Some insightful paintings. When you see his name, check out the paintings.
• The Passion of Christ Illustrated by James J. Tissot
• Paintings and Art Depicting the Book of Revelation Haven’t checked these, but there are bound to be some suitable ones.
• Artwork and Paintings of Isaiah the Prophet
• Artwork and Paintings of Jacob and Esau

Secular Sites:

Most of these are indexed in the Search Engines above. Please leave comments indicating which are not indexed or which are indexed where.

• AncestryImages.com free historical prints
• Freerange Stock.com requires membership, but images are free
• CreativeCommons.org copyrighted photos licenced for free usage (check requirements)
• DreamsTime.com sells photos but has a good selection of free images
• FreeDigitalPhotos.net thousands of high-quality photos of people in settings ranging from weddings to business situations. Site contains both free and “royalty-free” (premium) photos.
• FreePik.com free vectors and photos. Requires sign-up. (Use disposable address.)
• FreePixels.com relatively small site with quality images, particularly of nature
• Flickr.com “Creative Commons” archives
• HistoricalStockPhotos.com as the title says …
• ImageFree.com
• MorgueFile.com all completely free images, most nature-themed.
• OpenPhoto.net high-quality photo sharing platform created in 1998. Contributors offer their images for free under terms of Creative Commons licensing and usage conditions vary from image to image.
• Public-Domain-Photos.com 5000 free photos, including people
• RGBstock.com high-quality free stock photos
• StockVault.net free quality images, but includes ads for paid-for images (Click carefully.)
• Wikimedia.org Loads of free images. Pay attention to licence requirement.
• Wikiart.org Genre: Religious Paintings Note that a number of artists are listed. If you click on the links, you can see their paintings. Some are suitable, others not.
  • Sample: Abraham Guarding His Sacrifice by James Tissot
  • God’s Promises to Abraham by James Tissot.

Be sure to read and follow the license requirements for each source of free images. Usually you can put a link under the image and give credit in the caption, since we do not usually use captions for other purposes. 

Commercial site worth checking out:

• PixaBay.com lists high-quality public-domain images plus links to www.istockphoto.com images, which are not cheap. Usually there are “sponsored” images at the top and bottom of the page. If you’re looking for free images, you have to scroll down a bit. 
• 123rf.com  offers reasonably-priced one-off downloads and much better prices with a subscription. I like the fact that their search function works well enough not to bring up thousands of irrelevant photos at the top of results. If you write for Sabbath School net and find images there, let Inge know, and she can pay for a subscription. 
• StockPhotoSecrets.com I once thought this was good enough to subscribe to it. Check it out and let me know what you find. 

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“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named” (Ephesians 3:14-15, NKJV). What imagery is evoked in this verse, and what hope is found there?

Early in Jesus’ ministry, He states, “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name” (Matthew 6:9, NKJV). Later He repeats the same prayer privately to His disciples (Luke 11:2). Jesus told us to call His Father, “Our Father in heaven.” When Jesus encountered Mary after His resurrection, she wanted to embrace Him. Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God’ ” (John 20:17, NKJV).

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Because we have the same Father as Jesus, He is our brother, and we are all brothers and sisters in the Lord. Jesus became a member of the earthly family so that we could become members of the heavenly family. “The family of heaven and the family of earth are one.” — Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 835.

Read Exodus 3:10; Exodus 5:1; and Galatians 3:26, Galatians 3:29. What do these verses say about how God relates to us? Why should this be so encouraging?

In contrast to a view of creation in which we are deemed the mere products of cold, uncaring natural laws, Scripture teaches not only that God exists, but that He loves us and relates to us in such a loving manner that the imagery of family is often used in Scripture to depict that relationship. Whether Jesus calls Israel “My people,” or us “sons of God,” or refers to God as “our Father,” the point is still the same: God loves us the way family members are supposed to love each other. What good news amid a world that, in and of itself, can be very hostile!

<–Sabbath Monday–>

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