Supersizing the Soul

Dr. Harry Ironside was once a gifted Chicago pastor. He preached at the famed Moody Memorial Church. Once while on a trip to San Francisco, Dr. Ironside came upon a band of Salvation Army people that were singing praises to God and preaching the message of Christ.

The Chicago pastor joined in with the crowd where he stood out on the street and added his praises, and when given opportunity to speak, he called on people to give their lives to Jesus Christ. At that, an unbeliever came up to him and addressed the crowd standing around:  “I challenge this preacher to a debate,” and he further announced, “I will show you how the gospel that he preaches is dust and ashes.”

Dr. Ironside quietly accepted the challenge. Directly addressing the challenger, he added, “I accept your challenge. We will set the date and the place. The place will be the Salvation Army Hall. The date will be tonight. I will bring with me one-hundred men who were in the depths of despair and darkness and who were lifted into marvelous life by the Son of God. You bring one-hundred men who have been saved by the gospel of infidelity, and we will have our debate tonight.”

Scour the earth! Where would you go to find a single song dedicated to infidelity? Could you find one-hundred people whose lives have been rescued, redeemed, and transformed by their disbelief of God? Go to the former Soviet Union and you will find a nation struggling to rediscover its national soul after leaving the atheism of Communism that did little more than enslave the nation for seventy-five years. Go to the Middle East where increasing numbers of people are leaving behind the empty promises of Islam and discovering new life and new joy in personally encountering the Living Christ, after meeting him in a dream or other extra-sensory experience.

Check all of history! Nowhere will you find the life-changing power of “Amazing Grace” as consistently and powerfully as you find it in the Christian Church.
I am, 

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thrilled that our Heavenly Father only waits to touch and transform your life … if you will but agree to it.