“Atheism is so senseless & odious to mankind that it never had many professors. … Whence is it that the eyes of all sorts of living creatures are transparent to the very bottom & the only transparent members in the body, having on the outside an hard transparent skin, & within transparent juyces with a crystalline Lens in the middle & a pupil before the Lens all of them so truly shaped & fitted for vision, that no Artist can mend them? Did blind chance know that there was light & what was its refraction & fit the eyes of all creatures after the most curious manner to make use of it? These & such like considerations always have & ever will prevail with mankind to believe that there is a Being who made all things & has all things in His power & who is therefore to be feared.” —Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton On Atheism
May 24, 2016 — Craig T. Owens11 Ways To Be A Good Minister
May 24, 2016 — Craig T. Owens
Here are 11 ways to “be a good minister of Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 4:6)—
- Know the Scripture well enough to point out false doctrines (vv. 1-6a)
- Be a good teacher (v. 6b)
- Train myself to be godly (v. 7)
- Take care of my physical health (v. 8)
- Put my hope solidly in God (vv. 9, 10)
- Set an example worth following (vv. 11, 12)
- Use the Scriptures in everything I preach (v. 13)
- Turn my God-given gifts into strengths (v. 14)
- Have a good work ethic (v. 15a)
- Be consistently growing (v. 15b)
- Carefully and prayerfully evaluate my doctrine (v. 16)
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