Days Of Future Past

Do you really believe what you believe?

Charles Peace (1832 - 1879) was a notoriously prolific and clever burglar whilst being wanted for murder in Sheffield despite his appearance as a well-dressed, violin-playing, respectable man. After being caught by PC Edward Robinson on his beat at Blackheath, Peace was sentenced to death - and then confessed to a second murder - of a police officer - in Manchester 2 years earlier.

As he was being escorted to his execution, a man callously was reading prepared passages of scriptures, when Charlie Peace stopped and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Chaplain. Where are you reading from?"

And the Chaplain said, "The Bible."

Charlie Peace said, "Do you believe it?"

"Yes."

"Do you really believe it?"

"Yes."

Charlie Peace said, "Mr. Chaplain, Sir, if I believe what you and many Chrisitians claim to believe, even one-tenth of what you claim to believe about Hell, I would crawl across England on my hands and knees...even if it were to be littered with glass pieces! And I would count it worth my while to save one soul from that Hell, that you, Sir, so glibly talk about."



D.L. Moody - "Never, ever, preach on the doctrine of Hell without breaking down in the middle and weeping over it...because of its enormous implications."

Ravi Zacharias - "We cannot have meaning in life until we believe the truth about who we are, who God is, and what Man's destiny is. We cannot have meaning without a sense of wonder in God, Truth, and lastly, Love."

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