CONTENT WITH DOING RIGHT Finite man should content himself with doing what is intrinsically right and leave the consequences to God. From Ethics, by Norm Geisler
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FAITH & THE SUPERNATURAL Donald Grey Barnhouse once wrote that faith was not self-hypnosis; but that "true faith acts on supernatural facts and gets supernatural results." From God's Freedom, by Donald Grey Barnhouse
FAITH & DISAPPOINTMENT It is better to exercise faith from the very start and be prepared to let God disappoint you . . . than to fail to exercise faith and thereby disappoint God. From…
FINAL STEP TO FAITH The last step of reason is to see the need for faith. By Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher
NATIVE AMERICAN CHRISTIANS Not too long ago, denominational leadership from one denomination came out with a paper on "New Methodologies on Reaching Native Americans." When Native leaders made inquiry as to who developed this paper…
TECHNOLOGICAL LIBERATION In our minds, at least, technology is always on the verge of liberating us from personal discipline and responsibility. Only it never does, and it never will. From Megatrends, by John Naisbitt
DOUBTING IN DARKNESS Never doubt in the darkness what God has shown you in the light.
IDEAS ARE DANGEROUS Ideas are dangerous, but the man to whom they are least dangerous is the man of ideas. He is acquainted with ideas, and moves among them like a lion-tamer. Ideas are dangerous,…
ALSO A JOY FREAK Neopuritan perhaps I am. I am also a joy freak. From The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck
DEATH OF FRIENDSHIPS Samson killed a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass; everyday friendships are killed with the same weapon. -- Ann Landers
BELIEF PRECEDES UNDERSTANDING I believe in order to understand. -- Augustine
CREMATED EQUAL The Civil War of the United States demonstrated that men are created equal. World War III will demonstrate that all men are cremated equal. By Michael Hodgin
ENOUGH LIGHT OR DARKNESS There is enough light for those who only wish to see, and enough darkness for those who are oppositely inclined. From Pensees, by Pascal
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CHURCH & SCRIPTURE In all cases, the church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the church. From Popery Calmly Considered, by John Wesley
YOUR MISSION ON EARTH Here is a test to see if your mission on earth is finished: If you are alive, then it isn't. From Illusions, by Richard Bach
BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OR PHILOSOPHY Any theology which is not "biblical" has no right to the term theology but should be classified as a philosophy. From Interpreting the Bible, by A. Berkeley Mickelsen
HAVING & SPEAKING LESS Have more than thy showest; Speak less than thy knowest. From King Lear, by William Shakespeare
HOW TO THINK OF OURSELVES The Apostle Paul's words in his letter to the Roman Christians are a perfect summation of the kind of self-concept we need to develop, not only to curb and control…
RELEASE OF FORGIVENESS Forgiveness is liberating--it lightens the load of both the forgiven and the forgiver. One of the Greek words for "forgiveness" means to "loose away from, lift off, release." Imagine a cluster of…
RABBIT GENDER A family raised and sold rabbits. They identified all of the pertinent information such as date of birth, gender, and health information by tattooing the left ear of each rabbit. A little boy…
