The year was 1921. The place was downtown Indianapolis. The largest building of its kind at that time in the U.S., a religious center, had just been dedicated. Known as the Cadle Tabernacle, it could seat 10,000 guests along with a choir of 1,500. British evangelist Rodney “Gypsy” Smith preached the dedication service to aContinue reading “Indy’s Great Awakening”
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
But God Hath Chosen
Paul the Apostle, who himself had been before his conversion anything but weak, said that “not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen…the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.” (I Cor. 1:26,27) Had anyone been able to peekContinue reading “But God Hath Chosen”
Mother
Built for us in God’s own heart, She would love us from the start; Watching o’er us like none other, We would cherish our dear Mother. In her arms she drew us near There would chase away each fear. Through her loving, soothing voice, We knew we were hers by choice. From her eyes thereContinue reading “Mother”
Builder of Temples
With Mother’s Day coming, I would just like to use this opportunity to pay tribute to mothers and motherhood, quoting from various sources. I hope it will be a blessing to all who read. “They talk about a woman’s sphere as though it had a limit; there’s not a place in earth or heaven, there’sContinue reading “Builder of Temples”
Things to Leave Your Children
The ancient philosopher, Socrates, was quoted as once saying, “Fellow citizens, why do you turn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom one day you will leave it all.” Abraham Lincoln said that “a child is a person who is going to carry on whatContinue reading “Things to Leave Your Children”
Always by Their Side
Unchurched Winter Haven, Florida, girl meets Christian teen boy. Girl is youngest of three daughters mother was left with due to the early death of her husband. Very poor. Rebelled in teen years and refused at one point to go to school having to wear same dress day after day as a high school student.Continue reading “Always by Their Side”
Trans What?
On the sixth day of the first week of the world, God “created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” (Gen.1:27). In the second chapter of Genesis, an expanded creation account, one learns that God created the man and then saw that “itContinue reading “Trans What?”
I Love the Church
In the recent past there have been pundits who have pronounced the church to be dead as they were saying their committals over it, believing that in this modern era the old-fashioned church would be irrelevant and thus replaced with that which is more up to date. Beginning in the spring of 2020 with theContinue reading “I Love the Church”
Waiting the Call
(This is the triumphant conclusion to the three previous “You and God” posts “His Last 24 Hours.” Mary Magdalene and the other Mary could not, in the pre-dawn darkness, see the bodies of the soldiers, and by the time they arrived at the tomb the angels had momentarily disappeared; they saw only the huge rockContinue reading “Waiting the Call”
His Last 24 Hours, Part 3
Pilate tried again to persuade the crowd that he should release to them Jesus, but again they cried for His blood. Finally, at about 6 a.m. he delivered Jesus over to the mob and they took Him and led Him away to be crucified. Immediately, upon His release from Pilate, soldiers seized our Savior, strippedContinue reading “His Last 24 Hours, Part 3”
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