By Evangelist Joseph T. Larsen America’s greatest sin and the real cause of the present depression is forgetting God. That means failure to obey God, to listen to His Word, and to bring up our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Godlessness leads to disregard for law, corruption in politics, fraud in …more
The following conditions were researched and found to be the undermining of a great world power. How illuminating, these observations made by Edward Gibbon, who, after twenty years of study and research, published his work and hallmarked these five conditions for the fall of this nation. The rapid increase of divorce; the undermining of the …more
I saw in a dream that I was in the Celestial City — though when and how I got there I could not tell. I was one of the multitude which no man could number, from all countries, people, times and ages. Somehow I found that the saint who stood next to me had been …more
Since a revival can never lay hold upon the world until it has first laid hold on the church, the need then is for the fountain of sin to be stopped up in the church. Christians who have fallen prey to sin must be brought to repentance. They must have their faith renewed. Before the …more
There is a story told of a minister who asked a World War II veteran to speak in his church; this is what the ‘Ol GI said: “Like a mighty army moves the church of God!” The trouble is, about ten million men know exactly how an army moves. Suppose the army accepted the lame …more
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.” Psalm 48:14 The world passes away. Everything here in this present world is changing. A rope of sand, a spider’s web, a silken thread, a passing shadow, an ebbing wave, are the most fitting and expressive emblems …more
I take it that men and women were made for business, for activity, for employment. Activity is the life of us all. To do and to bear is the duty of life. We know that employment makes the man in a very great measure. A man with no employment, nothing to do, is scarcely a …more
All things are possible to him that believeth” Mark 9:23 The “all things” do not always come simply for the asking, for the reason that God is ever seeking to teach us the way of faith, and in our training in the faith life there must be room for the trial of faith, the discipline …more
The earth was filled with peace and light, When Christ arose; The heavens trembled at the sight, When Christ arose; The sea rejoiced along the sands, The vernal valleys clapped their hands, The mountains sang, and all the lands, When Christ arose. The tomb was empty where He lay, When Christ arose; And angels rolled …more
Hebrews 2:9 Some people are very fond of sight-seeing. Many miles will they travel, and much money will they spend—to see anything new and rare! And yet after all they prove the truth of Solomon’s words, “The eye is not satisfied with seeing.” Besides which, we soon weary of looking upon any created object—however grand, …more