useful phrases and
things to think about
Funny...
Funny how $10 looks so big when we take it to church
and so small when we take it to the store.
Funny how big an hour serving God looks and
how small 60 minutes are when spent playing golf, fishing or playing bridge.
Funny how laborious it is to read a chapter in the Bible and
how easy it is to read 2-300 pages of a best selling novel.
Funny how we believe what a person or newspapers say,
but question what the Bible says.
Funny how we can't think of anything to say when we pray and
don't have any difficulty thinking of things to talk about to a friend.
Funny how we need 2 or 3 weeks to fit a church event into our schedule,
but can adjust it for a social event at the last minute.
Funny, isn't it?
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Why God Never Received Tenure at Any University
He had only one major publication.
It was in Hebrew.
It had no references.
It wasn't published in an academic journal.
Some doubt he wrote it himself.
He may have created the world, but what has he done since?
The scientific community cannot replicate his results.
He never received permission from the ethics board to use human subjects.
When one experiment went awry, he tried to cover it up by drowning the subjects.
He rarely came to class and just told students, "read the book."
Some say he had his son teach the class.
He expelled his first two students.
His office hours were irregular and sometimes held on a mountaintop.
Although there were only ten requirements, most students failed.
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