There is not such a pleasant history for you to read in all the world as the history of your own lives, if you would sit down and record from the beginning hitherto what God has been to you, and done for you; what evidences and outbreakings of his mercy, faithfulness, and love there have been in all the conditions you have passed through.
Quotes #22 …John Flavel 1627-1691
November 24, 2025
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Latest on the Origin of Life Research 2025
November 20, 2025“A pair of Cambridge lectures examining the deepest challenges in origin-of-life research—from the chemistry of early Earth to the information systems inside every cell—and exploring why current prebiotic models fall short. Featuring Dr. James Tour and Dr. Stephen Meyer, this session highlights the scientific roadblocks, the role of information, and the implications for how life began.”
The cases of these two men continue to get stronger with time. I enjoyed these lectures and I hope you do as well.
CR
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Quotes #19…Joseph Caryl 1602-1673
November 10, 2025So you may look lightly upon a Scripture and see nothing; meditate often upon it and there you shall see a light, like the light of the Sun.
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Quotes #16…Jeff Allen (Born 1956)
October 30, 2025
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Quotes #6…Reverand Paul Ford (Karl Malden) Early 1900s’
September 22, 2025“Death comes unexpectedly. And the God Jehovah will execute his vengeance on ye who despise his dying love and trample his benefits underfoot. The unconverted soul, the foolish children of man do miserably delude themselves in the false confidence of their own strength and wisdom.
Now the great King of heaven and earth will abolish and annihilate this pride, will crush the hardened wretch of the polluted infinite abomination and rain on him a deluge of fire and brimstone…”
This is the first half of the second worse sermon ever preached.
Here is the full two minute sixteen second video of the second worse sermon ever preached.
This is the sermon that Reverand Paul Ford (Played by Karl Malden) “preached” in the fictional town of Beldingsville, Vermont where the movie Pollyanna (1960) was set. When I first saw it, I called it “the second worst sermon ever preached.” What is the law without the gospel after all?
Preacher Ford is a legalist who thinks that he can bully his congregation into good behavior (and maybe salvation) by preaching sermons that are all law and no gospel. Any sermon like this one, devoid of the greatest message given to the world through Jesus Christ our Lord, is an abomination to the purposes of God. There, I have given the legalist his own medicine.
One of the central themes of the movie, Pollyanna, is the power of optimism. Would I rather Preacher Ford give a sermon containing only optimism, completely ignoring the law? Absolutely not! I would consider a sermon like that possibly “The third worse sermon of all time.” A sermon like that would sound like something done by Joel Osteen, Robert Schuller, or Norman Vincent Peale. Most of those sermons weaken the gospel message by understating the seriousness of the law. This creates a misunderstanding of the power of the gospel. If a person doesn’t understand the importance of the law, a person doesn’t understand why we need the gospel. Sermons that don’t attempt to balance the truths of the law and gospel distort the truth found in the Bible.
CR
Note: I have highlighted the movie Pollyanna on this blog before. I enjoy the movie because the acting is great and it captures some truths found in a small town, both good and bad. They have done a good job of capturing the time period as well. It is a secular movie because it does not include the gospel message even though there are Christian themes within.
Here is my previous post about this movie from 12 years ago.
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Latest on the Origin of Life Research 2024
December 4, 2024Once again, I’m publishing the best video of 2024 that I could find regarding Origin of Life research. And once again, the well known chemist, Dr. James Tour is it’s creator. I’ve watched the entire thing twice now and appreciate all of it but if you want to cut it short a bit start at 22:00 minutes.
If you have not heard of Dr. Tour, you can get an idea of his accomplishments here.
Chris Reimers
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Are you Weary?
November 9, 2023When I first saw this video back in 2010, it had a great impact on me.
God wants us to finish strong because he loves us.
If you are weary or in pain, this video may be an encouragement to you.
Chris Reimers
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Salvation
August 4, 2023
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Happy Independence Day, 2023!
July 4, 2023Just a quick note because I know most of you are spending time with family and I certainly don’t want to intrude. There is a post here that was written for Veteran’s day but has patriotic sentiment that fits the 4th of July. You may not have the time to read it today but maybe you can get around to check out parts of it eventually. It is about a man whom I met who lived near me whom I was very fortunate to meet.
Happy 4th and please be careful if you are setting off any fireworks.
God’s blessings…
Chris Reimers
Here is the post that I enjoyed writing:
https://chrisreimersblog.com/2013/05/27/a-veteran-speaks/
(If you skip to the end of this post, you can hear an audio recording of my interview of Mr. Broniarczyk and his wife.)
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Wings of the Wind 
Quotes #24…Thomas Brooks 1608-1680
December 8, 2025“Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins.”
A quote by Charles Spurgeon about Thomas Brooks’ writing:
“Brooks scatters stars with both hands, with an eagle eye of faith as well as the eagle eye of imagination”.
Thomas Brooks
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