Monday, May 27, 2002
Monday, May 27, 2002
It is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
The debate never took place. The atheists never showed up. Reverend Hughes and the
one hundred men and women with him turned that proposed debate into a worship service.
One by one these Christians shared the good news that through the power of Jesus Christ and
the presence of the Holy Spirit, God had melted their hearts and remolded their lives.
How has Christ remolded your life?
(Romans 8.16
NRSV)
An outspoken atheist in the early part of this century, Charles Bradlaugh, challenged a
preacher named Hugh Price Hughes to a public debate in London. The preacher gladly
accepted the challenge, but on one condition. He wanted to bring one hundred men and
women to the debate who would be witnesses for the redeeming love of God. These men and
women would demonstrate for unbelievers how God had turned their lives around. The
preacher asked his atheist challenger to do the same thing: to bring one hundred people
whose lives were helped by not believing in God.
Dear Jesus, thank you for remolding my life and guide me as I share the good news. Amen.
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