![History and all along [?] [?] way and every generation has had to say: why keep on, why try for what is right when everything is going to pot.<br />
Take the Black Death of Europe of the 14th century & [?] our [?] that people who were experiencing the destruction of as much as 50% of a community wiped out saying – what’s the use?<br />
But recognize that life has gone on in spite of everything<br />
With this dismal and dark backdrop – why hold on to [?] best we know when the [?] all seem to the worst?<br />
I. For one thing is the answer of Conservative Christianity is that you are an immortal soul, and that your life here on Earth is but a fragment of your total [?] life. YOU ARE MADE FOR ETERNITY YOU HAVE FOREVER TO FACE!](https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/6b27e6ee35da62bb853e39649c2f48bf.jpg "History and all along [?] [?] way and every generation has had to say: why keep on, why try for what is right when everything is going to pot.<br />
Take the Black Death of Europe of the 14th century & [?] our [?] that people who were experiencing the destruction of as much as 50% of a community wiped out saying – what’s the use?<br />
But recognize that life has gone on in spite of everything<br />
With this dismal and dark backdrop – why hold on to [?] best we know when the [?] all seem to the worst?<br />
I. For one thing is the answer of Conservative Christianity is that you are an immortal soul, and that your life here on Earth is but a fragment of your total [?] life. YOU ARE MADE FOR ETERNITY YOU HAVE FOREVER TO FACE!")
"Why do one's best when the world is going to hell?"
Title
"Why do one's best when the world is going to hell?"
Date
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Creator
Penn, Robert E.
Source
Robert E. Penn collection
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Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
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Sermons
Text
Why Do One’s Best When the World is Going to Hell?
TEXT “If the foundations be destroyed, What can the Righteous do? PS. 11:3
A college sophomore wrote to his dad and asked: “Dad, why should I dig into history and literature and science and sociology when it looks as if I would be pulled into the Army and spend the next important years of my life at war? The fellows here are discouraged – there doesn’t seem to be much chance for a normal life for us. Some are saying “Why try to do our best when the world is going to hell?
Whether we like it or not this mood is the state of many of us who worship here today. But we must hurry and search the records to see if the situation is at all unique to our generation.
500 yrs. Before Christ a nation was taken into captivity they asked: “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Look down the corridors of
“over”
History and all along [?] [?] way and every generation has had to say: why keep on, why try for what is right when everything is going to pot.
Take the Black Death of Europe of the 14th century & [?] our [?] that people who were experiencing the destruction of as much as 50% of a community wiped out saying – what’s the use?
But recognize that life has gone on in spite of everything
With this dismal and dark backdrop – why hold on to [?] best we know when the [?] all seem to the worst?
I. For one thing is the answer of Conservative Christianity is that you are an immortal soul, and that your life here on Earth is but a fragment of your total [?] life. YOU ARE MADE FOR ETERNITY YOU HAVE FOREVER TO FACE!
TEXT “If the foundations be destroyed, What can the Righteous do? PS. 11:3
A college sophomore wrote to his dad and asked: “Dad, why should I dig into history and literature and science and sociology when it looks as if I would be pulled into the Army and spend the next important years of my life at war? The fellows here are discouraged – there doesn’t seem to be much chance for a normal life for us. Some are saying “Why try to do our best when the world is going to hell?
Whether we like it or not this mood is the state of many of us who worship here today. But we must hurry and search the records to see if the situation is at all unique to our generation.
500 yrs. Before Christ a nation was taken into captivity they asked: “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Look down the corridors of
“over”
History and all along [?] [?] way and every generation has had to say: why keep on, why try for what is right when everything is going to pot.
Take the Black Death of Europe of the 14th century & [?] our [?] that people who were experiencing the destruction of as much as 50% of a community wiped out saying – what’s the use?
But recognize that life has gone on in spite of everything
With this dismal and dark backdrop – why hold on to [?] best we know when the [?] all seem to the worst?
I. For one thing is the answer of Conservative Christianity is that you are an immortal soul, and that your life here on Earth is but a fragment of your total [?] life. YOU ARE MADE FOR ETERNITY YOU HAVE FOREVER TO FACE!
Citation
Penn, Robert E., “"Why do one's best when the world is going to hell?",” GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning - Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, accessed December 28, 2024, https://glamportal.auctr.edu/items/show/587.