With Jack Bailey
Scripture So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God. ~1 Corinthians 8:4, NLT Quote It is the glory of vain men never to yield to the truth. ~Augustine Roman and Greek mythology was big…
Scripture “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.” ~Luke 6:31-32, NLT Quote Apart from linguistic difficulty, the greatest barrier I have met is the almost total absence form the minds of my…
Scripture Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ~Matthew 5:3, LSB Quote Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others. ~C. S. Lewis {God in the Dock, p. 127} Poverty creates brotherhood. Those who are poor…
Scripture Ask, using My name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy. ~John 16:24, NLT Quote Action produce results: Prayer is an action. ~C.S. Lewis I am bad to get a new book, read a couple of chapters and lay it down. I am a spot reader; I seldom read a book…
Scripture Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ~Matthew 7:7-8, NASB Quote The LAW OF PRAYER is to ask. ~George W. Truett Although…
Scripture Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” ~Psalm 14:1 Quote Human nature, the importance of objective truth, and the beauty of family and of distinctions between the sexes is beyond man’s will {control}. ~C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis wrote a space trilogy back in the 1940’s: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous…
Scripture How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! ~Psalm 1:1, NASB Quote I would be inclined to think a Christian would be wise to avoid any meeting with people who are bullies, lascivious, cruel,…
Scripture The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! ~Luke 18:11, NLT Quote Man’s only infinite trait is his ignorance. ~Ya’akov Do you want a challenge mentally? Read Augustine or C.S. Lewis. Yesterday, Augustine…
Scripture How long will you be heavy hearted human creatures? Why love emptiness and chase after falsehood? ~Psalm 4:3, Augustine Quote I was inflamed by the Psalms with love for You {God}. ~Augustine {My Confessions, p.162} I was reading Augustine’s My Confessions and he quoted Psalm 4:3, How long will you be heavy hearted human creatures?…
Scripture Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. ~2 Chronicles 7:14, NLT Quote The nation that prays together, stays together. ~Ya’akov Hardly a…