September 19, 2007
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Issue #018, September 19, 2007
Woo-hoo! It's finally here. Single & Sure, that is, my new ebook I've been telling you about for months.
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September's Inspire-O-Gram tackles the problem of doubt.
Feeling guilty doesn't help. Neither does trying to ignore the problem. You can make progress only when you face your doubts...
Odds are that if you doubt God, you also doubt yourself. Here's a way to deal with self-doubt...
Well, to lighten things up a bit, I wrote this month's new poem on--you guessed it--doubt:
Oh, I doubt it
I thought I did,but I didn't.
I know what to do,
but I don't.
I thought that maybe
I might reconsider,
but on second thought
I think that I won't.
I'm undecided
about indecision.
I wish I could see far ahead.
But even if I possessed X-ray vision
I'd rather be certain instead.
So I waffle and waver
and never get braver,
'til it's enough to make you
wanta shout.
I'm fully persuaded
and have never evaded
that the only thing
I'm sure of is doubt.
Quote time...
September's quotation comes from the prolific pen of Theodore Ledyard Cuyler, a Presbyterian pastor in the state of New York (1822-1909). Cuyler was active in the American religious revival of 1858, and wrote more than 3,000 articles and several books. His autobiography, Recollections of a Long Life, is available for free at Project Gutenberg:
Theodore Ledyard Cuyler
Rut Disruptor
This month's Rut Disruptor question is a short but important one:
Every Christian who has an active mind experiences doubt. We make fun of "Doubting Thomas" the apostle, but the truth is that none of Jesus' disciples believed Mary Magdalene's news that he had risen from the dead, until they saw him themselves. Doubt is not sin. It's the sign of an intellect determined to know the truth.
A rare treat for you...
Before I close this issue of Inspire-O-Gram, I'd like to leave you with another super fr'eebie. Many of you are familiar with John Ortberg, author of If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat, which is one of my all-time favorite Christian books.Pastor Ortberg is currently at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, in California, and his sermons are available for viewing f'ree online, as well as in podcast.
Here's his introductory sermon about doubt. It takes a while to load, so please be patient.
You can view the rest of the series at Sermons@MPPC. Good stuff!
That's it for September's Inspire-O-Gram. I hope you found something worthwhile in it.
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