8 Lies that Destroy the Marriage Covenant
PURPOSELIE: My happiness is the supreme goal of marriage (God just wants me happy!).TRUTH: God’s glory and others good is the goal of marriage. “Whatever you do, in word or deed, do all for the glory of God.” (1 Corinthians 10:31) AFFECTIONLIE: When love is gone, the marriage is over.TRUTH: Loss of love teaches me
"One example is worth a thousand arguments." - Gladstone
"If you want your neighbor to see what the Christ spirit will do for him, let him see what it has done for you." - H. Beecher
Example
"Controversy, it should be stressed, flows from the collision of truth with falsehood. Controversy, however, should not result from the manner in which the truth is presented. In other words, in a confrontational situation, controversy should be the result of the message, not the messenger." - John W. Whitehead
Controversy
"Real contentment must come from within. You and I cannot change or control the world around us, but we can change and control the world within us." - Warren W. Wiersbe
Contentment
Spending Trends
(from Time Magazine, August 2011) Rate of spending growth:2003-2007 14%2007-2011 3% Since 2007, Consumers in the U.S. are spending more on:Higher Education +6%Bicycles +9%Movie Theaters +12%Watches +13%Used Autos +4%Sewing Items +1%Hospital Services +11%Cell Phone Services +31%Lotteries +16%Physician Services +7%Alcohol +5%Foreign Travel in the U.S. +17% And less on:Veterinary and Pet Services -6%Clothing Repair and Alteration
Activism
Have you participated in pro-life activism? (check all that apply) 21% I have participated in a march and/or protest.19% I have held pro-life signs.19% I have written an elected official.5% I have a pro-life bumper sticker.10% I have written articles, blog posts, and/or updates through social media13% I don’t participate in public activism.8% I am
30 Years of MTV
(as seen in Time Magazine, August 2011) Part of a timeline highlighting MTV’s past 30 years: 1981: MTV launches on August 1 with “Video Killed the Radio Star” by English new-wave band the Buggles1983: Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” breaks MTV’s color barrier after two years of black artists going unseen1987: Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again”
Portraits of a Disciple
Recollections of John Stott’s Life and Ministry – Christopher J. H. Wright (ed). IVP Books. More than a biography, this book is a “sketch of a man who overflows all attempts to describe him, offered by a tiny few of his many, many friends.” Although biographies have been written about this world-renowned pastor, none paint
A Place for Truth
Leading Thinkers to Explore Life’s Hardest Questions – Dallas Willard. IVP Books. Over the years, the Veritas Forum has provided a place in the university for speakers to discuss the deepest questions of truth and life. Now, in A Place for Truth, many of the most notable presentations have been gathered together in one conversational
What’s Stopping You?
Our Adversary is unrelenting. He has nothing else to do. He isn’t interested in a night off or a little vacation. The devil is pure evil and ruthlessly intent to steal, kill, and destroy. Today and tomorrow, 24 hours a day. And most leaders are seriously naïve regarding his activity. Nehemiah, Chapter 6 illustrates the
"Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches." - Vance Havner
"In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they chose for social reasons." - Vance Havner
Church
"Christianity means to the merchant that he should be honest; to the judge it means that he should be just; to the servant, that he should be faithful; to the school boy, that he should be diligent; to the street-sweeper, that he should sweep clean; to every worker, that his work shall be well done." - Anonymous
"For what constitutes a Christian is not accepting the Christian’s creed, but accepting Christ as Savior and Lord. It is a question of personal loyalty and love." - Sir Robert Anderson
"The only way to keep to keep Christianity out of the school system is to keep Christians out of it." - Harold Wiltz
True Christianity is "essentially dogmatic…Jesus Christ was not 'broad-minded' in the popular sense of the word; He was not prepared to accept as valid all views on every subject. Jesus Christ was not afraid to dissent from official doctrines He knew to be wrong [or not politically correct] and to expose error." - John R. Stott
"True Christianity, it should be emphasized, speaks to all of life, not just to a narrowly 'religious' concerns." - John W. Whitehead
"The complacency of Christians is the scandal of Christianity." - A. W. Tozer
Christianity