“Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.” Amos 4(12) There is a God; few in our times deny this. Science cannot satisfactorily account for nature without Him. He may be termed the Unknown and the Unknowable; but whatever He is, He is. He revealed Himself wonderfully in the history of Israel; hence He is …more
“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.” Ephesians 4:15 The manner of saying a thing is often of as much importance as the thing said. In other words, the spirit in which the truth is spoken is about as important as is …more
“Show yourselves men.” Isaiah 46:8 There is such a thing as being unmanly. There are multitudes of unmanly men in the world. Solomon may have been pessimistic. He said, “One man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.” (Eccl. 7:28) God wants every woman to be …more
By T. Jones “And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.” Acts 5:42 Do you ask, why we are continually preaching Christ, and dwelling on this one subject? We have a variety of reasons for this: One is, we dwell upon it so much, because …more
“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” I John 5:3 THIS expression, “the love of God,” is to be understood in two ways, namely, the love of God to men, and the love of men to God. It is to be understood here in …more
By J.C. Ryle Are you born again? This is one of life’s most important questions. Jesus Christ said, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 It is not enough to reply, “I belong to the church; I suppose I’m a Christian.” …more
By Jessie Penn-Lewis But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” — 2 Cor. 11:3, (K.J.V.) There is a great battle to-day over the use and control of the mind, not only in the world, …more
By J.C. Ryle Bible Reading and Text: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is desperately wicked: who can know it? I, the Lord, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.” (Jeremiah 17:9-10) Introduction: The first of …more
by Rev. G.B.F. Hallock, D.D. ca. 1905 “Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.” — Proverbs 4:23 We have heard of people declining to become professing Christians, giving as an excuse that the religion of Christ is so strict. By this they mean that the church is …more
The prophet in his day is fully accepted of God and totally rejected by men. Years back, Dr. Gregory Mantle was right when he said, “No man can be fully accepted until he is totally rejected.” The prophet of the Lord is aware of both these experiences. They are his “brand name.” The group, challenged …more