Posted by ccline on Nov 27, 2008 in Blog | 0 comments
Perhaps no other custom reveals our nation’s original character as clearly as the celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Other countries have adopted similar observances, but America was the first to nationally recognize its dependence on God with a special day set aside for thanksgiving for His wondrous provision and deliverance.
Although the exact date of the first American Thanksgiving...
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Posted by ccline on Nov 20, 2008 in Blog | 0 comments
A Christian once visited a farmer to talk to him about Christ.
“I wouldn’t come to church up there,” the farmer said. “I know old so and so church goer who claims to be a Christian, and so and so who attends church there who claims to be a Christian and they don’t live any differently from me. I’m as good as they are.”
Everywhere the farmer went he told...
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Posted by ccline on Nov 11, 2008 in Blog | 2 comments
Out on the internet, I keep seeing people writing about “strong” faith and “weak” faith Christians. Each time I read about it, I consistently find people talking about weak faith Christians being those that say “You shouldn’t do this or that.” They’re typically described as “legalists.” On the other side, “strong” faith...
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Posted by ccline on Nov 4, 2008 in Blog | 0 comments
A church-goer wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me I can’t remember a single one of them. So I think I’m wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by...
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