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Jonathan Edwards Wrote: "I Suppose No One ... PRO
Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 23, 2001 (message contributor)
Jonathan Edwards wrote: “I suppose no one will doubt that some natural men do reach out to the evidence of the truth of the Christian religion on the basis of rational proofs or arguments. Doubtless Judas thought Jesus was the Messiah on the basis of things he saw and heard. Yet he was a devil all along. We read in John 2:23-25 that many believed in Christ’s name when they saw the miracles that he did. Yet Christ did not trust them. Simon the sorcerer believed when he saw the miracles and the signs which were done, yet he still remained bitter and in the bond of...
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I Heard Someone Give An Illustration Once About A ...
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 9, 2004
I heard someone give an illustration once about a wooden well bucket he came upon. He thought it was useless at first, because it had been sitting next to a barn in the sun, unused for a long time. He could see daylight between the wooden slats of the bucket. Certainly, this thing would never ...read more
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Come And Die PRO
Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004
COME AND DIE In The Cost of Discipleship Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “The cross is laid on every Christian. As we embark upon discipleship we surrender ourselves to Christ in union with his death–we give over our lives to death. The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise god-fearing ...read more
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I Once Saw The Concrete Block Shell Of A Church ... PRO
Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004
I once saw the concrete block shell of a church someone had started building years earlier. The project had been halted. There was no roof on the building and trees and shrubs had grown inside the shell. One of the pine trees growing inside the uncompleted church was at least 15 feet tall. I’ll ...read more
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Max Lucado Tells A Story In A Book Called "It's ... PRO
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 2, 2004
Max Lucado tells a story in a book called “It’s Not About Me” about a friend of his who had cancer. Some well intentioned Christians had told him ‘If you have faith, then you will be healed”. But, no healing came, only a crisis in faith in that man’s life. Max suggested another answer to him, ...read more
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A Man Has A Dream, He Dies And Goes To Hell! PRO
Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 28, 2003
A MAN HAS A DREAM, HE DIES AND GOES TO HELL! While in hell the man notices there are many tables and starving people are sitting all around the great tables. There is hot food of all taste on the table. In Hell, they are starving with food tortuuring them right before their eyes. While all this ...read more
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