Charles Frederick Hogg (1859-1943) used his outstanding gifts to raise the standards among the Lord’s servants and the church in general. Born into a godly family in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the year that revival swept the country, he was converted at the age of nineteen. Soon he was preaching on the streets of that […]
Where shall we find another whom we can compare with Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, in the love that she bore to her dead children, and the dead children of her lord? Of all the mothers that were ever in Israel, she has obtained first place in the book of life for constant and enduring […]
This spring when I heard a message on the topic of praying for unbelievers, I couldn’t help remembering when I was the subject of someone’s prayers. When I came to the University of Kansas campus in the fall of 1974, there were two things that I promised myself: 1) that I would never ever live […]
Quite a few of the Little Rock team enjoyed the hospitality of the Lord’s people en route to the outreach there. We were reminded of the words of John, who at the same time spoke of the Lord’s workers who “went out for the sake of the Name, taking nothing of the Gentiles” (3 Jn. […]
For many years we have longed to see what has been called–by many old-time believers–a true gospel awakening. For some reason, we never thought it would be a real possibility, yet there was a deep yearning to see one and to be involved with it. For those who were in prayer and those who were […]
Choosing a story is so hard. I could tell of the young religious philosophy major, Valerie, with beautiful but sad eyes. And I had to look at her eyes because her tongue and the area below her lip were pierced. They were a bit distracting because they kept clinking when she talked. But the Lord […]
The church has been afflicted with a very confused message on evangelism. Evangelism is, in the minds of many, work done by a select group of freelance Christians we call evangelists, who in their own quaint way go out to reach the lost and bring them to the local assembly for teaching and fellowship. After […]
While going to the doors in a middle class area a woman greeted me on her front porch with a question, “Who do you want me to vote for?” (Local elections were that evening.) I replied, “I do want you to cast a vote for someone, but He is not on today’s ballot, His name […]
“What do you think of Christ?” The same question kept ringing out. What do you think of Christ? Where will you spend eternity? Contrary to popular opinion, I had never preached in the open-air on a campus before. I had been roped into it. I had been thinking, I’m going to go down there with […]