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Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 8 views
John Feinberg speaks of this in his book, The Many Faces of Evil. There he tells of when his wife, Pat, was diagnosed with Huntington’s Chorea – a genetically-transmitted disease that causes deteriation of the brain which leads to the deterioration of physical and psychological abilities. John and Pat…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 97 views
In the 19th century Charles Bradlaugh, a prominent atheist, challenged a Christian man to debate the validity of the claims of Christianity. The Christian was Hugh Price Hughes, an active soul-winner who worked among the poor in the slums of London. Hughes told Bradlaugh he would agree to the debate…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 5 views
You see, every sin you’ve ever committed in your life was, ultimately, a failure of faith. And it is really amazing to note just how quickly our faith can fail: They arrived at the mountain with great anticipation. Moses had told them that something great was going to happen. They’d seen the power of…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 37 views
The story is told about a small town in the south. For many years, this town had been “dry” in that no alcohol was ever sold or served there. But one day a businessman in the area decided to build a tavern. In response to this new tavern, a group of Christians from a local church became concerned and…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 7 views
“This positive-thinking stuff is crap,” she said to me one evening as I sat on her hospital bed. “But then, so is negative thinking. They both cover up reality — which is that we just don’t know what is going to happen. That’s the reality we have to live with. But it is easy to see why people take refuge…
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Mark Twian tells that early in his life he moved to a mining town in Colorado. The city he moved to was a wide-open town with brothels and bars on EVERY corner. He said, "I immediately recognized it was no place for a Presbyterian, so I decided not to be one!" TRUTH: There are many people who, when they…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 17 views
In the film The Bucket List, Edward (Jack Nicholson) and Carter (Morgan Freeman) are both terminally ill. Doctors have given them about one year to live, so they make a list of things they always wanted to do before they "kicked the bucket"—and go about doing them, one by one. The list includes skydiving,…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 123 views
"I would recommend you either believe God up to the hilt, or elso not to believe at all. Believe this book of God, every letter of it, or else reject it. There is no logical standing place between the two. Be satisfied with nothing less than a faith that swims in the deeps of divine revelation; a faith…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 4 views
It may surprise you to know that the Bible never encourages you to use an experience as proof of your salvation. The Bible never points back to some time when you believed on Jesus Christ. I hear people say, “If you cannot name the time and place when you received Christ, you’re not saved.” That sounds…
Rick Balmer • Illustration • • 2 views
I sit and gaze across the sea And hear a sound inside of me Like crashing waves upon a shore The sound of doubts I’ve had before The doubts that always come and go Like the tides that ebb and flow I sit and think of things I’ve done And of things I’ve not begun The things I knew would help me out But…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 81 views
All Christians have doubts from time to time. A woman once told Dwight L. Moody she had been saved for twenty-five years and never had a doubt. Moody replied, “I doubt you’re saved.” What did Moody mean by that? Well, it would be like your saying to me, “Adrian, I’ve been married twenty-five years and…
Nathan Kuperus • Illustration • • 26 views
A woman was asked by a co-worker, 'What is it like to be a Christian?' The co-worker replied, 'It is like being a pumpkin.' God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate,…
Nathan Parker • Illustration • • 75 views
Unknown Author These are more effective than 911 When - You are sad, phone John 14 You have sinned, phone Psalm 51 You are facing danger, phone Psalm 91 People have failed you, phone Psalm 27 It feels as though God is far from you, phone Psalm 139 Your faith needs stimulation, phone Hebrews 11 You are…
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Diamond loses its stiffness crown to new material 16:22 02 February 2007 A material that is stiffer than diamond has been created by mixing particles of the mineral barium titanate and molten tin. Diamond was previously the stiffest material known. The new material was made by a team from Washington…
Calvin Habig • Illustration • • 193 views
When Albert Einstein was asked if he believed in God, here was his response: "I'm not an atheist. I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages.…
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Barna's Annual Tracking Study Shows Americans Stay Spiritually Active, But Biblical Views Wane May 21, 2007 (Ventura, CA) - It is hard to miss Americans' comfort with and interest in spirituality. Most adults say that their religious faith is very important in their life. Two-thirds of the nation’s adult…