Illustrations about understanding
Most of us learn something on a fairly regular basis, no matter how educated we might be. What we learn could be important, but it could also be trivial. And, …
Augustine of Hippo, better known as St. Augustine, wasn’t always a “saint.” In fact, in one of his most famous books, Confessions, the ancient church father bared his soul and …
We’ve all come home from doctor visits only to be greeted by our family members wanting an answer to the same question: What did the doctor say? But after years …
“If you deny the Trinity you will lose your soul. If you try and explain it you will lose your mind.”
It didn’t seem like an unreasonable request: I’ll follow you, Jesus, but first, let me go bury my father. Yet Jesus rejects the idea. Was He being rude? Mean? Unnecessarily …
“The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.”
“I do not understand in order to believe, I believe in order to understand.”
Mrs. Rawlings stood in front of her class of second graders and said, “Today’s word is definitely. The word definitely means ‘absolutely, positively, without a doubt.’ Can anyone use the …
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