The next time you read 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus, underline the word “doctrine.” You will notice how frequently the word appears and the importance Paul gives the subject. “Doctrine” simply means “teaching.” It was an activity the early church engaged in consistently. Acts 2:42 states: “They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine….” Here […]
Let me start out by making an admission–I am not an evangelist. When called on to preach the gospel, I will step up and do my best, but by gift and inclination, I believe the Lord has gifted me otherwise. And yet I would like to suggest a few thoughts that might be helpful to […]
In 1960, D. James Kennedy graduated from seminary and began preaching at the Coral Ridge Church in Fort Lauderdale, FL. After just eight months of ministry there, the congregation dwindled from 45 to 17 believers. Although he was very discouraged about what was happening, he would not give up. He realized the problem was that […]
God formed Adam, built Eve (as the Hebrew has it) and was well pleased with His work. The beautiful harmony was soon soured by sin, but Jehovah promised that the woman’s Seed would be the Victor. He commanded Adam and Eve to be fruitful, to multiply, and fill the earth, which they started to do. […]
He was hurriedly walking down the street when he stopped to listen. He heard the message of the love of Jesus and trusted Him as his personal Saviour. When counseled, it was revealed that this man was on his way to commit suicide. His comment was that had that group of Christians not been there, […]
Henry Moorhouse (1840-1880) is called “the man that moved the man that moved the millions” referring to his influence with Dwight Lyman Moody. Who was the man they familiarly called “Harry”? Born in Manchester, his father was a kind, hardworking Christian who taught classes for the Methodist Sunday School. At twelve years of age, Henry […]
It’s happening as you read these words. Somewhere a Christian is dying for his faith. Christian women are being raped. Christians’ children are being sold into slavery. It is happening to our own brothers and sisters–torture, imprisonment, harassment, starvation, to say nothing of banishment, family destruction, literature bans, and prohibition to meet as believers. I […]
There is a suffering which every Christian must endure if he is to be used by the Lord. The book of Hebrews describes this when we are told of Moses who chose “rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, esteeming the reproach of […]
Among the Lord’s people who love and look for His personal coming again, there are differences of view as to the time and manner of that coming. These differences are not unimportant–no one who values divine truth could think that–but they need to be kept in perspective. The prime matter, surely, is whether we are […]