16 Ways to Find a Wife According to the Bible

As a pastor, over the years I had my fair share of people approach me to find out if we were a "courtship" church or a "dating" church. The people invariably would tell me that their approach was "the biblical way." I eventually become leery of such claims given that the Bible does not say much about how to find a wife, or does it? Perhaps you've seen this list floating around the world-wide-web, but it's worth reviewing because it makes a very important point. So here it is, 16 ways to find a wife according to the Bible:

1) Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she’s yours. (Deut. 21:11-13)
2) “Lay hold on” a virgin who is not betrothed to another man, and "know" her, but afterwards pay her father a sum of money. Then she’s yours. (Deut. 22:28-29)
3) Find a prostitute and marry her. (Hosea 1:1-3)
4) Find a man with seven daughters, and impress him by watering his flock.--Moses (Ex. 2:16-21)
5) Purchase a piece of property, and get a woman as part of the deal.--Boaz (Ruth 4:5-10)
6) Go to a party and hide. When the women come out to dance, grab one and carry her off to be your wife.--Benjaminites (Judges 21:19-25)
7) Have God create a wife for you while you sleep. Note: this will cost you a rib.--Adam (Gen. 2:19-24)
8) Agree to work seven years in exchange for a woman’s hand in marriage. Get tricked into marrying the wrong woman. Then work another seven years for the woman you wanted to marry in the first place. That’s right. Fourteen years of toil for a wife.--Jacob (Gen. 29:15-30)
9) Cut 200 foreskins off of your future father-in-law’s enemies and get his daughter for a wife.--David (1 Sam. 18:27)
10) Even if no one is out there, just wander around a bit and you’ll definitely find someone.--Cain (Gen. 4:16-17)
11) Become the emperor of a huge nation and hold a beauty contest.--Xerxes or Ahasuerus (Esther 2:3-4)
12) When you see someone you like, go home and tell your parents, “I have seen a woman; now get her for me.” If your parents question your decision, simply say, “Get her for me. She’s the one for me.”--Samson (Judges 14:1-3)
13) Kill any husband and take HIS wife. (Prepare to lose four sons though.)--David (2 Sam. 11)
14) Wait for your brother to die. Take his widow. (It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law!)--Onan and Boaz (Deut. or Lev., example in Ruth)
15) Don’t be so picky. Make up for quality with quantity.--Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-3)
16) A wife?--Paul (1st Corinthians, chapter 7)

Obviously, this list was written with humor in mind, and some of these "ways," are not prescriptive but descriptive of the sinful ways that God's people have conducted themselves in the past--they are in no way exemplary. But this does demonstrate an important point--people often want the Bible to say certain things, such as how to find a spouse and marry, but they ignore portions of Scripture that don't fit their paradigm. The Bible has more to say about arranged marriages, for example, than it does "courtship" or dating. So then, how do we proceed?
We have to realize that the Bible does not speak to every issue we will face in life. Just ask Solomon, who had to use wisdom when the two prostitutes came to him claiming to both be the mother of one child. We must follow those things that God has given us. In all of our relationships we have the obligation to exercise the fruit of the Spirit and not mistreat anyone, that is especially true for a prospective spouse. We also have the clear biblical command that a Christian is free to marry whomever he or she chooses, so long as the prospective mate is "in the Lord" (1 Cor. 7.39). But in the end, choosing a spouse calls for wisdom.
The Bible does not give us a specific means by which we can find spouses. Some might be introduced by family or friends. Some might cultivate a letter-writing relationship (or as we might more commonly find it, e-mail, or some form of social media). In some cultures the thought of dating or courting is out of the question. I once walked in on one of my office mates in grad school--he was a Christian training for the ministry in Japan. He was intently reading a file; it looked like a personnel file. Out of curiousity I asked him what he was reading. He told me it was a file on a young woman that his father had sent him. His family, sight unseen (except for a few photos in the file) was arranging his marriage. I was stunned, but nevetheless made aware that godly Christians don't all do things the same way. I.e., just because it's American and Christians do it doesn't mean its biblical or the only way.
The greater doctrinal point here is that in the pursuit of finding a spouse, we must be mindful two things: (1) that we are mindful of God's revealed will in the moral law--we should not violate it in word, thought, or deed; and (2) Christian liberty--where God has spoken, we are bound, but where he has not spoken we are free. We are not bound by the commandments of men. This means that godly Christians may differ in how they live their lives, but it doesn't mean that one is holier than another because she dates and doesn't court.
We should also note that in its collective history, the church has never addressed the issue in its creeds or confessions about how to find a spouse. Perhaps this should tell us that it is a matter of Christian liberty and that in the end, we should rely on God's grace, wisdom, prayer, and godly counsel rather than make claims that the Bible has never made.

WHAT IF MODERN MISSIONAL CELEBRITY PASTORS HAD EXISTED IN THE EARLY CHURCH?

A satire

Written by Andy Webb | Monday, September 9, 2013

I‘ve often wondered what it would have sounded like if they’d had the modern “missional” celebrity pastors in the early church, and how they would have handled issues like Roman pressure to compromise on the Lordship of Christ or the exclusivity of Christianity. I sense it might have gone something like this:

Archaeologists working in Turkey have recently uncovered what they believe to be a 2nd Century fragment from an ancient interview with popular Lycus Valley Presbyter, Elder Lew Dicean, which occurred shortly after the Martyrdom of Polycarp. The fragment is part of a larger scroll, with the Latin Title “TEMPUS” and dated February, 157. Here is what they have translated so far:

“T: So what do are your thoughts?
L: What, the Polycarp thing?
T: Yes
L: Well it’s hard to criticize such a well known guy who’d been in ministry for so long, but I can’t get away from thinking, ‘Come on guys, its just a pinch of incense!’ I mean, think about it, we Christians already support the Roman state in so many ways every day. We pay the taxes that go to build those temples, buy the incense, and make the busts of Caesar! And we even use money that has his image on it already. And hey, who doesn’t worship that just a little, right?
I’m looking forward to a juicy steak tonight that my wife cooks so well – mind you I’m not ‘THAT’ guy, I cook too, it’s just not my night – and I know that steak came from a bull sacrificed in the name of Caesar. So aren’t I kind of a hypocrite if I declare Caesar is Lord in the secular realm in all those ways, but refuse to burn a little incense and say three words?
T: But don’t Christians view that as a compromise?
L: Look, all of us, Christian, Pagan, Jew, Zorastrian, whatever, have to compromise our religious faith a little to be good citizens of the empire. It’s the price of citizenship. And let’s face it, NOT burning incense doesn’t get you into heaven. I think in the future, you’re going to see more Christians seeing this as a political and not a religious issue, and attitudes about whether mixing politics and religion has been healthy are definitely changing.
T: So where do you draw the line?
L: Well, not where Polycarp did. I know he had his reasons, but I think there’s this unhealthy fascination with martyrdom amongst some Christians who see Christianity in this very aggressive, confrontational light that just turns modern people off. We need to engage not enrage the culture. One of our guys, Paul, once wrote in one of his letters – and I have this beautiful framed copy at home – “become all things to all men.” To me, that says I must first become a good Roman before I earn the privilege of being able to tell them about Jesus. So for me, the incense is just part of “becoming a Roman” so that I can win Romans. I think in the future you’re to see less of that martyr in your face Christianity that makes enemies and more of the “Compromissional approach” that I favor…

Andy Webb is a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church America and serves as Pastor of Providence Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, NC. This article first appeared on his blog and is used with permission.

23 OF THE BEST BIBLE JOKES AND RIDDLES

Though friends in your small group may guffaw at your punny-ness, kids are more likely to laugh hard and share a few of their own. Here are 23 of the best Bible jokes and riddles:

Margaret Feinberg shares some of her favorite jokes and riddles sure to get the kids in your class laughing.

Q. Why couldn’t Jonah trust the ocean?

A. Because he knew there was something fishy about it.

Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible?

A. Noah; he was floating his stock while everyone was in liquidation.

Q. Did Eve ever have a date with Adam?

A. No, just an apple.

Q. Where was Solomon’s temple located?

A. On the side of his head.

Q. Why didn’t Noah go fishing?

A. He only had two worms.

Q. Where is the first tennis match mentioned in the Bible?

A. When Joseph served in Pharaoh’s court.

Q. What excuse did Adam give to his children as to why he no longer lived in Eden?

A. Your mother ate us out of house and home.

Q. What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?

A. It’s Christmas, Eve!

Q. How does Moses make his coffee?

A. Hebrews it.

Q. How do we know Peter was a rich fisherman?

A. By his net income.

Q. Who were Gumby’s favorite Bible characters?

A. Shadrack, Meshack & AhBENDago.

Q. Who was the smartest man in the Bible?

A. Abraham. He knew a Lot.

Q. Why didn’t they play cards on the Ark?

A. Because Noah was standing on the deck.

Q. Who was the fastest runner in the race?

A. Adam, because he was first in the human race.

Q. Why did the unemployed man get excited while looking through his Bible?

A. He thought he saw a job.

Q. What animal could Noah not trust?

A. Cheetah

Q. Who was the greatest comedian in the Bible?

A. Samson. He brought the house down.

Q. What kind of man was Boaz before he married?

A. Ruthless.

Q. On the Ark, Noah probably got milk from the cows. What did he get from the ducks?

A. Quackers.

Q. Which Bible Character is a locksmith?

A. Zaccheus.

Q. Which Bible character had no parents?

A. Joshua, son of Nun (Joshua 1:1).

Q. Where is the first baseball game in the Bible?

A. In the big inning. Eve stole first, Adam stole second. Cain struck out Abel. The Giants and the Angels were rained out.

Margaret Feinberg (www.margaretfeinberg.com) is author of some great reads like Scouting the Divine and The Sacred Echo. She loves Coldplay but can’t wait for the skinny jean trend to pass. She asked her social media friends what marks a hipster pastor and their most brilliant responses are found above. You can follow her snark, wit, and wisdom at www.twitter.com/mafeinberg and help her figure out what to do on Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/mafeinberg.More from Margaret Feinberg or visit Margaret at www.margaretfeinberg.com
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THIS 'N' THAT

One might think that a man's dinner menu isn't exactly newsworthy. That is, unless you're the pope. Apparently if you wear a big, sparkly hat and allow millions of people to call you Holy Father, then what you put into your mouth is worthy of a news write-up by Religion News Service: 

Baked skinless chicken, salad, fruit and a glass of simple wine hardly seems like food fit for a king. But it does seem to be a meal fit for a pope. 

Pope Francis is becoming well known for his simple tastes: As Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, he carried his own bags when traveling, preferred public transportation to chauffeur-driven limousines, and, the stories go, cooks meals for himself. 

His humble lifestyle extends to the kitchen, a stark contrast with his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who before becoming pope relished feasting on fettuccine with shrimp, zucchini and saffron.

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photo credit: amanky via photopin cc

Look, we get it. We're supposed to revere Pope Francis not just because he's miraculously been granted powers of infallibility, but because he's 'humble.' Never mind the fact that the very office of pope is an ostentatious one. Let's face it, humble popes don't exist.

And if we're going to judge a man's humility by his menu, well, then us bloggers ought to be some of the most humble men and women of them all. Sure, Pope Francis used to live in a little apartment, take the bus, and eats skinless chicken and salad. But us bloggers live in our mother's basements, spend our days in a beanbag chair, and maintain a steady diet of Cheetos and Mountain Dew. I mean, if we want to have a humility contest, who do you really think is going to win? The guy in the robes with a massive silver cross around his neck, or the sweatpants-wearing blogger?

Well, it's about time for me to go prepare a humble lunch, so while I do that, please go ahead and enjoy your week in review (kind of):

• Heads up: the Holy Spirit and the Shekinah glory are scheduled to be in Houston from 28–31 March. Plan your calendar and your prayers accordingly.

• Interesting questions on this Texas fifth-grader's exam about 9/11.

• The Cripplegate has had a few really good articles about Roman Catholicism, the papacy, etc. In this one, Steve Meister talks about alleviating the protestant inferiority complex. He also rightly observes, "Since the Pope misrepresents the evangel, the gospel, I fail to grasp how he could ever excite evangelicals."

• Up to 20 churches are leaving C.J. Mahaney's Sovereign Grace Ministries "because of disputes over the leadership capabilities of the group's president, Pastor C.J. Mahaney, and its executive board."

• Steve Lawson on Proverbs 31.

• Hm. I thought everyone who has been praising 'The Bible' miniseries said it would lead people to read the actual Bible, not a chintzy novel written by a New Age Roman Catholic.

• Jim Wallis likes 'The Bible' miniseries and has produced commentary video clips that appear on the production's website. Think about that.

• The Internet probably knows more about you than does your family. Something to think about. 

• You can't deny that this is mildly amusing.

• Brian McLaren supports Rob Bell's stance on gay marriage. Well, color me not-shocked-at-all.

• I've heard a lot of Christians praising the television show Duck Dynasty. I've never watched it myself, but those who do may want to examine just what kind of a gospel the Duck Dynasty family proclaims.

• He and He alone.

• Michael Kruger reviews A New New Testament.

• And this week's Eisegetical Nonsense award goes to . . . Saddleback Church!

• An interesting article asking, "Where are the honest atheists?"

• The Mormons have once again changed their scriptures, specifically updating references to blacks and to polygamy. Kinda makes you extra thankful to know that the true and living Word of God never changes, doesn't it?

• Here's your weekly dose of adorable.

• I've always said 'Earth Hour' — those 60 minutes every year where everyone is supposed to sit in the dark and not use any electricity — was utterly ridiculous. (In fact, I usually celebrate by turning on as many lights and electrical appliances as possible). Turns out it's not just ridiculous,it's downright backwards.

• Here's some interesting photographs of children from across the globe each posing with their toys.

• Only Carl Trueman could write a blog post entitled, "The Yuck Factor" and still have it be taken seriously (as it should be).

• Tim Challies shares the background of a favorite hymn, How Firm a Foundation.

• Are you a pastor who has spent so much time preparing for your church's Easter Egg Drop that you haven't had time yet to prepare an Easter sermon? Well, look no further. Here's a full Easter sermon all prepped and ready to go.

• The Alpha Course's Nicky Gumbel is excited about Pope Francis I.

• Former 'pastor' Jack Schaap has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his relationship with a minor.

• The TSA managed to utterly humiliate an injured marine.

• The University of Tennessee has withdrawn some of the funds from its upcoming 'Sex Week' event. Organizers only have a few days to find over $11,000. Good, I hope it gets canceled.

• First comes gay marriage, then comes polygamy.

• Speaking of gay marriage, this North Carolina church has promised to stop performing marriages until gay marriage is permitted.

• Back to 'The Bible' miniseries: there's a little—no, a huge—something missing in the scene of the Last Supper.

• Blasphemous. There are no other words.

• Never make a Gospel appeal to people's emotions: 

HOW TO BECOME A PROSPERITY PREACHER

After the recent expositions about some church leaders, it has become clear that Pastoral work and Christianity as a whole is a huge pillar to Uganda’s economy. Just as a form of encouraging economic development, John K. Abimanyi gives a few guidelines to follow if any one is interested in starting, maintaining and prospering a church

Start from scratch
Do not wait to build a 10,000-seater auditorium to begin a church. The back yard garage at home can do for starters. If you follow the instructions below to the dot, you will upgrade to a palace church in no time.

Prosperity gospel
Above all, make it clear from the start that the only way to get a thing from God is by constant, sincere, and faithful tithing and sowing. The flock should know that God knows exactly how much they earn and will punish them when they give him less than a tenth. Preach about getting rich and prospering.
Do not talk about sin and hell because people do not like being blamed for the slightest sin they commit; rather, they want to listen to the promises of prosperity that God has for them.

Scream
You need a loud, sharp and hoarse voice. 21 century church is not conducted in whispers. Thus, you should be able to scream the lungs out to the masses all sermon long. It shows that you are an authority on what you are preaching. You should also be able to quote a few Bible verses off the cuff without turning the pages of the bible.

Regular concertsOrganise regular music and dance extravaganzas facilitated by dynamic bass boost sound systems. It is the only way to attract this day’s youth to your church. You can also include youth conferences where you talk about sex, abstinence, marriage, and relationships from as many perspectives as you can create.
They love hearing such talk and will never get tired of it. You would also love to have a mass choir, probably run by your wife or daughter, where the boys and girls meet to socialise during the practice. This will keep the youth satisfied and once you have today’s youth, you have tomorrow’s leaders.

Unique personalityHave a unique personality. You ought to have a few vices that you were saved from. Occasionally, remind your church that you were once a murderer, or a thief but you were saved and are now cleansed. The flock will easily associate with you because you have been where they are.
Drive high powered SUVs with personalised plates. You would particularly want to drive a Humvee. This would show that you are a General in God’s army. It helps to spread the word and show how God has blessed you. You do not need to be a good man to be a pastor. Do not let your promiscuity, witchcraft, lust, and theft stop you from serving.

The parking yard
After getting the church venue, gather up a few cars to park around your church on Sunday morning while you conduct your service. People feel secure going to a church that is attended by trendy looking people. All those that do not have cars, and they are really many, will have hope that within three months of attending your church, they will be driving as well.
So let them come and fill your bags with ‘seed.’ Words of caution though, do not pack Toyota Corollas a.k.a. kikumi and Toyota Coronas a.k.a. kibina at your venue because the people may think that your congregation is made up of special hire drivers only.

Gad for God
You need a good English accent. You must be able to pronounce the word ‘God’ as Garrd. That way, you give the congregation the feeling that you are learnt about the white man’s language; and that only builds their confidence in you. You should at no time refer to the Holy Spirit as that; rather, call him Holy Ghost; pronounced hurly gawst.

Testimonies
Hire a few people to give testimony once in while. This will send the message that things are working in your church and keep people anxious and ‘sowing.’ Do not worry about how to get the people to do this sacred job because many Ugandans would love to do such a thing. If they can sell the most private of their body parts for a couple of coins, then they can sell off their conscience for a little more than that.

People who matter
Hang around people who make things happen in your society. It helps to say words like, “while I was with the President the other day…” during your sermon. Your flock will know that they are in secure hands because you even command attention from high people. People like L.C.5 Chairperson, the President and his wife, and many of the kind. With this, you can never go wrong even if you blander with a prophecy or two.

THE ATHEISTS CREED CHANGED

An avowed atheist lived in a pretty cottage with his wife and little girl, of whom he was very fond. Once he became seriously ill and his devoted wife asked a Christian friend to come and speak to him about the truth in Christ.

The sick man greeted him with oaths and curses and abused his wife for having asked him to come. "Bring me a board and a piece of chalk," he demanded. His wife watched while his hot fevered fingers slowly traced in capital letters the words, "GOD IS NOWHERE." "There," said the sick man, "that is my creed. Place it at the foot of the bed so I can see it every time I open my eyes."

His fever arose and delirium came on. The little girl was taken to a Christian home where she was tenderly cared for and where she began to learn to read. After the father had somewhat recovered, the loving little daughter was brought home to visit him. He was deeply touched at seeing her again and had her lie down with her head on the pillow beside him.

"What have you been doing since I have been ill," he tenderly asked. "Oh, they have taken such good care of me and I have learned to read," she exclaimed.

"Have you?" said the fond father. "I wonder if you could read the words at the foot of my bed?" "Yes, father, let me try," said the little one, and she began slowly to spell out the words. "God is"-then she hesitated. "Oh, father, I've got it. GOD IS NOW HERE," and added, "Yes, father, so He is, and He has been here all the time you have been ill."

The father choked with emotion and gently said, "You must go now, darling." As soon as the door was closed he burst into tears of repentance and prayed aloud for God's forgiveness, for he saw that his boasted creed was nothing but his own invention. Broken-hearted over his sins, he came to know Jesus Christ as the One who bore all his transgressions. Soon afterward he was restored to health and to his loving family.

"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners."I Tim. 1:15.

GREAT QUOTES BY PASTOR JACK HYLES

September 25, 1926—February 6, 2001

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 "Until we are willing to die, we have no right to live." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"You are not going to be what you decide to be; you are going to be
what you decide to be around." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The victory comes not to the one who is the most talented but to the
one who labors more abundantly than them all." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A person who will not take care of the little things will not take
care of the big things, for big things are but an accumulation of
little things." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"You do not have to seek God's will when you are doing God's will." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The right walk can only come from the right stand." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"To lose something in the will of God is to find something better." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Man's greatest need is to need." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"I'd rather die in the will of God than to live outside of it." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If you hold the truth while you are in danger, the truth will hold
you when you are in danger." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Life is too short not to spend it doing what God wants us to do." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"I'd rather be right wrongly than wrong rightly." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Make no provisions for failure." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"So live that when you find yourself, you will still be qualified to
be yourself." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If God feeds me, He has a right to expect my life." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A little person in a little place can use a little thing, perform a
little task, and receive a great reward." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The man who gets ahead is the man who works while others sleep.
The people who do great works for God are those who are content and
stay at their job." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Let's be diligent in giving, careful in our living, and faithful in
our praying." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"I'll walk with man while he is awake. I'll walk with God while man
is asleep." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If I live for self, I can only live for one; if I live for others, I
can live for 3,000,000,000." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The best thing I can do for you is to love you." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"I'd like to close my ministry some day from behind this pulpit with one word to my people: 'OTHERS! Signed, Your Pastor.'" — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Faith is the willingness to risk anything on God." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"A Christian ought to feel that when a need arises, it is his duty to fill that need." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"If I and a need meet, God must have had in mind my filling it." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"A man's main business is God; a woman's main business is the man." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"Love is a gift of God." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"A good name is what is given you by others and that which has been earned by you." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"He who cannot obey cannot command." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"God does not choose those who are fit. He outfits those whom He chooses." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"Nothing unites people as sharing the same affliction." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"It is easy to be grateful for a bonus; it is character to be grateful for a salary." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by old-fashioned preaching." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"A friend cannot be known in prosperity. An enemy cannot be hidden in adversity." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"Jesus makes you happy in reality. The world makes you happy escaping from reality." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"He Who can love as no man can love can hurt as no man can hurt." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got." — Dr. jack Hyles

"It is tragic for our God, Who gave us His Son to die on the cross, to beg us to love Him." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"Too may people today ask God 'where' instead of 'what.'" — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A tribulation gives you the opportunity to test a truth you have always believed." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"God never leads anyone anywhere for money." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"Failure means I dared try." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"There is no victory in the world any more shallow than victory over another." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Happiness is untested delight. Joy is delight tested" — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The pursuit of things robs me of investing more in the work of Christ." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"You will never really love until you love someone who hates you." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Being loved is life's second greatest blessing; loving is the greatest." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Nobody is fit to be leader unless he would rather be a follower instead of a leader." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"God's mighty power comes when God's people learn to walk with God." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"There is no one big will of God for your life, God has many wills for your life." — Dr. jack Hyles

"Nobody 'used to love' anyone; there is no such thing as an 'ex-friend.'" — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The man who gets ahead is the man who works while others sleep." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Just to love, that's enough; being loved, that's a bonus." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"God's normal dealings with man are very quiet." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Effort, weakness, trust, victory: that's my biography." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The leader must be alone while others are with each other." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Preaching is fire in the pulpit that melts the ice in the pew." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If we prepare ourselves for life's inevitables, we will not be perplexed by life's transitions." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Success is on the same road as failure; success is just a little further down the road." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If I live for self, I can only live for one. If I live for others, I can live for 3,000,000,000." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"You express love by obedience." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"You don't get strength for the load; you get strength from the load." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"There is nothing more blessed than to be used of God." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Real leaders would rather follow." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"God never gives us anything to do that He does not give us the strength to do." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"I thank God that I have known hunger; I know what it is for God to feed me." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Use you work to build your people, not your people to build your work." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Greatness is in the preparation, not in the performance." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A church doesn't necessarily need space to grow; it just needs the power of God." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The difference between success and failure is work." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"We need God as much in the calm as in the storm." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Laughter means nothing unless there have been tears." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The ones who disappoint you need you the most." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"There is nothing in this world so empty as getting what you want." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Until we are willing to die, we have no right to live." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Remind your mind to use His mind." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"It is not easy to lose, but often more is won in loss than victory." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Preaching is truth set on fire." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A person who has not done well the little is not prepared or qualified to do the big." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If I labor for God, I fail. If I labor with God, I succeed." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"I know enough of God to want to know more." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If I have ever loved you, I will always love you." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"Let principles make decisions." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The follower is as important as the leader." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Your faith level is determined by your obedience level." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Preaching is sin's greatest adversary." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If God called us to a task, He will then qualify us for the job." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"You stay successful the same way you became successful." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"What we do today is more important than what we plan to do in the future." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"I never had a trial I wanted to have, but I never had trial I wasn't glad I had." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Leadership is made for service." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Faith is the key that unlocks all of God's cupboards." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A friend will not try to change your convictions." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A prepared person will always have his opportunity." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"To lose something in the will of God is to find something better." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Meditation is love's nourishment." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Love is a verb." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Clay is earth with humility." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Back of the clouds, the sun is always shining." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Leadership is forced on a man who is prepared but unaware." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Faith is asking. Faith is believing. Faith is doubting. Faith is stepping out anyway." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If a task is worthy of our attention, it is worthy of our best." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The reward that outdoes all others is the peace of knowing that you did right." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A request from a friend is a royal command." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"He Who can love as no man can love can hurt as no man can hurt." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Everything you declare with your lips will be tested in your life." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If you can't see His goodness, you can trust His goodness." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The best way to help those who are behind you is to heed those before you." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The greatest blessing the the whole world is being a blessing." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A friend cannot be known in prosperity. An enemy cannot be hidden in adversity." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Life is too short not to spend it doing what God wants us to do." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Giving is the true barometer of love." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"There are two ways to be rich in life: have what you want or want what you have." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"On the essentials, unity. On the nonessentials, liberty. In everything, charity." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The Christian life is a way of life." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Leadership always has to be learning." - —Dr. Jack Hyles

"Love is a heavenly quality that is given to prepare men to enjoy the heavenly city more." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The fire doesn't make you what you are; it reveals what you were." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The thing that God wants from us more than anything else is our dependency on Him." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Preaching is the moral conscience of a nation." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"What you are is what it takes to stop you." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Preaching is teaching with a tear in the eye." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Love is hope when reason despairs." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The wise follower will want to build strong leaders." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"It is tragic for our God, Who gave us His Son to die on the cross, to beg us to love Him." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The war is not won on the battlefield; it is won in the boot camp." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Duty and love always accompany each other." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The reward that outdoes all others is the peace of knowing that you did right." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Clay is earth with humility." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Do not ask for fears to be removed; ask for courage equal to the fears." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"When you get to the top, raise the top and climb some more." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Love is thinking." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"God never gives us anything to do that He does not give us the strength to do." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Living by faith is believing that God knows what is best for me." — Dr. Jack Hyles 

"God does not choose those who are fit. He outfits those whom He chooses." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"If there is a secret in my life it is this: I do everything by schedule." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"My mother said, 'Son, it's the I CAN that makes a great man.'" — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Silence between friends says that one's presence is enough." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Lord, help me to preach today as if it were the last sermon I would ever preach." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"To please a friend is a welcome bonus; to help him is the great reward." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Nothing is happy until it fulfills the purpose for which it was created by God." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"How can you give up the world? Just do what you ought to do, and it will give you up." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Love is the doorway through which the human soul passes from selfishness to service." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Suffering is the strongest and closest fellowship in the world." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"God won't do for you what you can do for yourself." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"There is no greater joy in the Christian life than to trust Him and need no explanation." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Character comes by repetition of right until right is done subconsciously." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"The more you learn to love, the fewer people you will have to love you as you love them." - Dr. Jack Hyles

"True friendship needs no reciprocation." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"One of the most important words in the English language is "appropriate."" — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Failing is not a disgrace unless you make it the last chapter of your book." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A tear today is an investment in a laugh tomorrow." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Make no provision for failure." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"I cannot love you as I love myself until I love God as I ought to love Him." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"There is always a prepared place for a prepared person." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"You do not have to seek God's will when you are doing God's will." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Hearts are united when they ache and break together." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Faith is asking. Faith is believing. Faith is doubting. Faith is stepping out anyway." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"A prepared person will always have his opportunity." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"God's people cannot be shamed into serving God; they need to be challenged." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"Happiness is untested delight. Joy is delight tested" — Dr. Jack Hyles

"You can't come back to God because He is already there." — Dr. Jack Hyles

"I can't make you love me, but you can't keep me from loving you." — Dr. Jack Hyles

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Inspiring Quotes to Live By

Great Men of God

JEWS vs MUSLIMS

From my friend Drakka Von Koranderthals ,  want to Boycott all Jewish things...

A short time ago, Iran 's Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khomenei urged the Muslim World to boycott anything and everything that originates with the Jewish people.

In response, Meyer M. Treinkman, a pharmacist, out of the kindness of his heart, offered to assist them in their boycott as follows:

"Any Muslim who has Syphilis must not be cured by Salvarsan discovered by a Jew, Dr. Ehrlich. He should not even try to find out whether he has Syphilis, because the Wasserman Test is the discovery of a Jew. If a Muslim suspects that he has Gonorrhea, he must not seek diagnosis, because he will be using the method of a Jew named Neissner.

"A Muslim who has heart disease must not use Digitalis, a discovery by a Jew, Ludwig Traube.

Should he suffer with a toothache, he must not use Novocaine, a discovery of the Jews, Widal and Weil.

If a Muslim has Diabetes, he must not use Insulin, the result of research by Minkowsky, a Jew. If one has a headache, he must shun Pyramidon and Antypyrin, due to the Jews, Spiro and Ellege.

Muslims with convulsions must put up with them because it was a Jew, Oscar Leibreich, who proposed the use of Chloral Hydrate.

Arabs must do likewise with their psychic ailments because Freud, father of psychoanalysis, was a Jew.

Should a Muslim child get Diphtheria, he must refrain from the “Schick" reaction which was invented by the Jew, Bella Schick.

"Muslims should be ready to die in great numbers and must not permit treatment of ear and brain damage, work of Jewish Nobel Prize winner, Robert Baram.

They should continue to die or remain crippled by Infantile Paralysis because the discoverer of the anti-polio vaccine is a Jew, Jonas Salk.

"Muslims must refuse to use Streptomycin and continue to die of Tuberculosis because a Jew, Zalman Waxman, invented the wonder drug against this killing disease.

Muslim doctors must discard all discoveries and improvements by dermatologist Judas Sehn Benedict, or the lung specialist, Frawnkel, and of many other world renowned Jewish scientists and medical experts.

"In short, good and loyal Muslims properly and fittingly should remain afflicted with Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Heart Disease, Headaches, Typhus, Diabetes, Mental Disorders, Polio Convulsions and Tuberculosis and be proud to obey the Islamic boycott."

Oh, and by the way, don't call for a doctor on your cell phone because the cell phone was invented in Israel by a Jewish engineer.

Meanwhile I ask, what medical contributions to the world have the Muslims made?"

The Global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000; that is ONE BILLION TWO HUNDRED MILLION or 20% of the world's population.

They have received the following Nobel Prizes:

Literature:
1988 - Najib Mahfooz

Peace:
1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat
1990 - Elias James Corey
1994 - Yaser Arafat:
1999 - Ahmed Zewai

Economics:
(zero)

Physics:
(zero)

Medicine:
1960 - Peter Brian Medawar
1998 - Ferid Mourad

TOTAL: 7 SEVEN

The Global Jewish population is approximately 14,000,000; that is FOURTEEN MILLION or about 0.02% of the world's population.

They have received the following Nobel Prizes:

Literature:
1910 - Paul Heyse
1927 - Henri Bergson
1958 - Boris Pasternak
1966 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1966 - Nelly Sachs
1976 - Saul Bellow
1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer
1981 - Elias Canetti
1987 - Joseph Brodsky
1991 - Nadine Gordimer World

Peace:
1911 - Alfred Fried
1911 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser
1968 - Rene Cassin
1973 - Henry Kissinger
1978 - Menachem Begin
1986 - Elie Wiesel
1994 - Shimon Peres
1994 - Yitzhak Rabin

Physics:
1905 - Adolph Von Baeyer
1906 - Henri Moissan
1907 - Albert Abraham Michelson
1908 - Gabriel Lippmann
1910 - Otto Wallach
1915 - Richard Willstaetter
1918 - Fritz Haber
1921 - Albert Einstein
1922 - Niels Bohr
1925 - James Franck
1925 - Gustav Hertz
1943 - Gustav Stern
1943 - George Charles de Hevesy
1944 - Isidor Issac Rabi
1952 - Felix Bloch
1954 - Max Born
1958 - Igor Tamm
1959 - Emilio Segre
1960 - Donald A. Glaser
1961 - Robert Hofstadter
1961 - Melvin Calvin
1962 - Lev Davidovich Landau
1962 - Max Ferdinand Perutz
1965 - Richard Phillips Feynman
1965 - Julian Schwinger
1969 - Murray Gell-Mann
1971 - Dennis Gabor
1972 - William Howard Stein
1973 - Brian David Josephson
1975 - Benjamin Mottleson
1976 - Burton Richter
1977 - Ilya Prigogine
1978 - Arno Allan Penzias
1978 - Peter L Kapitza
1979 - Stephen Weinberg
1979 - Sheldon Glashow
1979 - Herbert Charles Brown
1980 - Paul Berg
1980 - Walter Gilbert
1981 - Roald Hoffmann
1982 - Aaron Klug
1985 - Albert A. Hauptman
1985 - Jerome Karle
1986 - Dudley R. Herschbach
1988 - Robert Huber
1988 - Leon Lederman
1988 - Melvin Schwartz
1988 - Jack Steinberger
1989 - Sidney Altman
1990 - Jerome Friedman
1992 - Rudolph Marcus
1995 - Martin Perl
2000 - Alan J. Heeger

Economics:
1970 - Paul Anthony Samuelson
1971 - Simon Kuznets
1972 - Kenneth Joseph Arrow
1975 - Leonid Kantorovich
1976 - Milton Friedman
1978 - Herbert A. Simon
1980 - Lawrence Robert Klein
1985 - Franco Modigliani
1987 - Robert M. Solow
1990 - Harry Markowitz
1990 - Merton Miller
1992 - Gary Becker
1993 - Robert Fogel

Medicine:
1908 - Elie Metchnikoff
1908 - Paul Erlich
1914 - Robert Barany
1922 - Otto Meyerhof
1930 - Karl Landsteiner
1931 - Otto Warburg
1936 - Otto Loewi
1944 - Joseph Erlanger
1944 - Herbert Spencer Gasser
1945 - Ernst Boris Chain
1946 - Hermann Joseph Muller
1950 - Tadeus Reichstein
1952 - Selman Abraham Waksman
1953 - Hans Krebs
1953 - Fritz Albert Lipmann
1958 - Joshua Lederberg
1959 - Arthur Kornberg
1964 - Konrad Bloch
1965 - Francois Jacob
1965 - Andre Lwoff
1967 - George Wald
1968 - Marshall W. Nirenberg
1969 - Salvador Luria
1970 - Julius Axelrod
1970 - Sir Bernard Katz
1972 - Gerald Maurice Edelman
1975 - Howard Martin Temin
1976 - Baruch S. Blumberg
1977 - Roselyn Sussman Yalow
1978 - Daniel Nathans
1980 - Baruj Benacerraf
1984 - Cesar Milstein
1985 - Michael Stuart Brown
1985 - Joseph L. Goldstein
1986 - Stanley Cohen [& Rita Levi-Montalcini]
1988 - Gertrude Elion
1989 - Harold Varmus
1991 - Erwin Neher
1991 - Bert Sakmann
1993 - Richard J. Roberts
1993 - Phillip Sharp
1994 - Alfred Gilman
1995 - Edward B. Lewis
1996- Lu RoseIacovino

TOTAL: 129!

The Jews are NOT promoting brainwashing children in military training camps, teaching them how to blow themselves up and cause maximum deaths of Jews and other non-Muslims.

The Jews don't hijack planes, nor kill athletes at the Olympics, or blow themselves up in German restaurants.

There is NOT one single Jew who has destroyed a church.

There is NOT a single Jew who protests by killing people. The Jews don't traffic slaves, nor have leaders calling for Jihad and death to all the Infidels.

Perhaps the world's Muslims should consider investing more in standard education and less in blaming the Jews for all their problems.

Muslims must ask 'what can they do for humankind' before they demand that humankind respects them.

Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab neighbors, even if you believe there is more culpability on Israel 's part, the following two sentences really say it all:

'If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel ."

Benjamin Netanyahu: General Eisenhower warned us. It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.

He did this because he said in words to this effect: 'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened'

Recently, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred.

It is not removed as yet. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.

It is now more than 65 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.

Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.

This e-mail is intended to reach 400 million people. Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world.

How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center 'NEVER HAPPENED' because it offends some Muslim in the United States ?