Jonathan Edwards<\/b><\/p>\n
In 1746 Jonathan Edwards published a book, The Religious Affections, in which he argued that \u201ctrue religion must consist very much in the affections,\u201d Edwards saw that one of the chief works of Satan was<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026to propagate and establish a persuasion that all affections and sensible emotions of the mind, in things of religion, are nothing at all to be regarded, but are rather to be avoided and carefully guarded against, as things of a pernicious tendency. This he knows is the way to bring all religion to a mere lifeless formality, and effectually shut out the power of godliness, and everything which is spiritual and to have all true Christianity turned out of doors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edwards went on to say,<\/p>\n
\u201cAs there is no true religion where there is nothing else but affection, so there is no true religion where there is no religious affection If the great things of religion are rightly understood, they will affect the heart This manner of slighting all religious affections is the way exceedingly to harden the hearts of men, and to encourage them in their stupidity and senselessness, and to keep them in a state of spiritual death as long as they live and bring them at last to death eternal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Surprised by the Power of the Spirit, Jack Deere (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1993, pp. 185-186. Men\u2019s Ministry Leadership Seminar, Promise Keepers, 1993, p. 31- 46<\/p>\n
Pitch for Teamwork<\/b><\/p>\n
In a speech before regional community leaders in Kingsport, Tennessee, Ernie Deavenport, chairman and CEO of Eastman Chemical Company, made a pitch for cooperation and teamwork between his company and the community leaders. To highlight his message, he told this story about a Little League coach:<\/p>\n
At one point during a game, the coach said to one of his young players, \u201cDo you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?<\/p>\n
The little boy nodded in the affirmative.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you understand that what matters is whether we win together as a team?\u201d<\/p>\n
The little boy nodded yes.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo,\u201d the coach continued, \u201cwhen a strike is called, or you\u2019re out at first, you don\u2019t argue or curse or attack the umpire. Do you understand all that?\u201d<\/p>\n
Again, the little boy nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood,\u201d said the coach. \u201cNow go over there and explain it to your mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Executive Speaker, Bits & Pieces, November 10, 1994, pp.20\u201321<\/p>\n
Ten Most Dramatic Sounds<\/b><\/p>\n
A group of motion-picture engineers classified the following as the ten most dramatic sounds in the movies: a baby\u2019s first cry; the blast of a siren; the thunder of breakers on rocks; the roar of a forest fire; a foghorn; the slow drip of water; the galloping of horses; the sound of a distant train whistle; the howl of a dog; the wedding march.<\/p>\n
And one of these sounds causes more emotional response and upheaval than any other, has the power to being forth almost every human emotion: sadness, envy, regret, sorrow, tears, as well as supreme joy. It is the wedding march.<\/p>\n
James S. Flora in Pulpit Digest<\/p>\n
Oliver Cromwell<\/b><\/p>\n
Oliver Cromwell, who took the British throne away from Charles I and established the Commonwealth, said to a friend, \u201cDo not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warren Wiersbe in Be Satisfied<\/p>\n
Even Temperament<\/b><\/p>\n
Persons who have uneven temperaments appear to have a much greater chance of developing serious illness and of dying young than do those with other temperaments,<\/p>\n
Drs. Barbara J. Betz and Caroline B. Thomas report in the Johns Hopkins Medical Journal. In 1948, Betz and Thomas classified 45 Johns Hopkins medical students in three personality groups on the basis of psychological tests and questionnaires. The students were listed either as \u201calphas,\u201d described as cautious, reserved, quiet and undemanding; \u201cbetas,\u201d spontaneous, active and outgoing; or \u201cgammas,\u201d moody, emotional and either over-or under-demanding.<\/p>\n
Thirty years later, Betz and Thomas looked at the health records of the former students. They found that 77.3 percent of the gamma group suffered from major disorders, including cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease and emotional disturbances. The incidence of disorders was only 25 percent in the alpha group and 26.7 percent in the betas. The doctors repeated the study on another group of 127 male students from the classes of 1949 through 1964 with similar results. \u201cToo often, gamma people get lost in their own emotions,\u201d says Betz. \u201cWhile a person\u2019s temperament cannot be changed, more support from outside sources\u2014such as more human contacts\u2014might help lessen a gamma\u2019s risk of disease.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quoted in Reader\u2019s Digest, November, 1979<\/p>\n
The Dachshund<\/b><\/p>\n
There was a dachshund once so long He hadn\u2019t any notion How long it took to notify His tail of an emotion.<\/p>\n
And so it happened, while his eyes Were full of woe and sadness, His little tail went wagging on Because of previous gladness.<\/p>\n
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