In 1949, just months before the breakthrough crusade that launched Billy Graham’s remarkable evangelistic career he went through a personal crisis of faith that could have taken him out. Billy’s crisis of faith was not unlike the crisis of faith that every Christian at one time or other must go through. The crisis of faith at its core is wrestling with the question, “Can I trust God to be who He says He is?” And that is intricately tied to the question “Is the Bible true?”
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Finding the light in a darkness of doubt
Posted in Church History, Overcoming, Relationship with God, tagged believing the Bible, Billy Graham, breakthrough to faith, crisis of faith, dark night of the soul, darkness of doubt, dealing with doubt, doubt, unbelief on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The multiplied power of sacrifice
Posted in Church History, News & Reflections, TOP TEN ALL TIME Posts, tagged cloud of witnesses, missionary movement, missionary zeal, missions, Moravians, sacrifice, slavery on May 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Eternity shall forever be filled with praises to God for those who have sacrificed their lives that others might live. Leonard Dober, David Nitschmann and the early Moravian missionaries are part of that exclusive company, the cloud of witnesses for the Lamb who have gone before us.
Some things we take for granted came at great cost
Posted in Church History, tagged Anabaptist, cloud of witnesses, credobaptism, doctrinal division, Felix Manz, paedobaptism, radical reformation, reformation, water baptism on April 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On a cold January morning in 1527, in Zurich, Switzerland, a man by the name of Felix Manz was taken in a row boat to the middle of the river Lammat. He was made to squat down, his arms were stretched around his knees and his hands were tied. A stick was thrust above his [...]
What makes Good Friday so GOOD?
Posted in Church History, Relationship with God, tagged cross, crucifixion, Good Friday, Jesus, salvation on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today is Good Friday, also referred to as Holy Friday or Great Friday, the day throughout church history that we have commemorated the death of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross for the sins of the world. It is a day that is rich in Christian tradition and most church denominations include in their [...]
An invitation to a deeper appreciation of Christian tradition
Posted in Church History, tagged Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday, Sacred Pathways, tradition, worship on April 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today is Maundy Thursday, the liturgical calendar’s traditional name for Thursday of Holy week. Also referred to as Holy Thursday it is observed in commemoration of our Lord’s Last Supper. It is the anniversary of the institution of the ordinance of communion or as it is called in many traditions, the Eucharist. And it is [...]
