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(The Bible’s Light for Your Daily Walk)
Day 18, page 33 ~ “Invisible Blessings: Being very much of the earth - earthy - we always want tangible, visible things: proofs, demonstrations, something to latch on to….Many of our prayers are directed toward the quick and easy solution. Long-suffering is sometimes the only means by which the greater glory of God will be served, and this is, for the moment, invisible. We must persist in faith. God has a splendid purpose. Believe in order to see it.”
Elliot, Elizabeth. A Lamp Unto My Feet. Regal Books, Gospel Light Publishing: Calif. 2004. ISBN# 0-8307-3507-0
15 March 2008
The God of All Comfort by Hannah Whitall Smith
Page 10 ~ “In the Lord Jesus Christ, there is a deep and lasting peace and comfort of soul, which nothing earthly can disturb. It belongs to those who embrace it. If this is our rightful portion, we must learn how to receive it and what things hinder it’s becoming a reality in our lives. There is God’s part in the matter, and man’s part. We must look carefully at both.”
Smith, Hannah Whitall. The God of All Comfort. Whitaker House: Pennsylvania. 2003. ISBN# 0-88368-861-1
Smith, Hannah Whitall. The God of All Comfort. Whitaker House: Pennsylvania. 2003. ISBN# 0-88368-861-1
One Minute After You Die by Erwin W. Lutzer
(A Preview of Your Final Destination)
Page 1 ~ “Welcome to Eternity. One minute after you slip behind the parted curtain, you will either be enjoying a personal welcome from Christ or catching your first glimpse of gloom as you have never known it. Either way, your future will be irrevocably fixed and eternally unchangeable.”
Page 11 ~ (Two writings on a tombstone) “Pause, stranger, when you pass me by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you will be, So prepare for death and follow me.” (Then written below) “To follow you I’m not content, Until I know which way you went!”
Lutzer, Erwin. One Minute After You Die. Moody Press: Chicago. 1997. ISBN # 0-8024-6322-3
Page 1 ~ “Welcome to Eternity. One minute after you slip behind the parted curtain, you will either be enjoying a personal welcome from Christ or catching your first glimpse of gloom as you have never known it. Either way, your future will be irrevocably fixed and eternally unchangeable.”
Page 11 ~ (Two writings on a tombstone) “Pause, stranger, when you pass me by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you will be, So prepare for death and follow me.” (Then written below) “To follow you I’m not content, Until I know which way you went!”
Lutzer, Erwin. One Minute After You Die. Moody Press: Chicago. 1997. ISBN # 0-8024-6322-3
Passion & Purity by Elizabeth Elliot
Chapter 1, page 20 ~ “Somehow we’ve gotten the idea that we can forget all the regulations and get away with it. Times have changed, we say. We’re “liberated” at last from our inhibitions. We have Sex and the Single Girl now. We have freedom. We can, in fact, ‘have it all and not get hooked’.” Women can be predators if they want to, as well as men. “
Page 21 ~ “By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere.”
Elliot, Elizabeth. Passion & Purity. Fleming H. Revell, Baker Book House Co.: Michigan. 1984. ISBN# 0-8007-5137-X
Page 21 ~ “By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere.”
Elliot, Elizabeth. Passion & Purity. Fleming H. Revell, Baker Book House Co.: Michigan. 1984. ISBN# 0-8007-5137-X
The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee
Intro ~ “During the 1930’s Nee’s evangelistic efforts led to growth of numerous “Church Assemblies,” also known as the “Little Flock,” throughout China….Nee spent the final 20 years of his life in a prison cell…all the while his numerous books and articles where being read throughout the world.”
Chapter 1, pages 12-13 ~ “…it is a question of the sins I have committed before God. The second is a question of sin as a principle working in me…but because of my sin I have, even then, mo abiding peace of mind….I have the nature of a sinner…So life goes on in a vicious circle of sinning and being forgiven and then sinning again….I need also deliverance from what I am.”
Nee, Watchman. The Normal Christian Life. Barbour Publishing, Inc: Ohio. 1961. ISBN# 1-55748-915-2
Chapter 1, pages 12-13 ~ “…it is a question of the sins I have committed before God. The second is a question of sin as a principle working in me…but because of my sin I have, even then, mo abiding peace of mind….I have the nature of a sinner…So life goes on in a vicious circle of sinning and being forgiven and then sinning again….I need also deliverance from what I am.”
Nee, Watchman. The Normal Christian Life. Barbour Publishing, Inc: Ohio. 1961. ISBN# 1-55748-915-2
Hind’s Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
Chapter 1, page 17 ~ “This is the story of how Much-Afraid escaped from her Fearing relatives and went with the Shepherd to the High Places where ‘perfect love casteth out fear’.”
Page 18 ~ “In the first place, she was a cripple, with her feet so crooked that they often caused her to limp and stumble as she went about her work.”
Page 20 ~ “Through the quiet and peace of this tranquil evening, poor, terrified Much-Afraid came to the pool where the Shepherd was waiting for her and told him of her dreadful plight. ‘What shall I do?’ she cried as she ended the recital. ‘How can I escape? They can’t really force me to marry my cousin Craven, can they?’”
Hurnard, Hannah. Hind’s Feet on High Places. Tydale House Publishers, Inc: Ohio. 1977. ISBN# 1-55748-071-0
Page 18 ~ “In the first place, she was a cripple, with her feet so crooked that they often caused her to limp and stumble as she went about her work.”
Page 20 ~ “Through the quiet and peace of this tranquil evening, poor, terrified Much-Afraid came to the pool where the Shepherd was waiting for her and told him of her dreadful plight. ‘What shall I do?’ she cried as she ended the recital. ‘How can I escape? They can’t really force me to marry my cousin Craven, can they?’”
Hurnard, Hannah. Hind’s Feet on High Places. Tydale House Publishers, Inc: Ohio. 1977. ISBN# 1-55748-071-0
Why Am I So Angry? By Debi Pryde
Page 5 ~ “Where does anger and fighting among people originate? What causes strife? James answers these questions in James 4:1, and his answer is swift and simple, but not exactly what we like to hear. The Bible clearly declares that the problem lies within us, not without.”
Page 8 ~ “The Bible clearly states that all sinful anger originates in our corrupted human nature and is the outward manifestation of inward, self-motivated desires.”
Pryde, Debi. Why Am I So Angry. Iron Sharpeneth Iron Publication: Calif. 2002. ISBN# 1-931787-09-3
Page 8 ~ “The Bible clearly states that all sinful anger originates in our corrupted human nature and is the outward manifestation of inward, self-motivated desires.”
Pryde, Debi. Why Am I So Angry. Iron Sharpeneth Iron Publication: Calif. 2002. ISBN# 1-931787-09-3
Love Has a Price Tag by Elizabeth Elliot
Chapter 2, pages 29-30 ~ “I had not at all be prepared for the impact that Jerusalem had upon me. I was overpowered. It was in this city, inside and outside it’s walls, that the events took place that altered the whole course of history. The crucifixion, said Dorothy Sayers, was after all ‘the only thing that ever really happened.’ I knew all of this before I went, of course, but I simply was not prepared for what it did to me when I finally actually stood on that ground.”
Chapter 3, page 37 ~ “Aristotle said that the purpose of education is to make the pupil like or dislike what he ought. To be educated is to be able to make distinctions. But we are being educated nowadays to believe that distinctions are to be deplored. What you like or dislike has nothing whatever to do with the object. It’s merely a matter of taste.”
Elliot, Elizabeth. Love Has a Price Tag. Regal Books from Gospel Light: Calif. 1979. ISBN # 0-8307-3688-3
Chapter 3, page 37 ~ “Aristotle said that the purpose of education is to make the pupil like or dislike what he ought. To be educated is to be able to make distinctions. But we are being educated nowadays to believe that distinctions are to be deplored. What you like or dislike has nothing whatever to do with the object. It’s merely a matter of taste.”
Elliot, Elizabeth. Love Has a Price Tag. Regal Books from Gospel Light: Calif. 1979. ISBN # 0-8307-3688-3
The Archko Volume
The Archeological Writings of the Sanhedrim & Talmuds of the Jews, translated by Drs. McIntosh & Twyman of the Antiquarian Lodge in Genoa, Italy, presented in 1887.
These are the official court documents made in both courts in the days of Jesus Christ.
Chapter 2, page 52 ~ “The Talmuds are written on parchment or papyrus. The scroll is about 20 inches wide, and wound around a roller. From these Talmuds there have been many books written by Jewish rabbis.”
Chapter 4, page 64 ~ “Jonathan, son of Heziel, questions the shepherds and orders at Bethlehem in regard to the strange circumstances reported to have occurred there, and reports to the court:”
Chapter 5, page 79 ~ “It seems Gamaliel was sent by the Sanhedrim to interrogate Joseph and Mary in regard to this child Jesus. He says: ‘I found Joseph and Mary in the city…’.”
McIntosh & Twyman. The Archko Volume. Keats Publishing: Connecticut. 1975. (Entered into the Act of Congress 1887, 1896 & 1929. ISBN# 0-89083-067-0
These are the official court documents made in both courts in the days of Jesus Christ.
Chapter 2, page 52 ~ “The Talmuds are written on parchment or papyrus. The scroll is about 20 inches wide, and wound around a roller. From these Talmuds there have been many books written by Jewish rabbis.”
Chapter 4, page 64 ~ “Jonathan, son of Heziel, questions the shepherds and orders at Bethlehem in regard to the strange circumstances reported to have occurred there, and reports to the court:”
Chapter 5, page 79 ~ “It seems Gamaliel was sent by the Sanhedrim to interrogate Joseph and Mary in regard to this child Jesus. He says: ‘I found Joseph and Mary in the city…’.”
McIntosh & Twyman. The Archko Volume. Keats Publishing: Connecticut. 1975. (Entered into the Act of Congress 1887, 1896 & 1929. ISBN# 0-89083-067-0
When Hell Was In Session by U.S. Senator Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.
Chapter 2, page 8 ~ “What the North Vietnamese acquired when they captured me was a product of Middle America and it’s values….Although I had lived a far from perfect life, my heart and soul belonged to God, country and my family long before the Navy got a hold of me.”
Chapter 5, page 26 ~ “The first ten days of my imprisonment were full of new experiences, few of the pleasant….Worst of all, I was alone. “
Denton, Jeremiah. When Hell Was in Session. Traditional Press; Mobile, AL. 1982. ISBN# 0-935280-00-6
Chapter 5, page 26 ~ “The first ten days of my imprisonment were full of new experiences, few of the pleasant….Worst of all, I was alone. “
Denton, Jeremiah. When Hell Was in Session. Traditional Press; Mobile, AL. 1982. ISBN# 0-935280-00-6
Ethics; An Early American Handbook (Reprint of an 1890 Original)
Page 1 ~ “Truth is sincerity; and in all we say and do, we must be sincere. We must not make false impressions, directly or indirectly.”
Page 9 ~ “Obedience is doing what is commanded, or not doing what is forbidden, because it is commanded of forbidden by one who has authority. Obedience should be prompt, faithful and cheerful.”
Page 17 ~ “Industry is constant diligence in any proper employment; and we are happier when employed than when idle.”
Comegys, Benjamin B. A Primer of Ethics. Ginn & Co: Boston. 1890.
(Reprinted 1999) Wallbuilders. Ethics, An Early American Handbook. Wallbuilder Press: Texas. 1999. 2nd printing 2006. ISBN# 0=925279-72-2
Page 9 ~ “Obedience is doing what is commanded, or not doing what is forbidden, because it is commanded of forbidden by one who has authority. Obedience should be prompt, faithful and cheerful.”
Page 17 ~ “Industry is constant diligence in any proper employment; and we are happier when employed than when idle.”
Comegys, Benjamin B. A Primer of Ethics. Ginn & Co: Boston. 1890.
(Reprinted 1999) Wallbuilders. Ethics, An Early American Handbook. Wallbuilder Press: Texas. 1999. 2nd printing 2006. ISBN# 0=925279-72-2
In His Steps by Charles Sheldon
What Would Jesus Do?
Chapter 1, page 9 ~ “The minister went up into his study and shut the door. In a few minutes he heard his wife go out, and then everything was quiet. He settled himself at his desk with a sigh of relief and began to write. His text was from 1 Peter 2:21: ‘For hereunto were ye called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that ye should follow his steps.’.”
Page 13 ~ “No one had ever accused Henry Maxwell of being a dull preacher. On the contrary, he had often been charged with being sensational;”
Page 14 ~ “The sermon had come to a close….the entire congregation was startled by the sound of a man’s voice…The next moment the figure of a man came out of the shadow there and walked down the middle aisle. Before the startled congregation fairly realized what was going on, the man had reached the open space in front of the pulpit and had turned about facing the people.”
Sheldon, Charles. In His Steps. Moody Press: Chicago. 1960. ISBN# B0007EXQBY
Chapter 1, page 9 ~ “The minister went up into his study and shut the door. In a few minutes he heard his wife go out, and then everything was quiet. He settled himself at his desk with a sigh of relief and began to write. His text was from 1 Peter 2:21: ‘For hereunto were ye called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that ye should follow his steps.’.”
Page 13 ~ “No one had ever accused Henry Maxwell of being a dull preacher. On the contrary, he had often been charged with being sensational;”
Page 14 ~ “The sermon had come to a close….the entire congregation was startled by the sound of a man’s voice…The next moment the figure of a man came out of the shadow there and walked down the middle aisle. Before the startled congregation fairly realized what was going on, the man had reached the open space in front of the pulpit and had turned about facing the people.”
Sheldon, Charles. In His Steps. Moody Press: Chicago. 1960. ISBN# B0007EXQBY
14 March 2008
A Shepherds Look at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller
"It was not the most pleasant procedure to catch each ewe in turn and lay her ear on a wooden block and then notch it deeply with the razor sharp edge of a knife. There was pain for both of us. But from our mutual suffering, an indelible, lifelong mark of ownership was made that could never be erased....There is an exciting parallel to this in the Old Testament." Page 24.
"The strange thing about sheep is that because of their very makeup, it is almost impossible for them to be made to lie down, unless four requirements are met." Page 35.
Keller, Philip. A Shepherds Look at Psalm 23. Zondervan Publishing House: Michigan. 1970. ISBN# 0-310-26797-8
"The strange thing about sheep is that because of their very makeup, it is almost impossible for them to be made to lie down, unless four requirements are met." Page 35.
Keller, Philip. A Shepherds Look at Psalm 23. Zondervan Publishing House: Michigan. 1970. ISBN# 0-310-26797-8
Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians by James Gilcrest Lawson
A few of the Famed:
Girolamo Savonarola ~ "When preaching, a Divine Light seemed to beam from his eyes..." p. 68
Madame Guyon - "Her vanity and pride were completely crushed out, and then she became a 'vessel unto honor, sancified, and meet for the master's use'." p. 70
Peter Cartwright ~ "He was not famous because of his learning or education, for he had but little of these. But his great spiritual power and native common sense and shrewdness made him known all over America..." p. 166.
Billy Bray ~ "God sometimes uses the weakest vessels in the most marvelous ways....before his conversion to Christ, he was a drunken profligate miner..." p. 186
Lawson, Frances Gilcrest. Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians. Warner Press: Indiana. 1911. 2nd printing 1972. ISBN# 0-87162-069-3
Girolamo Savonarola ~ "When preaching, a Divine Light seemed to beam from his eyes..." p. 68
Madame Guyon - "Her vanity and pride were completely crushed out, and then she became a 'vessel unto honor, sancified, and meet for the master's use'." p. 70
Peter Cartwright ~ "He was not famous because of his learning or education, for he had but little of these. But his great spiritual power and native common sense and shrewdness made him known all over America..." p. 166.
Billy Bray ~ "God sometimes uses the weakest vessels in the most marvelous ways....before his conversion to Christ, he was a drunken profligate miner..." p. 186
Lawson, Frances Gilcrest. Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians. Warner Press: Indiana. 1911. 2nd printing 1972. ISBN# 0-87162-069-3
Freedom Tide by Chad Connelly
Chapter 2, page 17 ~ "America's strength is, and always has been, her people. The free enterprise system could have developed only in America."
Page 22 ~ "America's Founding Fathers went on to give us our system of government--a republic. It has enjoyed unprecedented success. We have flourished over 225 years under one document...Obviously our foundational principles have lead to unparallel stability.
Connelly, Chad. Freedom Tide. Executive Books: Mechanisburg, PA. 2002. ISBN# 0-937539-68-6
Page 22 ~ "America's Founding Fathers went on to give us our system of government--a republic. It has enjoyed unprecedented success. We have flourished over 225 years under one document...Obviously our foundational principles have lead to unparallel stability.
Connelly, Chad. Freedom Tide. Executive Books: Mechanisburg, PA. 2002. ISBN# 0-937539-68-6
The Great Omission by Steve Saint
Chapter 1, page 17 ~ "Millions of Christians all over the world know the story of how Jim Elliot, Roger Yourderian, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming and my Dad, Nate {Saint}, were speared by Waodani in 1956. Many Christians know part of the rest of the story too, how after the five young missionaries were killed, God opened a door for Elizabeth Elliot and my aunt, Rachel Saint, to go love with the Waodani, and how when the Waodani heard the gospel of Jesus, many began to walk God's trail."
Page 25 ~ "Evangelizing the world is like a relay race. In areas where there is no church, missionaries run the first lap. Then we should hand off to local beleivers to finish the race."
Page 53 ~ "Not only is dependency one of the Devil's most effective barriers to the spead of Christ's message of forgiveness, but once it is established, it is extrememly difficult to break."
Saint, Steve. The Great Omission. YWAM Publishing. Seattle, WA. 2001. ISBN: 1-57658-216-7
Page 25 ~ "Evangelizing the world is like a relay race. In areas where there is no church, missionaries run the first lap. Then we should hand off to local beleivers to finish the race."
Page 53 ~ "Not only is dependency one of the Devil's most effective barriers to the spead of Christ's message of forgiveness, but once it is established, it is extrememly difficult to break."
Saint, Steve. The Great Omission. YWAM Publishing. Seattle, WA. 2001. ISBN: 1-57658-216-7
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
Babylon became the wealthiest city of the ancient world because it's citizens were the richest people of their time. They appreciated the value of money. They practiced sound financial principles in acquring money, keeping money and making money earn more money. They provided for themselves what we all desire... incomes for the future. ~ Introduction
"In Old Babylon there once lived a certain very rich man named Arkad. Far and wide he was famed for his great wealth. Also he was famed for his liberality. He was generous in his charities. He was generous with his family. He was liberal in his own expenses. But nevertheless, each year his wealth increased more rapidly than he spent it."
Chapter 2, page 21.
Clason, George S. The Richest Man in Babylon. Plume, published by the Penguin Group: New York. 1955. ISBN# 0-452-26725-0
"In Old Babylon there once lived a certain very rich man named Arkad. Far and wide he was famed for his great wealth. Also he was famed for his liberality. He was generous in his charities. He was generous with his family. He was liberal in his own expenses. But nevertheless, each year his wealth increased more rapidly than he spent it."
Chapter 2, page 21.
Clason, George S. The Richest Man in Babylon. Plume, published by the Penguin Group: New York. 1955. ISBN# 0-452-26725-0
Come Away My Beloved by Frances J. Roberts
(The Intimate Devotional Classic updated in today's language)
Ps. 37:23 ~ Guidance ~
My child, hear My voice, and give no heed to the voice of the stranger. My paths are straight and they are narrow, but you shall have no difficulty in finding them if you watch Me. I am guiding you. You need not look to people for direction. You may learn much by fellowship with the saints, but never allow any to take the role that is rightfully Mine -- to direct your steps. As it is written, "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord" - not by the preacher, not by some Christian worker, but by the Lord. Trust Me to do it, and give Me the time and the opportunity to do it. Be not hasty, and lean not upon your own intelligence. Rest in Me. I shall bring to pass My perfect will in your life and you believe and live in faith. (Page 16)
Roberts, Frances. Come Away My Beloved. Barbour Publishing Inc: Ohio. 2002. ISBN 1-59310-022-1
Ps. 37:23 ~ Guidance ~
My child, hear My voice, and give no heed to the voice of the stranger. My paths are straight and they are narrow, but you shall have no difficulty in finding them if you watch Me. I am guiding you. You need not look to people for direction. You may learn much by fellowship with the saints, but never allow any to take the role that is rightfully Mine -- to direct your steps. As it is written, "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord" - not by the preacher, not by some Christian worker, but by the Lord. Trust Me to do it, and give Me the time and the opportunity to do it. Be not hasty, and lean not upon your own intelligence. Rest in Me. I shall bring to pass My perfect will in your life and you believe and live in faith. (Page 16)
Roberts, Frances. Come Away My Beloved. Barbour Publishing Inc: Ohio. 2002. ISBN 1-59310-022-1
The Complete Jewish Bible ~ Translation by David H. Stern
Yochanan (John) 3:16
"For God so loved the world that He gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in Him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed."
Stern, David H. The Complete Jewish Bible, An English version of the Tanakh & B'rit Hadashah. Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc: Jerusalem, Israel. 1998. ISBN 965-359-015-4
"For God so loved the world that He gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in Him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed."
Stern, David H. The Complete Jewish Bible, An English version of the Tanakh & B'rit Hadashah. Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc: Jerusalem, Israel. 1998. ISBN 965-359-015-4
Stepping Heavenward; One Woman's Journey to Godliness (By Mrs. Elliot Prentiss)
"Last Sunday, Dr. Cabot preached to the young. He first addressed those who knew they did not love God. It did not seem to me that I belonged to that class. Then he spoke to those who knew they did. I felt sure I was not one of those. Last of all he spoke affectionate to those who did not know what to think, and I was frightened and ashamed to feel tears running down my cheeks when he said that he believed that most of his hearers who were in their doubtful state really did love their Master, only their love was something as new and as tender and perhaps as unobserved as the tiny point of green that, forcing it's way through the earth, is yet unconscious of it's own existence but promises a thrifty plant.
~ Chapter 2, page 27
"I have been much impressed by Dr. Cabot's sermon's today. While I am listening to his voice and hear him speak of the beauty and desireableness of the Christian life, I feel as he feels that I am willing to count all things but dross that I may win Christ. But when I come home to my worldly cares, I get completely absorbed in them; and it is only by a painful wrench that I force my soul back to God. "
~ Chapter 17, page 213
Prentiss, K. Stepping Heavenward; One Woman's Journey to Godliness. Barbour Publishing Inc: Ohio. 1998. Used by permission (per flyleaf) ISBN# 978-1-57748-342-7
~ Chapter 2, page 27
"I have been much impressed by Dr. Cabot's sermon's today. While I am listening to his voice and hear him speak of the beauty and desireableness of the Christian life, I feel as he feels that I am willing to count all things but dross that I may win Christ. But when I come home to my worldly cares, I get completely absorbed in them; and it is only by a painful wrench that I force my soul back to God. "
~ Chapter 17, page 213
Prentiss, K. Stepping Heavenward; One Woman's Journey to Godliness. Barbour Publishing Inc: Ohio. 1998. Used by permission (per flyleaf) ISBN# 978-1-57748-342-7
Miracles by CS Lewis
"Every event which might claim to be a miracle is, in the last resort, something presented to our senses, something seen, heard, touched, smelled, or tasted. And our senses are not infallible. If anything extraordinary seems to have happened, we can always say that we have been the victims of an illusion."
-- pg. 1--
"If immediate experience cannot prove or disprove the miraculous, still less can history do so. Many people think one can decide whether a miracle occurred in the past by examining the evidence 'according to the ordinary rules of historical inquiry'."
-- pg. 2--
"Those who assume that miracles cannot happen are merely wasting their time by looking into the texts: we know in advance what results they will find for they have begun by begging the question."
-- pg. 4--
"I use the word Miracle to mean an interference with Nature by supernatural power."
-- pg. 5--
Lewis, C.S. Miracles. Harper Collins: New York. 1947, renewed 2002.
ISBN 0-00-628094-3
-- pg. 1--
"If immediate experience cannot prove or disprove the miraculous, still less can history do so. Many people think one can decide whether a miracle occurred in the past by examining the evidence 'according to the ordinary rules of historical inquiry'."
-- pg. 2--
"Those who assume that miracles cannot happen are merely wasting their time by looking into the texts: we know in advance what results they will find for they have begun by begging the question."
-- pg. 4--
"I use the word Miracle to mean an interference with Nature by supernatural power."
-- pg. 5--
Lewis, C.S. Miracles. Harper Collins: New York. 1947, renewed 2002.
ISBN 0-00-628094-3
The Problem of Pain by CS Lewis
"Men are fools, perhaps; but hardly so foolish as that. The direct inference from black to white, from evil flower to virtuous root, from senseless work to a workman infinitely wise, staggers belief. The spectacle of the universe as revealed by experience can never have been the ground of religion: it must always have been something in spite of which religion, acquired from a different source."
-- pg. 3-4 --
"The fourth strand or element is a historical event. There was a man born among these Jews who claimed to be, or to be the son of, or to be 'one with', the Something which is at once the awful haunter of nature and the giver of the moral law. The claim is so shocking -- a paradox, and even a horror, which we may easily be lulled into taking too lightly -- that only two views of this man are possible. Either he was a raving lunatic of an unusually abominable type, or else He was, and is, precisely what He said. There is no middle way."
-- pg. 13 --
"'If God were good, He would wish to make His creatures perfectly happy, and if God were almighty He would be able to do what He wished. But the creatures are not happy. Therefore God lacks either goodness, or power, or both.' This is the problem of pain, in it's simplest form."
-- pg. 16--
Lewis, C.S. The Problem of Pain. Harper Collins: New York. 1940, renewed 1996
ISBN 0-06-065296-9 (paperback)
-- pg. 3-4 --
"The fourth strand or element is a historical event. There was a man born among these Jews who claimed to be, or to be the son of, or to be 'one with', the Something which is at once the awful haunter of nature and the giver of the moral law. The claim is so shocking -- a paradox, and even a horror, which we may easily be lulled into taking too lightly -- that only two views of this man are possible. Either he was a raving lunatic of an unusually abominable type, or else He was, and is, precisely what He said. There is no middle way."
-- pg. 13 --
"'If God were good, He would wish to make His creatures perfectly happy, and if God were almighty He would be able to do what He wished. But the creatures are not happy. Therefore God lacks either goodness, or power, or both.' This is the problem of pain, in it's simplest form."
-- pg. 16--
Lewis, C.S. The Problem of Pain. Harper Collins: New York. 1940, renewed 1996
ISBN 0-06-065296-9 (paperback)
13 March 2008
"Living, Loving & Learning" by Leo Buscaglia
"What a shame if all you believe exists is what can be shown statistically. I feel very sorry for you indeed if you are ruled only by what you can measure, because I'm intrigued by the unmeasurable. I'm intrigued by the dreams, not only by what is here. I don't give a damn what is here. I can see it. That's fine, measure it if you want to spend your life measuring it, but I am concerned with what is out there. There is so much that we don't see, we don't touch, we don't feel, we don't understand.
We assume that reality is the box we've been put in, and it's not, I assure you. Open the door sometime and look outside and see how much there is. The dream of today will be the reality of tomorrow. Yet, we've forgotten how to dream."
-- pg. 8 --
"First of all, I believe that probably the most important thing is that this loving person is a person who loves himself. ... I'm not talking about the ego trip. ... I'm talking about a person who loves himself as being someone who realizes that you can only give away what you have, and so you damned well better work at getting something. You want to be the most educated, the most brilliant, the most exciting, the most versatile, the most creative individual in the world, because then you can give it away; and the only reason you have anything is to give it away."
-- pg. 10 --
"Two thirds of the world is not the Western World. These people think differently, and feel differently, and understand differently, and you learn a lot about yourself and about the human condition when you get out of our Western environment and find out that there are people and areas where even Jesus is unknown. There are places that have no idea what our Western culture is thinking about, doing, feeling; and yet these are the people that we're meeting head on in conflict. their words are not our words. Their feelings are not our feelings. But nevertheless, I learned a lot by traveling these countries."
-- pg. 16--
Buscaglia, Leo. Living, Loving & Learning. Fawcett Columbine: New York. 1982.
ISBN 449-90024-X
We assume that reality is the box we've been put in, and it's not, I assure you. Open the door sometime and look outside and see how much there is. The dream of today will be the reality of tomorrow. Yet, we've forgotten how to dream."
-- pg. 8 --
"First of all, I believe that probably the most important thing is that this loving person is a person who loves himself. ... I'm not talking about the ego trip. ... I'm talking about a person who loves himself as being someone who realizes that you can only give away what you have, and so you damned well better work at getting something. You want to be the most educated, the most brilliant, the most exciting, the most versatile, the most creative individual in the world, because then you can give it away; and the only reason you have anything is to give it away."
-- pg. 10 --
"Two thirds of the world is not the Western World. These people think differently, and feel differently, and understand differently, and you learn a lot about yourself and about the human condition when you get out of our Western environment and find out that there are people and areas where even Jesus is unknown. There are places that have no idea what our Western culture is thinking about, doing, feeling; and yet these are the people that we're meeting head on in conflict. their words are not our words. Their feelings are not our feelings. But nevertheless, I learned a lot by traveling these countries."
-- pg. 16--
Buscaglia, Leo. Living, Loving & Learning. Fawcett Columbine: New York. 1982.
ISBN 449-90024-X
beginnings
It seems that creating my own commentary on books takes ALOT of time and effort, that I do not always expend. So instead of creating my own stuff on the books I read, I will simply clip the good parts here. The overall goal will still be the same of trying to get people a sample of the books I read, so they are informed of what kind of book it is and will buy a book they wouldn't have ordinarily.
Only a few paragraphs at the beginning will be clipped here. So there should be no spoilers, should some fiction pop up here and there.
If anyone wants to join me in my endeavour I will be happy to add you as an editor to the blog.
Only a few paragraphs at the beginning will be clipped here. So there should be no spoilers, should some fiction pop up here and there.
If anyone wants to join me in my endeavour I will be happy to add you as an editor to the blog.
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