Why Are You Afraid?
VIDEO VIGNETTE I: Dr. Billy Graham
All this week I’ll be sharing brief and compelling video clips from some of today’s most appreciated and respected Christian thinkers. I welcome your reaction and thoughts.
For now, I’m delighted to begin with the legendary Dr. Billy Graham.
TRUE HAPPINESS
When a Mother Meddles
The story begins over eighty years ago. In 1930 Yankee legend Lou Gehrig, who was notoriously shy, was smitten with a young redhead named Ruth Martin. Very little is known about their courtship, but there are strong indications he wanted to marry her.
At 27 years of age, Lou was in his seventh season with the Yankees. And although he was forced to share the spotlight with Babe Ruth, he was a major star on baseball’s biggest stage.
Facebook Recognizes Preborn Life
Has it ever struck you as strange that when a pregnant woman is injured in an accident, journalists will routinely refer to the condition of her “baby” – but absent such an unfortunate incident, they’re more likely to reference that same child as a “fetus”?
According to a story out this week:
Facebook is now letting parents-to-be list their unborn children on their personal profiles.
Among options that include daughter, son, wife and husband, the “Friends and Family” section under “Edit Profile” now allows the option “Expected: Child.” Parents can add a due date and the baby’s name.
What Do You Think of Childless Restaurants?
Just two weeks ago McDain’s Restaurant and Golf Center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, implemented a new rule that bans children under the age of six.
According to owner Mike Vuick, there’s “nothing wrong with babies, but the fact is you can’t control their volume.”
One occurrence is not a trend, but there seems to be evidence of a growing impatience or downright irritation with young children these days. Or at the very least, there appears to be an unwillingness to recognize a distinction between children who are well behaved and kids who wreak havoc in public places.
Who Manages Your Budget?
The story is told of two men, both married to their respective wives for just over a year. They were discussing the adjustment that accompanies such a major transition, and in particular, the challenge of managing the family’s finances.
“I’m the head of my house,” the first man said dogmatically. “I think I should be; after all, I earn the money.”
“Well,” the other man replied, thinking himself more egalitarian, “my wife and I have a perfect agreement.
Are You the Next Guy?
My friend and colleague, Marlen Wells, is a former Toronto police officer. After twelve years on the force he turned in his badge to pursue a calling in youth ministry. He and his wife, Bobbi, have five children, two of whom are still teens. Perhaps because of the “street sense” he culled from a career as a cop, Marlen knows how to creatively communicate with people, especially young adults.
I’ll share just one example. I wonder if you can relate.
The Christian Classics – Part V
Conversion: The Life-Changing Power of the Word
(from Augustine’s Confessions, Book VIII, Chs. 8-12)
There was a garden attached to our lodging, and we had the use of this as of the whole house; for our landlord, the owner of the house, did not live there. To this garden the tumult in my heart had driven me, as to a place where no one could intervene in this passionate suit which I had brought against myself until it could be settled—though how it would be settled You knew, not I.
The Christian Classics – Part IV
On the Benefits of Continual Conversation With God
(from The Practice of the Presence of God, by Brother Lawrence, Fifth Letter)
I know that for the right practice [of the presence of God], the heart must be empty of all other things; because God will possess the heart alone; and as he cannot possess it alone without emptying it of all besides, so neither can He act there, and do in it what He pleases, unless it be left vacant to Him.
The Christian Classics – Part III
On Thinking Rightly about God
(from The Knowledge of the Holy, by A.W. Tozer)
What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.
The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God.
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