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G. K. Chesterton said the unbeliever is like a man born upside down, standing on his head, his feet “dancing upward in idle ecstasies, while his brain is in the abyss.” Christianity sets a man right side up. His head is placed in heaven, where it belongs, and his feet on the earth, where they belong.…

In his book, The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller writes, “When a newspaper posed the question, ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ the Catholic thinker G. K. Chesterton reputedly wrote a brief letter in response: ‘Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely Yours, G. K. Chesterton.’ That is the attitude of someone who has grasped…

Helping Students 'Get It' In last month's article, I argued that a major project for those of us who work with students is to help them "get" Christianity. While a significant number of Christian students reject Christianity during their university years, far more struggle to embrace a faith that is…

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly…

Illustration – For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, shoe – horse, horse – canon, canon – battle, battle – war. Illustration – The Auction ..old violin..all we have left ..what is my bid? $1,2,3..Old gray haired man .. resin up the bow .. tightened up the strings .. played a melody as sweet as the angels…

What’s in a Name? 20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 (ESV) Culture wars are fought upon the battleground…

"Tolerance is the virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore." - G. K. Chesterton

I watched them tearing a building down – A gang of men in a busy town – With a yo-heave-ho and a lusty yell, They swung a beam and the side wall fell. I asked the foreman: “Are these men skilled – The kind you would hire if you wanted to build?” He laughed and said: “Why, no indeed, Just common labour…

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" William A. Ward Gratitude is the memory of the heart. Jean Baptiste Massieu. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. G.K. Chesterton You say grace…

"Christianity has not so much been tried and found wanting, as it has been found difficult and left untried." G.K Chesterton Source: Willard, Dallas: The Spirit of the Disciplines, p. 1, 1988.

REFLECTIONS Classic and contemporary excerpts. Leaving God under a bench In 1307 a crack Dominican administrator named Meis-ter Eckhart was elected pro­vincial of his order in the newly formed province of Saxony . . . home to 50 houses of friars and 9 con­vents of nuns; and the new provincial, later…

conviction Against All the World Athanasius, early bishop of Alexandria, stoutly opposed the teachings of Arius, who declared that Christ was not the eternal Son of God, but a subordinate being. Hounded through five exiles, he was finally summoned before emperor Theodosius, who demanded he cease his…

locus classicus _________ ................................... — a resource file for pastors/feachers/speake LOCUS CLASSICUS Spring / 1987 Volume 1, Number 1 Page 1 WHICH ANSWER DO YOU WANT? A first grade Sunday School teacher decided to add a bit of interest and clarity to her communication of the morning…

For Your Sermon Illustrations Illustrations for Preaching by Clyde W. Chesnutt* Much of the following material is copyrighted and is presented here for oral communication on­ly. Permission for reprinting must be secured from the publisher of the periodical from which the illustration is excerpted. ADVERSITY…

How To Get Connected! JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES John 15:1-8 INTRODUCTION There’s a phrase that has become popular in pop culture today, Being in “the zone.” The zone refers to that state of mind when everything is clicking for you and you’re doing everything right. You can’t miss…

I. Introduction When God created the universe and all within it, God looked and saw that it was good. At some point, however, evil entered the world and corrupted it. People may have different understandings of how this happened, but I don’t think anyone would argue that the world as we know it is the…