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Leonardo
da Vinci was one of the outstanding intellects of all history, for he
was great as a draftsman, an engineer, and a thinker.
Just
before he commenced work on his "Last Supper" he had a violent quarrel
with a fellow painter. So enraged and bitter was Leonardo that he
determined to paint the face of his enemy, the other artist, into the
face of Judas, and thus take his revenge and vent his spleen by handing
the man down in infamy and scorn to succeeding generations.
The
face of Judas was one of the first that he finished, and everyone could
easily recognize it as the face of the painter with whom he had
quarreled.
But when he came to paint the face of Christ, he could make no progress.
Something seemed to be baffling him, holding him back, frustrating his best efforts.
At
length he came to the conclusion that the thing which was checking and
frustrating him was the fact that he had painted his enemy into the face
of Judas. He
therefore painted out the face of Judas and commenced anew on the face
of Jesus, and this time with the success which the ages have acclaimed
I met anger and it made me ill, chewing at logic with terrible unconcern.
I met hate and it smiled, . trying to make me believe it made me strong.
I met love and it walked softly by my side along the pathways of life;
Its voice was a whisper; a gentle breeze
cooling the heat of anger and destroying the storm of hate.
It
was Jesus, as well you know. And when He walks with me I do not do not
do foolish things or say foolish thing or act the fool.
The below was posted on Wyrick'sWritings
A
man who had once claimed Christ, and then through bitterness had left
the church and his faith, was asked by a friend, “What do you miss the
most?” The reply was instant, “I miss the trumpets in the morning."
Yes, God loves you the way you are but he loves you too much to let you stay that way.
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Lt. Colonel C.A. Olsen (Ret.) Asbury College (Professor Ret.)
"The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln is an
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spiritual side of President Lincoln. It's both scholarly and very
readable. I came away impressed at Mr. Wyrick's portrayal of the
President and with an altered and enlarged vision of the man:'
William Hoffman, Award winning fiction writer; author of Blood and Guile, and Wild Thorn
"Wyrick
has authored a wonderful examination of the spirituality of one of
American history's most devoutly religious leaders...a pleasant and
readable book that has a rich depth of information."
Maynard Pittendreigh Presbyterian minister
"When
it comes to invoking religion in support of any of their decisions,
politicians need to sit at the feet of Abraham Lincoln. Reinhold Niebuhr
once called him 'America's greatest theologian.' Why so great? Because
he invariably distinguished between human works and the works of the
Almighty. As Wyrick
says, 'He wore the mantle of humility easily: because he was more
impressed with what God was doing in the world than with what he,
president of the United States in the midst of an awful crisis, was
doing. That is why in his last major speech he distinguished between
both human causes in the Civil War and the Almighty's 'own purposes.'
Lincoln would have agreed that it is better to leave God-talk out of
politics than to decorate human proposals with divinity. This is a book
for our American time. Through his careful study of Lincoln's career,
Wyrick compels us to remember that piety belongs in politics only when piety transcends politics."
Dr. Donald W. Shriver
Emeritus professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Author of An Ethic for Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics
"v. Neil
Wyrick's fine work allows the reader to appreciate Abraham Lincoln's
Christian commitment and his prophetic role in American history. Should
have a wide readership."
James H. Smylie Professor of Church History (Ret.) Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia
"Neil Wyrick's The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln should be read
by anyone attempting to understand the man who was probably the most
complex person to ever hold the office of president of the United
States. Dr. Wyrick is intent on demonstrating that the spirituality so
often expressed in Lincoln's writings and speeches was not merely lip
service to a Deity, but rather expressions of a profound faith in a real
God. It was this faith that provided the wisdom, compassion, insight
and sometimes steel that Lincoln would need in full measure
as he led the United States through the Civil War. Dr. Wyrick's clear
and unpretentious style of presentation is very much in keeping with the
character ofhis subject, and in so doing, Wyrick makes his point very
well that Lincoln, his beliefs, and the faith that formed them, are as
relevant to a troubled America in 2004 as they were in 1863."
Daniel Allen Butler, author of "Unsinkable"; The Full Story of the RMS Titanic, The Lusitania and The Age o f Cunard
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