If Biblical Headlines were written by Today’s Media

If Biblical Headlines were written by Today’s Liberal Media On Red Sea crossing:WETLANDS TRAMPLED IN LABOR STRIKEPursuing Environmentalists Killed On David vs. Goliath:HATE CRIME KILLS BELOVED CHAMPIONPsychologist Questions Influence of Rock On Elijah on Mt. Carmel:FIRE SENDS RELIGIOUS RIGHT EXTREMIST INTO FRENZY400 Killed On the birth of Christ:HOTELS FULL, ANIMALS LEFT HOMELESSAnimal Rights Activists Enraged […]

Volume 02, Issue 12

For a detailed listing of dates in Christian history, log on to www.christianhistory.net June 17, 1703 – John Wesley is born June 18, 1956 – Dawson Trotman dies of a heart attack while rescuing a swimmer at a Navigators conference. August 1st – The first United States Census was taken on this date in 1790. August 2nd – The first […]

Why Four Gospels?

– David Alan Black. Kregel. In a day when people are trying to pick apart the Scriptures and show us how the gospel writers differ from one another, the author tells us why they differ. You may not agree with what he has to say, but the book is a valuable resource when preaching through […]

Look Back – Leap Forward

– Gary L. McIntosh Building Your Church on the Values of the Past The author gives good ideas for the church looking to define values, make long range plans develop a mission and purpose and deal with church growth issues. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up […]

Immanuel in Our Place

The Gospel According to the Old Testament – Tremper Longman III. P&R Publishing. The author does a good job of bringing the Old Testament to light and helping us understand certain images in the worship of ancient Israel. If you are considering doing a series on the Tabernacle or Christ in the Old Testament, you […]

II Peter: Standing Fast in the Last Days

– Elwood McQuaid, The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry. A study in 2 Peter. A good addition to your library. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors. […]

A Prayer That Moves Heaven

Comfort and Hope for Life’s Most Difficult Moments – Ron Mehl. Multnomah. Jim Cymbala writes, “The timing couldn’t be more appropriate for Ron Mehl’s new faith-building book…In these uncertain times, those who keep in close touch with God will make it safely through the storm.” 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and […]

Relating To Other Ministers And Staff

From “When Pastors Wonder How” – by Howard Sugden & Warren W. Wiersbe. © 1973 – Moody Press. Used by permission of the author. What should be my relationship to former pastors of the church, especially my immediate predecessor? Stories about former pastors are often like stories about mothers-in-law: they are only stories. Make up […]

Dead to Flattery and Flattening

When Paul wrote Galatians 2:20, he gave all who are called to minister a timeless truth. Gal 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of […]

The Lord Is Talking, Who’s Listening?

By Dr. Joe McKeever First Baptist Church of Kenner, Louisiana My minister friend said, “My pastor is letting me preach sometimes. I’m really enjoying it.” Long pause. “Joe,” he said, “where do you get those stories? You always have some great stories and they can really dress up a sermon.” I said, “You just start […]

"God is closest to those whose hearts are broken." - anonymous

"Humility is the beginning of true intelligence." - John Calvin

"Humility, after the first shock, is cheerful virtue." - C. S. Lewis

"Only those who see themselves as utterly destitute can fully appreciate the grace of God." - Erwin W. Lutzer

"I did nothing that I might not have done better." - Richard Baxter

"Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all." - Vance Havner

"If you want to become humble, the first thing you have to admit is that you are proud." - Michael Catt

"I've met some people who were very proud of their humility." - Michael Catt

"Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility." - Augustine

"The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is." - Phillips Brooks

"The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility; humility is endless." - T. S. Eliot

"God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us." - Martin Luther

"I used to think that God's gifts were on shelves one above the other and that the taller we grew in Christian character, the more easily we should reach them. I find now that God's gifts are on shelves one beneath the other and that it is not a question of growing taller, but of stooping lower and that we have to go down, always down to get His best ones." - F. B. Meyer

"Humility is like underwear - essential, but indecent if it shows." - Helen Nielson

"For the Christian, humility is absolutely indispensable. Without it there can be no self-knowledge, no repentance, no faith and no salvation." - A. W. Tozer

"There are two classes of Christians: the proud who imagine they are humble and the humble who are afraid they are proud. There should be another class: the self-forgetful who leave the whole thing in the hands of Christ and refuse to waste any time trying to make themselves good. They will reach the goal far ahead of the rest." - A. W. Tozer

"Humility is a strange thing: the moment you think you have it, you have lost it." - anonymous

"Many would be scantily clad if clothed in their humility." - anonymous

"Life is a long lesson in humility." - Sir James Matthew Barrie, The Little Minister

"Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility." - Jonathan Edwards

"Humility is pride in God." - Austin O'Malley

Humility

2001 Classic Illustrations

– Pulpit Helps Magazine Pulpit Helps has produced a CD-Rom of 2001 Classic Illustrations gleaned from over 23 years of Pulpit Helps Magazine. The CD allows you to find stories as well as add your own. You can sort by category type, topic or Scripture. You can check it out at www.HeavenWord.com. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started […]

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