January 30

1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt was Born.

Many people about my age remember him as being the President of our nation for so long, especially in the tragic days of World War II.

1933 - Hitler Became Chancellor of Germany.

1948 - The Assassination of Mohandas Gandhi.

Mohandas Gandhi supposedly made a statement that is one of the most striking I have ever heard. He is quoted as saying, "I would be a Christian if it weren't for Christians." If this statement is true, what an indictment! Mohandas Gandhi saw nothing in Christians that made him want to become a Christian. Probably in his day he influenced the lives and eternity of more people than any living man. If Mohandas Gandhi had become a Christian, millions of people would have turned to Jesus Christ. I wonder how many others are not Christians because of Christians - the way we talk, the places we go, our bad attitudes, our ugly spirits, our vindictive personalities. God help us to be the kind of Christians that makes folks want to become Christians, rather than makes them say, "I would be a Christian, if it weren't for Christians."