Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Before going back to work, scholarly Janitor Denhardt observed: "I am unhappy unless I am busy. ... I started to study theology once, but I dropped it. I now have no faith. The existing faiths, they do not convince me, though I would like to believe. ... I have no political opinions either. I was a member of the Provincial Legislature in Germany once. Then after the War there .was . . . violence and beatings and I could not stand seeing that. I would never be interested in politics again. It is not civilized...
...oneself. To escape the claims of the outer world one must first have come to terms with the problems of his own inner life. The courage and fortitude necessary to maintain even a slight degree of independence are not to be found in the hearts of those of little faith. To your own satisfaction you must have answered that most devastating of human questions,--why? "And be not conformed to this world" says the text, but why? St. Paul's answer is given by the remainder of the verse: "And be not conformed to this world:" said Paul...
...matter how stalwart is your faith, how firm your grasp on what you yourself believe to be the significant aspects of human existence, you require something more to live an active and self-directed life in this complex modern world. A man requires an education commensurate with the intellectual burdens he is to carry. A man must have the ability to deal with the situations he is to face, and today these situations lost intellectual capacity as well as character. Courage and integrity are as essential as ever but they have need of powerful allies. Unless a man's character...
...Tennessee's David Lipscomb College, a faculty recruited from Duke, University of Colorado, University of California, University of Oklahoma and several small southern schools. Pious Founder Pepperdine is a.pillar of the Church of Christ and his teachers were selected partially "for their devotion to Christian ideals and fundamental faith...
When Preacher Lee mounted his pulpit he cried, "This is not a publicity stunt." Photographers' bulbs flashed in his face. "What I mean," he continued, "is that there is a real purpose behind my preaching. If it brings publicity which will bring converts to the faith, then all is well." While a crowded, sandwich-munching congregation gawped, Preacher Lee launched his sermon, using no notes, expounding God and Christ chapter by chapter from the Bible. He was still in Genesis when the dietitian brought him dinner, which afforded a digression. "I never liked spinach. . . . And I never liked turnips...