Lord Kenneth Clark, internationally known for his television series Civilization, lived and died without faith in Jesus Christ. He admitted in his autobiography that while visiting a beautiful church he had what he believed to be an overwhelming religious experience. "My whole being," Clark wrote, "was irradiated by a kind of heavenly joy far more intense than anything I had known before." But the "gloom of grace," as he described it, created a problem. If he allowed himself to be influenced by it, he knew ...
... I grew careless of the lives of others. I took pleasure where it pleased me, and passed on ... I ceased to be lord over myself ... I allowed pleasure to dominate me. I ended in horrible disgrace.1 A denial of grace is "disgrace." Listen to Sir Kenneth Clark speaking in his autobiography, recently published: I had a religious experience. It took place in the church of San Largo, but did not seem to be connected with the harmonious beauty of the architecture. I can only say that for a few minutes my whole ...
... asserts that for women, the following names will help insure success: Jacqueline, Katherine, Samantha, Victoria, and Lauren. For men, names such as James, Madison, Charles, Alexander, and Kenneth are sure winners. (5) Jacob was truly blessed when he got his new name. He was no longer known as the Supplanter, the Cheat. God blesses us ... C4. 5. Lewis Grizzard, "The Name's The Game," SATURDAY EVENING POST, Jan/Feb. 1993, p.26. * Mark Clark is the pastor of the Pellissippi United Methodist Church, Knoxville, TN.
... ? Share some of your own insights. Reading of the Gospel Use a reader and a "Jesus." Have the children and the disciples gather with the rest of the congregation. "Jesus" can memorize the words and speak them to everyone. Proclamation of the Gospel Kenneth E. Clarke, in a Pulpit Magazine (May 1996) sermon titled "Why Do You Stand Looking Into Heaven?" offers a helpful approach to the text. He insists on the danger of idolizing events while ignoring their content. He cautions us of the danger of absorbing ...
... earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey.” And Duplantis isn’t alone in his beliefs. Pastors Creflo Dollar and Kenneth Copeland also claim that they need multimillion dollar private jets to improve their ministries. Copeland described commercial air travel as being ... 1. “12 of the weirdest returns Costco employees have ever seen!” by Theo Thimou, February 1st, 2019. https://clark.com/shopping-retail/weirdest-returns-costco-employees-have-ever-seen. 2. “13 Weirdest Things People Have Ever Tried to ...
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion just as effectively as by bombs.