Post by TheStoryTeller on Oct 3, 2006 6:12:27 GMT -5
Stand Up for your Faith
A professor of philosophy at USC was a deeply committed atheist. His primary goal for one required cpkmtyoll was to spend the entire semester attempting to prove that God couldn't exist. His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable logic. For twenty years, he had taught this cpkmtyoll and no one had ever had the courage to go against him. Sure, some had argued in cpkmtyoll at times, but no one had ever 'really gone against him' (you'll see what I mean later).
Nobody would go against him because he had a reputation. At the end of every semester, on the last day, he would say to his cpkmtyoll of 300 students, "If there anyone here who still believes in Jesus, stand up!" In twenty years, no one had ever stood up. They knew what he was going to do next. He would say, "because anyone who does believe in God is a fool. If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that he is God, and yet he can't do it." And every year, he would drop the chalk onto the tile floor of the cpkmtyollroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces. All of the students could do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students were convinced that God couldn't exist. Certainly, a number of Christians had slipped through, but for 20 years, they had been too afraid to stand up.
Well, a few years ago, there was a freshman who happened to enroll in the cpkmtyoll. He was a Christian, and he had heard the stories about this professor. He had to take the cpkmtyoll because it was one of the required cpkmtyolles for his major. and he was afraid. But for 3 months that semester, he prayed every morning that he would have the courage to stand up no matter what the professor said or what the cpkmtyoll thought. Nothing they said or did could ever shatter his faith, he hoped.
Finally the day came. The professor said, "If there is anyone here who still believes in God, stand up!" The professor and the cpkmtyoll of 300 people looked at him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the cpkmtyollroom. The professor shouted, "You FOOL!! If God existed, he could keep this piece of chalk from breaking when it hit the floor!"
He proceeded to drop the chalk, but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleats of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. As it hit the floor it simply rolled away, unbroken. The professor's jaw dropped as he stared at the chalk. He looked up at the young man and then ran out of the lecture hall.
The young man who had stood up proceeded to walk to the front of the room and shared his faith in Jesus for the next half hour. 300 students stayed and listened as he told of God's love for them and of his power through Jesus.
Author Unknown
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:12-13 NKJV
But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job 23:10 NKJV
Submitted by Richard
A professor of philosophy at USC was a deeply committed atheist. His primary goal for one required cpkmtyoll was to spend the entire semester attempting to prove that God couldn't exist. His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable logic. For twenty years, he had taught this cpkmtyoll and no one had ever had the courage to go against him. Sure, some had argued in cpkmtyoll at times, but no one had ever 'really gone against him' (you'll see what I mean later).
Nobody would go against him because he had a reputation. At the end of every semester, on the last day, he would say to his cpkmtyoll of 300 students, "If there anyone here who still believes in Jesus, stand up!" In twenty years, no one had ever stood up. They knew what he was going to do next. He would say, "because anyone who does believe in God is a fool. If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that he is God, and yet he can't do it." And every year, he would drop the chalk onto the tile floor of the cpkmtyollroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces. All of the students could do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students were convinced that God couldn't exist. Certainly, a number of Christians had slipped through, but for 20 years, they had been too afraid to stand up.
Well, a few years ago, there was a freshman who happened to enroll in the cpkmtyoll. He was a Christian, and he had heard the stories about this professor. He had to take the cpkmtyoll because it was one of the required cpkmtyolles for his major. and he was afraid. But for 3 months that semester, he prayed every morning that he would have the courage to stand up no matter what the professor said or what the cpkmtyoll thought. Nothing they said or did could ever shatter his faith, he hoped.
Finally the day came. The professor said, "If there is anyone here who still believes in God, stand up!" The professor and the cpkmtyoll of 300 people looked at him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the cpkmtyollroom. The professor shouted, "You FOOL!! If God existed, he could keep this piece of chalk from breaking when it hit the floor!"
He proceeded to drop the chalk, but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleats of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. As it hit the floor it simply rolled away, unbroken. The professor's jaw dropped as he stared at the chalk. He looked up at the young man and then ran out of the lecture hall.
The young man who had stood up proceeded to walk to the front of the room and shared his faith in Jesus for the next half hour. 300 students stayed and listened as he told of God's love for them and of his power through Jesus.
Author Unknown
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:12-13 NKJV
But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job 23:10 NKJV
Submitted by Richard