Illustrations on courage
You probably won’t recognize the name Todd Beamer even though you know just about every detail of his story. Beamer was born in Michigan, but somehow wound up becoming a …
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.”
Courage. Some have it, and some don’t. Are courageous people simply born with more of it than others? Is courage part of an individual’s personality…or can anyone develop courage with …
Once upon a time, a bishop got in the face of an emperor. One had immeasurable power behind him. The other had nothing but righteous indignation on his side. The …
Where did you meet your spouse? (Fellas, I apologize if I put you on the spot.) Did you meet her at college? Did you find him at church? Elevator? Job …
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
In August of 480 BC, a few hundred Spartans led by King Leonidas battled against 150,000 Persian warriors led by King Xerxes. The heavily outnumbered Greeks held their ground, repelled …
“Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.”
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