It was a call of desperation. Though the brother on the line was an elder, this was the first time he had been called on to conduct a funeral. Since normally there are only two or three days given to prepare for a funeral message, a first time request can be frightening. With great anxiety, […]
It is of the utmost importance that the heart be established in the certainty of every “Thus saith the Lord.” These are days of research and criticism, when things are not taken for granted because taught by one’s forefathers. Everything nowadays is thrown into the crucible and tested, the most hoary and time-honored beliefs are […]
Much can be said about the role that each of us ought to play in the local assembly in the future. But wouldn’t it also be helpful for us to stop and think about the role we have now? For, make no mistake, each of us already has a role, whether we realize it or […]
The design of our heavenly Father in all His gracious work for us and in us is that we should willingly become His servants here, and in perfection His servants forever above. Should we not all press forward beyond the winning of personal security, to the desire that, by our influence, example, and labors, others […]
In the late 1850’s the well-known evangelist D.L. Moody organized the largest Sunday School in Chicago. Upward of 1,000 children from all over the city would make great efforts to attend. One day a young boy making his way to Moody’s Sunday School, walked past several other Sunday Schools. A minister who was watching came […]
Heavenly wisdom helps us distinguish between the temporary and the permanent. For example, “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning” (Ps. 30:5). “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (2 Cor. 4:17). The saint’s pain […]
God’s purpose in giving instructions for building the tabernacle in the wilderness is stated plainly in Exodus 25:8, “Let them make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.” From the earliest time, God has sought to have communion with man, as evidenced in His walk in the garden of Eden (Gen. 3:8), in […]
We are often told that right doctrine should have a practical effect. Henry William Soltau (1805-1875) lived to show us how that is done. He was the second son of George Soltau, a prosperous merchant of England’s port city Plymouth. His father was a godly Anglican, and an energetic civic leader. He worked to establish […]
Israel made a golden calf while Moses was getting the plans for all the holy vessels for them. It is afflicting, but withal exceedingly beautiful, the intercourse of God with Moses, consequent upon the people making the golden calf–how, in the midst of all the ruin, faith, under grace, can have closer fellowship than when […]