Category Archives: Faith

‘A spirit manifest in the laws of the Universe

Posted on October 16, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

When Albert Einstein put forward his theory of relativity, the thing that bothered him was that his equations indicated that the universe was expanding, and therefore must have had a beginning. It was not until Edwin Hubble showed that the … Continue reading →

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Muscles are not just meant for show

Posted on September 29, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

The host of a television chat show once interviewed a group of body builders and asked them a very simple question: ‘What do you use these muscles for?’ One guy answered by flexing his muscles in one of those body … Continue reading →

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Lopping off the branches of worry

Posted on September 29, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

If you’ve ever had a tree cut down in your back yard, you’ll know that you don’t start by attacking the base of the tree, because that would bring the house down with it. Instead, you lop off individual branches … Continue reading →

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Conditioned to failure

Posted on September 29, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

In the old days when travelling circuses had elephants, they used to restrain them by chaining them to a peg in the ground. People often wondered why the huge elephant didn’t just pull the peg out of the ground and … Continue reading →

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Taking stock

Posted on September 22, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

It’s important every now and then to take stock of our lives and ask ourselves, where am I going? Am I still on track? One of the most enduring images of the Christian life is that of a journey through … Continue reading →

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Faith is not mindless belief

Posted on September 22, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

We often talk about blind faith. I don’t really like that term because I don’t think real faith is mindless belief – that’s more likely to be gullibility. Faith is facing our doubts and digging deep beyond our conflicting emotions … Continue reading →

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Only worry on Wednesday

Posted on September 22, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

J. Arthur Rank, the English movie mogul, made a decision to do his worrying only on Wednesdays. He would write down his worries, put them in his worry box and forget about them until the following Wednesday. What he found … Continue reading →

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‘How I wished I still had my religion’

Posted on August 27, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

In his autobiography, Arthur Miller tells of his marriage to Marilyn Monroe, and how he watched her descend into depression and despair. As they grew apart he feared for her life as her paranoia grew and drug dependence increased. One … Continue reading →

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Telescopes to God

Posted on August 27, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Hans Lippershey was a Dutch spectacle maker who in sixteen hundred created the first telescope. One day two children came into his shop and were playing with some of the lenses scattered around. They put two together and found they … Continue reading →

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‘Disappointed? Often! Discouraged? Sometimes! Defeated? Never!

Posted on July 6, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

It’s said that Thomas Edison performed fifty thousand experiments before he succeeded in producing a storage battery. You’d think he’d have had some serious doubts along the way. But when asked if he ever became discouraged working so long without … Continue reading →

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