By faith we see the hand of God
In the light of creation's grand design
In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness
Who walk by faith and not by sight
By faith our fathers roamed the earth
With the power of His promise in their hearts
Of a holy city built by God's own hand
A place where peace and justice reign
We will stand as children of the promise
We will fix our eyes on Him our soul's reward
Till the race is finished and the work is done
We'll walk by faith and not by sight
By faith the prophets saw a day
When the longed-for Messiah would appear
With the power to break the chains of sin and death
And rise triumphant from the grave
By faith the church was called to go
In the power of the Spirit to the lost
To deliver captives and to preach good news
In every corner of the earth
By faith this mountain shall be moved
And the power of the gospel shall prevail
For we know in Christ all things are possible
For all who call upon His name.
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Thursday, 30 September 2010
Saturday, 1 May 2010
An Athiest Professor of Philosophy
was speaking to his Class on the problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his new Christian students to stand.
* PROFESSOR : You are a Christian, aren't you, son?
* STUDENT : Yes, sir.
* PROFESSOR : So, you believe in GOD?
* STUDENT : Absolutely, sir.
* PROFESSOR : Is GOD good?
* STUDENT : Sure.
* PROFESSOR : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL?
* STUDENT : Yes.
* PROFESSOR : My Brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
* (STUDENT was silent)
* PROFESSOR : You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is GOD Good?
* STUDENT : Yes.
* PROFESSOR : Is Satan good?
* STUDENT : No.
* PROFESSOR : Where does Satan come from?
* STUDENT : From...GOD...
* PROFESSOR : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
* STUDENT : Yes.
* PROFESSOR : Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
* STUDENT : Yes.
* PROFESSOR : So who created evil?
* (STUDENT did not answer)
* PROFESSOR : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
* STUDENT : Yes, sir.
* PROFESSOR : So, who created them?
* (STUDENT had no answer)
* PROFESSOR : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe The World around you. Tell me, son...have you ever feen GOD?
* STUDENT : No, sir.
* PROFESSOR : Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
* STUDENT : No, sir.
* PROFESSOR : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
* STUDENT : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
* PROFESSOR : Yet you still believe in HIM?
* STUDENT : Yes.
* PROFESSOR : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
* STUDENT : Nothing. I only have my Faith.
* PROFESSOR : Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
* STUDENT : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
* PROFESSOR : Yes.
* STUDENT : And is there such a thing as Cold?
* PROFESSOR : Yes.
* STUDENT : No, sir. There isn't...
* (The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
* STUDENT : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat, a Little Heat or No Heat. But we don't have anything called Cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that
* There is no such thing as Cold.
* Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.
* We cannot Measure Cold.
* Heat is Energy.
* Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.
* (There was pin-drop dilence in the Lecture Theatre)
* STUDENT : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?
* PROFESSOR : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?
* STUDENT : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the Absence of Something.
* You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light...
* But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it? In reality, Darkness isn't. If it is, you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?
* PROFESSOR : So what is the point you are making, young man?
* STUDENT : Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
* PROFESSOR : Flawed? Can you explain how?
* STUDENT : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD. You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.
* Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought. It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.
* To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing. Death is Not the Opposite of Life, just the Absence of it.
* Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from
* a Monkey?
* PROFESSOR : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.
* STUDENT : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
* (The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
* STUDENT : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor, Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
* (The Class was in uproar)
* STUDENT : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?
* (The Class broke out into laughter)
* STUDENT : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?... No one appears to have done so.
* So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have No Brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
* (The Room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
* PROFESSOR : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
* STUDENT : That is it sir...Exactly!
* The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.
* That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.
* That student was ALBERT EINSTEIN.
* PROFESSOR : You are a Christian, aren't you, son?
* STUDENT : Yes, sir.
* PROFESSOR : So, you believe in GOD?
* STUDENT : Absolutely, sir.
* PROFESSOR : Is GOD good?
* STUDENT : Sure.
* PROFESSOR : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL?
* STUDENT : Yes.
* PROFESSOR : My Brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
* (STUDENT was silent)
* PROFESSOR : You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is GOD Good?
* STUDENT : Yes.
* PROFESSOR : Is Satan good?
* STUDENT : No.
* PROFESSOR : Where does Satan come from?
* STUDENT : From...GOD...
* PROFESSOR : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
* STUDENT : Yes.
* PROFESSOR : Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
* STUDENT : Yes.
* PROFESSOR : So who created evil?
* (STUDENT did not answer)
* PROFESSOR : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
* STUDENT : Yes, sir.
* PROFESSOR : So, who created them?
* (STUDENT had no answer)
* PROFESSOR : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe The World around you. Tell me, son...have you ever feen GOD?
* STUDENT : No, sir.
* PROFESSOR : Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
* STUDENT : No, sir.
* PROFESSOR : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
* STUDENT : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
* PROFESSOR : Yet you still believe in HIM?
* STUDENT : Yes.
* PROFESSOR : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
* STUDENT : Nothing. I only have my Faith.
* PROFESSOR : Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
* STUDENT : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
* PROFESSOR : Yes.
* STUDENT : And is there such a thing as Cold?
* PROFESSOR : Yes.
* STUDENT : No, sir. There isn't...
* (The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
* STUDENT : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat, a Little Heat or No Heat. But we don't have anything called Cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that
* There is no such thing as Cold.
* Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.
* We cannot Measure Cold.
* Heat is Energy.
* Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.
* (There was pin-drop dilence in the Lecture Theatre)
* STUDENT : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?
* PROFESSOR : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?
* STUDENT : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the Absence of Something.
* You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light...
* But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it? In reality, Darkness isn't. If it is, you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?
* PROFESSOR : So what is the point you are making, young man?
* STUDENT : Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
* PROFESSOR : Flawed? Can you explain how?
* STUDENT : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD. You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.
* Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought. It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.
* To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing. Death is Not the Opposite of Life, just the Absence of it.
* Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from
* a Monkey?
* PROFESSOR : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.
* STUDENT : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
* (The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
* STUDENT : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor, Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
* (The Class was in uproar)
* STUDENT : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?
* (The Class broke out into laughter)
* STUDENT : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?... No one appears to have done so.
* So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have No Brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
* (The Room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
* PROFESSOR : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
* STUDENT : That is it sir...Exactly!
* The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.
* That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.
* That student was ALBERT EINSTEIN.
Friday, 30 April 2010
In Christ Alone.
In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone! who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine -
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath.
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
(Stuart Townend, Keith Getty)
He is my light, my strength, my song;
this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone! who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine -
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath.
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
(Stuart Townend, Keith Getty)
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