Here is the conversion story of Charlotte Elliott, author of “Just as I Am.” Dr. Cesar Malan of Geneva, visiting in the Elliott home, asked Charlotte if she knew herself to really be a Christian. She was in poor health and often harassed with severe pain, which tended to make her irritable. She resented the […]
One big difference bet ween saints and sinners is where they go to satisfy their inner hunger. One day wasn’t long enough for the heads of these households. They knew there was more in the Word! It’s wonderful to see them spiritually hungry. This is the attitude that brings true revival: I want everything God […]
CHRIST the ULTIMATE WINNER: “He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet” (1 Cor 15:25). “But now we do not yet see all things put under Him” (Heb 2:8). Bernard Travaieille writes: “There was no gymnasium on our seminary campus, so we played basketball in a nearby public school. The janitor, […]
“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work” (2 Cor 9:8). All grace—let’s see. Does God’s abounding grace provide enough so we have all we need for all circumstances in order to do all the […]
Salvation includes many interconnected teachings. Here are some examples: “Whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also […]
How could God allow evil in this world? Pause to consider this… […]
“God doesn’t give us joy instead of sorrow, or in spite of sorrow, but joy in the midst of sorrow.” —W. Wiersbe Standing “on a platform of wood” (Neh 8:4), Ezra began to read the Book of the Law. Gathered before him were “the men and women and those who could understand” (v 3), meaning the younger ones. There […]
CHRIST the HOME-MAKER: “We will come to him and make Our home with him” (Jn 14:23). George Matheson writes: “In the life of the pre-Christian world, it may be said generally…that progress was sought by leaving home.…The man conquered the world by…ignoring, if not suppressing, the domestic feelings.…But the conception which Jesus formed of human […]
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear…. We love Him because He first loved us” (1 Jn 4:18-19). A Christian, having become seriously ill, was attacked by “the accuser of our brethren” and began to doubt, because of the little love in his heart for the Lord. A friend responded, […]