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Sunday Dispatch.854 You must make your choice: either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any...

Sunday Dispatch.853 We know that nature is described by the best of all possible mathematics because God created it. ~ Alexander Polyakov, Russian theoretical physicist But ask the animals what they think—let them teach you; let the birds tell you what’s going on. Put your ear to the...

Sunday Dispatch.852 Cooper: You're a scientist, Brand. Brand: So listen to me when I say that love isn't something that we invented. It's... observable, powerful. It has to mean something. Cooper: Love has meaning, yes. Social utility, social bonding, child rearing... Brand: We love...

Sunday Dispatch.851 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” ~ John 16:33 (NIV) The most important element in human life is faith; if God were to take away all his blessings--health...

Sunday Dispatch.850 So be careful how you live; be mindful of your steps... Make the most of every living and breathing moment... ~ from Ephesians 5 (The Voice) Take Time for 10 Things 1. Take time to work: It is the price of success. 2. Take time to think: It is the source of power. 3. Take...

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Sunday Dispatch.848 One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only if we expect from it the ultimate answer, shall we receive it. That is because in the Bible God speaks to us. And one cannot simply think...

Sunday Dispatch.847 I get up in the morning looking for an adventure. ~ George Foreman

Sunday Dispatch.846 “If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.” ~...

Sunday Dispatch.845 You have cast all my sins behind Your back. ~ Isaiah 38:17 We shall never understand the extent of God’s love in Christ at the cross until we understand that we shall never have to stand before the judgement of God for our sins. All our sins – without exception – were...

Sunday Dispatch.844 What does it mean that God “speaks” through creation? Article excerpted from Theology: Think for Yourself What You Believe by The Navigators: God speaking through creation or the natural world means that when we look up at the stars or gaze at a California hill covered...

Sunday Dispatch.843 Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. ~ Psalm 119:89

Sunday Dispatch.842 Two Truths There are two truths about human beings that matter deeply. We are all of us rag dolls. Flawed and wounded, broken and bent. Ever since the Fall, every member of the human race has lived on the ragged edge. Partly our raggedness is something that happens to us...

Sunday Dispatch.841 Daily Gifts

Sunday Dispatch.840 To me, there is nothing more comforting than knowing that there is a God of providence who is aware not only of every one of my transgressions but of every one of my tears, every one of my aches, and every one of my fears. ~ R.C. Sproul

Sunday Dispatch.839 People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The...

Sunday Dispatch.838 “Truth is the most valuable thing in the world but often is hidden by a bodyguard of lies.” ~ Winston S. Churchill

Sunday Dispatch.837 "For God so loved..." ~ First words of John 3:16 The New Testament originally written in GREEK. The basic reason why this language was chosen instead of Aramaic or Hebrew was that the writers wished to reach a broad, Gentile (non-Israelite) audience, not just a Jewish...

Sunday Dispatch.836 Jesus repeatedly told both His followers and those who didn’t believe in Him that He was not only fully human, but He was also God in human flesh. On one occasion, for example, He boldly declared, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). The question is...

Sunday Dispatch.835 If you think God gave commands to keep us from having fun, then you my friend are not thinking.

Sunday Dispatch.834 What’s so great about Abram’s faith? Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. ~ Genesis 15:6 (NIV) The Bible makes Abram’s faith the model for us all. (See, for example, Ro 4; Gal 3; Heb 11; Jas 2.) The surprising thing is that Abram never saw a...

Sunday Dispatch.833 The Screwtape Letters is series of messages from a devil named Screwtape to his nephew, a junior demon Wormwood training in the world, has Screwtape offering advice in order to draw a Christian away from God. Three passages: “Never forget that when we are dealing with any...

Sunday Dispatch.832 “When He [God] talks of their losing their selves, He means only abandoning the clamour of self-will; once they have done that, He really gives them back all their personality, and boasts (I am afraid, sincerely) that when they are wholly His they will be more themselves...

Sunday Dispatch.831 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” ~ John 8:12 (NIV)

Sunday Dispatch.830 Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope; and there can be no truth if there is no adequate base. It is prepared to face the consequences of being proved false and say with Paul: If you find the body of Christ, the...