These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
I view Louisiana as a misplaced Caribbean state. A bannana republic, really. Politics is entertainment.
I watched them pour the driveway to our house. The workers laid down steel rods, then as they poured the cement, they pulled the rods up so they would be in the middle of the concrete as it hardened.
"What do you need the rods for?" I asked one of the workers.
"It makes the concrete stronger. Reinforced concrete."
"Yes, I know, but how do the rods make the concrete stronger?"
The worker picked up one of the rods. "Look, if you push down on it, it bends real easy." His muscles bulged and the rod bent. "But you couldn't pull it apart. This hunk of rod could pull that truck over there. On the other hand, a piece of concrete is easy to pull apart. But if you push down on it, it won't bend."
"So?"
"So they've got opposite strengths. The steel is strong when you pull, the concrete is strong when you push. Put them together, and you've got reinforced concrete, which is strong both ways. That's how they make all those big buildings and bridges. Concrete by itself or steel by itself wouldn't be strong enough."
He became what we are that he might make us what he is.
I've also heard it put as: God became man that man might become God.
id: 1610 | source: Athanasius | tags: Discipleship, Incarnation, Salvation
ILLUSTRATION: Waiting, Delay
A magician was on stage doing his act, when he called for a volunteer from the audience. A man volunteered and went up on stage. A 16 lb. sledgehammer was on stage next to a cement block. The magician told him to pick up the sledgehammer and break the block apart, so the audience would know the sledgehammer was real.
So, the man swung the sledgehammer with all his might & shattered the cement block. The magician now told the man to hit him square in the face with the sledgehammer. Horrified, the man said, "No way. It'll probably kill you."
The magician insisted that the man hit him in the face, saying, "I'll be fine. I promise you — go ahead."
The man swung the sledgehammer at the magicians face. He struck the magician, knocking him flat on the ground.
After 6 months in a coma in the hospital, the magician was lying in the hospital bed. One eye opened, the fingers flexed a bit, the other eye opened, and the magician sat straight up and said, "Ta-da!"
318 references in the New Testament to the second coming of Christ. That’s one out of every 25 verses.
id: 2553 | source: Anonymous | tags: Eschatology