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A Jewish businessman in Chicago decided to send his son to Israel to absorb some of the culture of the homeland. When the son returned, the father asked him to tell him about his trip. The son said, "Pop,I had a great time in Israel. By the way, I converted to Christianity." "Oy, vey,"said the father. "Vot haf I dun?" He decided to go ask his friend Jake what to do. Jake said, "Funny you should ask. I too sent my son to Israel, and he also came back a Christian. Perhaps we should go see the rabbi and ask...

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America In the Balance by Vernon E. Lawrence Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor—lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods. Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac; and to Isaac...

Calvin and Wesley on the Christian Life Richard M. Riss Glenwood Presbyterian Church, Glenwood Landing, NY Meeting jointly withThe United Methodist Church of Sea Cliff, NY August 2, 1998 With respect to the Christian life, most of what John Wesley said in the eighteenth century was in perfect agreement with what John Calvin had said two centuries previously during the time of the Reformation. In fact, on this topic, the comments of these two towering figures were very similar in many respects to what was said by many of the other well known devotional writers of history. One of them,...

THE ALMOST CHRISTIAN By John Wesley (text from the 1872 edition) Preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the University, on July 25, 1741. --------------------------------------------------------- "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Acts 26:28 AND many there are who go thus far: ever since the Christian religion was in the world, there have been many in every age and nation who were almost persuaded to be Christians. But seeing it avails nothing before God to go only thus far, it highly imports us to consider, First. What is implied in being almost, Secondly. What in being altogether, a Christian....

SALVATION BY FAITH John Wesley SERMON 1 (text from the 1872 edition) Preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the University, on June 18, 1738. --------------------------------------------------------- "By grace are ye saved through faith." Ephesians 2:8 1. All the blessings which God hath bestowed upon man are of his mere grace, bounty, or favour; his free, undeserved favour; favour altogether undeserved; man having no claim to the least of his mercies. It was free grace that "formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into him a living soul," and stamped on that soul the image of God, and "put...

Hillsdale College January Imprimis The Liberal Assault on Freedom of Speech Thomas G. West Thomas G. West is a professor of politics at the University of Dallas, and a member of the board of directors and a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute. He received a B.A. at Cornell in 1967, a Ph.D. in Government at the Claremont Graduate School in 1974, and served in Vietnam as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1969-70. Among his several books are Plato’s Apology of Socrates: An Interpretation with a New Translation, Four Texts on Socrates (with Grace Starry West), and Vindicating...