Movie Producer Sam Goldwyn, the movie producer, used to mangle the English language so badly that his malapropos and mixed metaphors came to be known as Goldwynisms. Some that have become classics are… A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry is named William. Now, gentlemen, listen slowly. … Continue reading “Goldwyn, Sam”
Godliness
Resource • Swindoll, Strengthening Your Grip, p. 194
God, wrath of
Earthquake California’s $3-billion-a-year pornographic movie industry is viewing the earthquake as God’s personal destruction of American’s most wicked city, some porn producers say. The quake was centered in the cities of Northridge, Shatsworth, and Canoga Park, which are home to nearly all of the U. S. soft-and hard-port video industry. Every one of the primary … Continue reading “God, wrath of”
God, wisdom of
Let Me Be a Woman Elizabeth Elliot, in her book Let Me Be a Woman, records the story of Gladys Aylward unable to accept the looks God had given her. Ms. Aylward told how when she was a child she had two great sorrows. One, that while all her friends had beautiful golden hair, hers … Continue reading “God, wisdom of”
God, will of; cf. Guidance
Guidance I will seek the will of the Spirit of God through, or in connection with, the Word of God. The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also. If the Holy Ghost guides us at all, He … Continue reading “God, will of; cf. Guidance”
God, unsearchable
John Wesley In an attempt to express the inexpressible, a Christian businessman kept this motto on his desk: “How great must be the God we need! How much greater is our God than our greatest need! John Wesley captured that same truth in a different way. “Give me a worm that can understand a man,” … Continue reading “God, unsearchable”
God, trust in
In Whom Do You Trust The Ladies Home Journal (Sept, 1981) asked, “In whom do you trust?” Responses were: Walter Cronkite 40% of the vote Pope John Paul 26% of the vote Billy Graham 6% of the vote God 3% of the vote Ladies Home Journal, 1981
God, sufficiency of
Quotes • When you have nothing left but God, then you become aware that God is enough. – Maude Royden • He who has God and many other things has no more than he who has God alone. – C. S. Lewis Sources unknown
God, sovereignty
It Happened on the Brooklyn Subway Marcel Sternberger was a methodical man of nearly 50, with bushy white hair, guileless brown eyes, and the bouncing enthusiasm of a czardas dancer of his native Hungary. He always took the 9:09 Long Island Railroad train from his suburban home to Woodside, N.Y.., where he caught a subway … Continue reading “God, sovereignty”
God’s Rule
The Kingdom of God While serving as a missionary in Laos, I discovered an illustration of the kingdom of God. Before the colonialists imposed national boundaries, the kings of Laos and Vietnam reached an agreement on taxation in the border areas. Those who ate short-grain rice, built their houses on stilts, and decorated them with … Continue reading “God’s Rule”