Bobby Jones was one of the greatest golfers to ever compete, uniquely known for winning the “Grand Slam” of golf winning all four major tournaments in the U.S. and Britain in a single year. In 1925, early in his career, having reached the final playoff in the U.S. Open, at a certain point in the match, Jones was setting up to strike his ball which was in the rough just off the fairway. His iron accidentally touched the ball. He immediately became angry with himself, turned to the marshals, and called a penalty on himself. But the marshals had not seen the ball move, ...
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Christian History Proves that early Christians believed in one God and his name one (Zech 14:9). The Jewish converts held to the Old Testament "Shema", or saying of Deut 6:4: "Hear O Israel, The Lord Our God is one"... And it was not until Justin Martyr 90-165 AD and the Didache 130 AD teachings; (These Are false writings accepted by Catholics as doctrine even today. They readily admit it is work of fiction.) that baptism was changed to a slightly extend trinity form, with Jesus still inserted in the middle of it. From there came the idea of other Greek minded converts to add ...
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Scottish minister Alexander Whyte was known for his uplifting prayers in the pulpit. He always found something for which to be grateful. One Sunday morning the weather was so gloomy that one church member thought to himself, “Certainly the preacher won’t think of anything for which to thank the Lord on a wretched day like this.” Much to his surprise, however, Whyte began by praying, “We thank Thee, O God, that it is not always like this.” You see, there is always a way to thank God, even in the worst of circumstances. The Truth "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the ...
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The origins of Halloween are Celtic in tradition and have to do with observing the end of summer sacrifices to gods in Druidic tradition. In what is now Britain and France, it was the beginning of the Celtic year, and they believed Samhain, the lord of death, sent evil spirits abroad to attack humans, who could escape only by assuming disguises and looking like evil spirits themselves. The waning of the sun and the approach of dark winter made the evil spirits rejoice and play nasty tricks. Believe it or not, most of our Halloween practices can be traced back to these old pagan ...
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Wiersbes, Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers, quotes: “Millions of surveys which we have helped to take around the world indicate that approximately 98 percent of the Christians do not regularly introduce others to the Savior.” In a survey given to those attending training sessions for a Billy Graham crusade in Detroit, attendees were asked to answer this question by checking one of the following answers. “What is your greatest hindrance in witnessing?” 0% said they don’t care. 9% said they were too busy to remember to do it. 12% said their own lives were not speaking as they should. 28% felt the lack ...
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