Author: Administrador

A Peanuts cartoon pictured Lucy and Linus looking out the window at a steady downpour of rain. “Boy,” said Lucy, “look at it rain. What if it floods the whole world?” “It will never do that,” Linus replied confidently. “In the ninth chapter of Genesis, God promised Noah that would never happen again, and the … Continue reading “DOCTRINE, SOUND”

King Heroin is my shepherd, I shall always want, He maketh me to lie down in the gutters He leadeth me beside the troubled waters He destroyeth my soul. This is an anonymous poem, quoted by Francis Schaeffer (The God Who Is There [Downers Grove, 111: Inter-Varsity, 1968], p. 29).370

The results of a 1978 survey reveal that the main causes of loneliness usually have their origins in childhood. Children who were less than six years of age when parents were divorced were by far the loneliest as adults. (Cited in Human Nature, February 1979.)361 The conclusion of a five-year study by Mavis Hetherington of … Continue reading “DIVORCE, EFFECT OF”

“As a pastor in three different churches, encompassing twenty-eight years, I’m beginning to wonder if there is such a thing as an innocent party” (Dr. Stephen Olford).363

I once saw a card that said: “Old fishermen never die—they only smell that way.” That surely describes false Christianity. It never dies—it only smells that way.364 Fire ants have virtually taken over the southern United States since they were accidentally transported here a few decades ago. They are amazingly adaptable, fiercely aggressive, and multiply … Continue reading “DOCTRINE, FALSE”

“Why are men so great?” some ask. Well … The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.355

Dissolving a marriage is not like dissolving a business partnership, or even like deserting from the army. Indeed, many psychologists have stated that it is second in emotional impact only to the death of a spouse.357 On a television show, “Divorce Wars,” a thriving divorce lawyer found himself on the brink of divorce, even though … Continue reading “DIVORCE”

A young child accidentally took sleeping pills from the family’s medicine cabinet. The doctor instructed the parents to keep the child awake by any means necessary for the next four hours—including the pain of slapping if necessary. That pain was necessary for the child’s survival. So, too, in the Christian’s journey: “No discipline seems pleasant … Continue reading “DISCIPLINE, PURPOSE OF”

Lord Joseph Duveen, American head of the art firm that bore his name, planned in 1915 to send one of his experts to England to examine some ancient pottery. He booked passage on the Lusitania. Then the German Embassy issued a warning that the liner might be torpedoed. Duveen wanted to call off the trip. … Continue reading “DISCIPLINE, SELF”

One weekend, three young fellows decided to take a bicycle trip into the countryside. Although inexperienced, they covered forty miles in three and a half hours and congratulated themselves on their good time. The next morning, as they prepared to head back to their starting point, they were met by a good friend, who had … Continue reading “DISCIPLESHIP, NEED FOR”