By John Stonestreet, January 15, 2015, for www.breakpoint.org G.K. Chesterton once said, “It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.” Well, if that is indeed the test, then recent events in Paris prove that radical Islam fails miserably. The horrific attacks in France were sparked […]
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By William Law (1686-1761); adapted from A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection (1726), adapted *************************************** Clemens has his head full of imaginary goodness. He is often proposing to himself what he would do if he had a great fortune. He would outdo all charitable men that have gone before him, he would withdraw
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From Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God, by Tony Campolo, 1997, pages 273-4: (…continued) Some years ago my wife and I had a stopover in Honolulu on our way home from a preaching mission in Australia. We had just enough time to take a walk along Waikiki Beach. On our walk
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In 1997 Tony Campolo wrote Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God. In the book, Campolo discusses several areas in which Christians could be better witnesses to their faith in Jesus Christ by thinking clearer and presenting the Gospel in a more responsible way. In this interesting conclusion to the book (pages 271-274), he offers these additional thoughts.
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By Bob Andrews, in the February 1992 World Mission Prayer League Newsletter. Andrews served as the General Director of the Minneapolis based World Mission Prayer League from 1985-1987. About three years ago I slipped into a meeting of Twin Cities pastors to hear a well known theologian speak on the topic, Preaching Christ
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From The Clergy of America: Anecdotes, 1869, J. B. Lippincott Publishers, Philadelphia There lived in Poughkeepsie a venerable lady and her talented son-in-law. The former was exceedingly anxious about the latter, because of his loose and infidel opinions on religious subjects. “Oh, sir!” the lady said to me (Bishop Chase), “I wish you
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By Nicole Symmonds, August 22, 2013, at www.urbanfaith.com (See Meditation #149) Antoinette Tuff’s courage and faith saved many lives and can teach us a great deal. (We have been inspired by this) school bookkeeper who courageously talked Michael Brandon Hill out of going through with a shooting rampage at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy
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Sundar Singh (1889-1929) was raised a member of the Sikh religion. Prior to his conversion, he attended a primary school run by the American Presbyterian Mission where the New Testament was read daily as a ‘textbook.’ He said, “I refused to read the Bible at the daily lessons… To some extent the
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Pictured above: Scars of a whipped slave named Peter, photo taken at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863. In his own words, “Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped, and he discharged the overseer.” The slave pictured here escaped from a plantation
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