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It is interesting that science has produced some of the world's greatest Christians and some of the world's greatest atheist.
A discovery
speaks to one man, of God's power and to the humility of another man,
God's infinite wisdom. Some men looking into the sky cannot see God for
the stars Some see God in the stars.
There
is a story told of a little boy who one day had let his kite fly so
high in the sky that it was beyond sight,. a man walking by ask the
little boy how he knew the kite was there. He replied, "I feel the pull hf it, I just feel the pull of it."
'Tolstoy has a story in which a man is given a boat, and a pair of oars, and points to the shore across a stream.
He
shifts his weight in the rocking of the boat, grasp the oars and begins
to row. Soon he grows tired and about him are other leisurely folk
drifting with the stream. He cries" out, "Is this the way?"
They reply, "Of course this is the way."
"What did you think?"
"There can be no other way."
The man drops his oars and begins to drift.
It is easy, he can lay back and look at the bright blue sky,
It is peaceful and quiet and easy, suddenly he hears a roar, looks up and the white foam of the water spells one word in capital letters -RAPIDS.
He picks up his oars and begins to frantically row, cursing himself all the time for drifting.
Tolstoy goes on to say, the current is the tradition of the world, the oars are free will, the opposite shore is God.
And so, it may be said, first the man drifts, then the man's mind drifts, then the man's soul drifts.
A native boy was approached by a hardened businessman hunting in Africa.
The boy was seated in the shade of a tree reading the Bible.
Speaking through his interpreter he told the boy, 1'll give you an orange if you'll tell me where I can find God. !
The tables were turned on the somewhat debatable jokester however when the lad replied, If I'll give you two oranges if you'll tell me where he is not."
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NO…WHOSE ARE YOU?
In a Peanuts cartoon strip Peppermint Patty is shown talking to Charlie Brown.
“Guess what, Chuck? It’s the first day of school and I got sent to the principal’s office.
And it’s your fault!”
Charlie Brown responds, “My fault? How could it be my fault? Why do you say everything is my fault?”
To which she declares, “You’re my friend, aren’t you, Chuck? You should have been a better influence on me.”
In the comics, it’s funny… but in real life it’s much more complicated.
Yes, God loves you the way you are but he loves you too much to let you stay that way.
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STILL RECEIVING RAVE REVIEWS 8 YEARS AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION.
"Positive,
powerful utterances...skillfully enhancing our understanding and
appreciation of Lincoln while revealing the Divine source of his
strength."
Lt. Colonel C.A. Olsen (Ret.) Asbury College (Professor Ret.)
"The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln is an
extremely well written book that investigates what might be termed the
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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