Saturday, February 23, 2008
stand up for what you believe in!
Scripture tells us that it is the FOOL who says in his heart that there is no God.
This is a true story of something that happened just a few years ago at USC.
There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply committed atheist. His primary goal for one required class was to spend the entire semester toprove that God couldn't exist. His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable logic. Sure, some had argued in class at times, but no one had ever really gone against him because of his reputation.
At the end of every semester on the last day, he would say to his class of 300 students, 'If there is 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 believes 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 classroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces. All of the students would do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students thought 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. He was a Christian, and had heard the stories about his professor. He was required to take the class for his major, and he was afraid.
But for three 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 class thought. Nothing they said 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 class of 300 people looked at him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the classroom. The professor shouted, 'You FOOL!!! If God existed, he would keep this piece of chalk from breaking when it hits the ground!'
He proceeded to drop the chalk, but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleat of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. As it hit the ground, 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, 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.
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I don't really know if this is a true story, but I hope that this has inspired and encouraged you to stand up for what you believe in, even when no one else will, as it has inspired and encouraged me (:
Let's continue to be beacons of light and shine for Him (: that's why we're called LIGHThouse right?? :D
take care and God bless (:
samantha
PLHers rocked out @ 11:06:00 PM!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Synod Camp '07 very late update
Hello all! Sorry this update is er, so extremely late. :P No time, sorry! Haha, anyway these are pictures from various blogs and facebook's group. xD I'm still looking for the synod vid to keep but meanwhile, you can go to the facebook group at http://hs.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=28576620088&oid=20833407424 or the synod youth ministry at the sidebar. (:
The pictures are in random order.
None of the pictures are taken by your's truly as 1. I didn't bring my HP (i can't evern upload pics from my hp anyway) and 2. I didn't bring my camera 'cos I thought they'd confiscate it (as most normal camps do). Yea incred sad. :/ So therefore don't ask why *spoiler* is there so many pictures of joseph. I dunno either... Prolly 'cos many thought that his face while playing the 'staring game' is extremely funny. So yea, enjoy! (:
Editor's note: Credit's to huixian for uploading all the pics and writing the intro :)
Synod Youth camp 2007: Prinsep Groups
Team Justice League
I ZackLydia
Kara
Huixian
Hannah
Timothy
Raemiguel
Samantha
Darryl
Mitchell (Our special guest from Presbyterian high :))
Team Kaypo
Julian
Ek Ping
Sharilyn
Grace
Athelia
Michelle Chia
Marie
Shaun
Joseph
Adriel
The Pictures:
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Miguel's forfeit for losing the Numbers Game
I Zack's forfeit for losing numbers game
Shaun's forfeit for losing Russian Roulette
Tim's forfeit for losing Russian Roulette
PLHers rocked out @ 1:17:00 AM!
