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THE BIBLE CONTINUES
T H E R E VOLU T ION T H AT C H A N G E D T H E WOR L D
NOT ES
T H E D AY G O D D I E D
1. James Stalker, The Life of Christ (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1983), 122.
F RO M G R I E F TO G LO RY
1. Carl Sagan, Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the
Millennium (New York: Random House Publishing Group, 1997), 258.
2. John Stott, Christ in Conflict (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2013), 56.
3. Frank Morison, Who Moved the Stone? (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002).
4. Charles Colson and Harold Fickett, The Faith: What Christians Believe, Why They
Believe It, and Why It Matters (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2008), 93.
5. Adapted from Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell, Evidence for the Resurrection
(Ventura, CA: Regal, 2009).
6. Ibid., 308.
7. Daniel Fuller, Easter Faith and History (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1965), 259.
8. McDowell and McDowell, Evidence for the Resurrection, 309.
9. J. P. Moreland, quoted in Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal
Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998), 385.
WIND AND FIRE
1. C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1952), 36.
2. James Montgomery Boice, Acts: An Expositional Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI:
Baker Books, 1997), 56.
3. R. Kent Hughes, Romans: Righteousness from Heaven (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books,
1991), 284.
4. Max Lucado, Outlive Your Life (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2010), 54–57.
5. J. C. Macaulay, Expository Commentary on Acts (Chicago: Moody Press, 1978), 39.
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6. John R. W. Stott, The Message of Acts (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1990),
87.
O P P O RT U N I T Y A N D O P P O S I T I O N
1. Quoted in Lloyd Albert Johnson, A Toolbox for Humanity (Victoria: Trafford
Publishing, 2006), 23.
2. Quoted in Jessica Durando, “15 of Nelson Mandela’s Best Quotes,” USA Today,
December 6, 2013, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/05
/nelson-mandela-quotes/3775255/.
3. C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (New York: HarperCollins, 1996), 161.
4. James A. Brooks, The New American Commentary: Mark (Nashville: Broadman Press,
1991), 193.
5. Ibid., 193.
6. Mark Buchanan in Glimpses of Heaven: Surprising Stories of Hope and Encouragement
(Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2013), 70.
H Y P O C R I T E S A N D H E RO E S
1. John Phillips, Exploring Acts (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1986), 94.
2. Ibid., 94.
3. Colin Smith, “God Will Bring Justice for You,” PreachingToday.com, http://www
.preachingtoday.com/sermons/outlines/2012/february/godbringjustice.html.
4. Michael Card, “Wounded in the House of Friends,” Virtue, March/April 1991,
28–29, 69.
5. John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad! (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2010),
113–14.
T H E D E AT H O F A S E RVA N T
1. Story adapted from Pat Williams, The Paradox of Power: A Transforming View of
Leadership (New York: Warner Books, 2002), 199.
2. Gary Inrig, A Call to Excellence (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 98.
3. Martin Luther King Jr., quoted in David E. Garland, The NIV Application
Commentary: Mark (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Kindle edition.
4. Calvin Miller, Into the Depths of God (Ada, MI: Bethany House, 2000), 150.
5. Quoted in Craig Brian Larson, Perfect Illustrations for Every Topic and Occasion
(Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2002), 181–82.
T H E T R AV E L I N G P R E AC H E R
1. Tim Keller, “Preaching Hell in a Tolerant Age,” Christianity Today, Fall 1997,
http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/1997/fall/7l4042.html.
2. See the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed.
3. C. S. Lewis, “The Efficacy of Prayer,” in The World’s Last Night and Other Essays
(New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1960), 3.
T H E M A N W H O S AW T H E L I G H T
1. George Lyttleton, Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul (London:
The Religious Tract Society, 1868), 75.
2. C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy (New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1955),
224, 228–29.
3. John MacArthur, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary: Acts 1–12 (Chicago:
Moody Press, 1994), 270.
4. Dan Graves, “Alcoholic Mel Trotter Delivered from Drink,” Christianity.com,
http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1801-1900
/alcoholic-mel-trotter-delivered-from-drink-11630650.html.
S TO R M Y B E G I N N I N G S
1. J. Oswald Sanders, Bible Men of Faith (Chicago: Moody, 1970), 202.
2. Tim Kimmel, quoted in Alice Gray, Stories for the Heart (Sisters, OR: Multnomah,
2001), 59–60.
THE LIFE GOD BLESSES
1. C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (New York: Macmillan, 1954), 122–23.
2. “Little Is Much When God Is in It,” words and music by Kittie L. Suffield, 1924.
A WA L L C O M E S D OW N
1. Lewis, “The Efficacy of Prayer,” 9.
2.Bits and Pieces, November 1989, 24.
I N TO A L L T H E WO R L D
1. Flavius Josephus, Josephus: Complete Works (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications,
1963), 416.
2. Statistic drawn from Samuel S. Hill and Frank S. Mead, Handbook of Denominations
in the United States (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994), http://mesacc.edu/~thoqh49081
/handouts/denominations.html.
3. Charles R. Swindoll, The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart (Nashville: Word Publishing,
1998), 184.