In late 1735, John Wesley and his brother Charles left England on a ship bound for the American colonies. The two brothers, sons of an Anglican priest, were on a…
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What Are You Afraid Of?
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithEdna, an elderly woman from East Texas, was pulled over by a highway patrolman for speeding. When the lawman arrived at her window, he asked the senior citizen for her…
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Woody Allen on Immortality
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithโI donโt want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.โ
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“What Are You Doing Here?”
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithMartin Niemรถller was a Lutheran pastor in Germany when the Second World War began. He is immortalized for being the one who said, โFirst they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak outโbecause I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak outโbecause I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak outโbecause I was not a Jew. Then they came for meโand there was no one left to speak for me.โ
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Mike Tyson on Pain
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithโEveryone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth.โ
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The Church and the Military
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithThe Church and the military have a lot in common. Both involve large groups of people. Both have missions. Both exist for the benefit of others. Both require personal sacrifice.
But they also have one very remarkable difference.
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I Don’t Want God to Exist
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithAll of us look at our world and wish a few things didnโt exist. For example, most sane people agree there should be no hunger or war. Weโd love to live in a world without cancer. But our world contains the things many of us do not like.
Even atheist Thomas Nagel wishes the world didnโt contain something, or Someoneโฆ.
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Nelson Mandela on Courage
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithโI learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.โ
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Christianity
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithโBeing a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.โ
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Donald Barnhouse on Hypocrisy
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithโYou see, if God acted in the same way today that He did in the fifth chapter of Acts, youโd have to have a morgue in the basement of every church and a mortician on the pastoral staff.โ