Peace, perfect peace—in this dark world of sin? The blood of Jesus whispers peace within. Peace, perfect peace—by thronging duties pressed? To do the will of Jesus, this is rest. Peace, perfect peace—with sorrows surging round? On Jesus’ bosom naught but calm is found. Peace, perfect peace—with loved ones far away? In Jesus’ keeping we […]
“But the fruit of the Spirit is…longsuffering…” The Spirit’s fruit is beautiful to the Father. As He sees more of the image of His beloved Son in redeemed sinners He can only be pleased. What greater gift can He give to redeemed men and women than this likeness? It is the character of the Lord […]
A lone warrior stood in a field of lentils and readied himself to fight as an army of soldiers rushed toward him. This was no ordinary field of lentils, and this was no ordinary warrior. His name was Shammah, and the lentils belonged to his commander and king, David. The king had commanded his army […]
In this age when the world is so easily accessible—we can have what we want when we want it—this fruit of the Holy Spirit so needs to be displayed in our lives. The word “temperance” simply means self control. Marvin Vincent in his book, Word Studies in the New Testament, gave this definition, “holding in […]
What does the word “goodness” mean? Goodness may be understood as a constant condition of the heart that moves a person to do what is good. When it is said that a person has “goodness” it means they have a propensity for doing good; it is like a spring of water within them, welling up […]
The virtue of meekness (proates), in its simplest use, denotes “gentleness.” It is a timely topic for today as vengeance reciprocates and world leaders posture and grandstand. In Scripture, meekness/gentleness has a “fuller, deeper significance…it is an inwrought grace of the soul…and the exercises of it are first and chiefly towards God.”1 Toward our brethren, […]
Where I grew up, faith in God was a well-stocked commodity. Doubting the Lord was like doubting the sun. It was so obvious, even a blind man could feel its warmth. At family gatherings we prayed to the God who provided, we sang of His faithfulness, and sat around hearing and telling stories about “His […]
Q: Tell us about some of your early experiences. A: I was saved on May 3, 1918, and two weeks later was baptized and received into the assembly at Donegal Road in Belfast. I was sixteen years of age at that time. In that same year I went to Harland and Wolf Shipyard and contracted […]
During 1948 there occurred two historic events of special interest to Bible students, namely, the rebirth of Israel as a nation and the formation of the World Council of Churches. More importantly to me, however, 1948 was also the year in which I stepped into full-time service for the Lord, believing He would both guide […]