In Genesis 14 we trace the blessedness of the path of faith in answer to the call of God, and how our steps can slip unless held by the power of the Lord. In Chapter 13, we see the renunciation of the world by the believer who treads the path of faith; and, in contrast, […]
When we speak about preaching the gospel in the local church, we are not saying that it is the only place the gospel should be preached. There are many opportunities to preach the gospel both publicly and privately. Preaching the gospel at assembly meetings and on street corners are not mutually exclusive. Also, we should […]
“Come! hear the gospel sound– “Yet there is room!” This contagious gospel song tied into the conversion of an Irishman named George West Frazer (1839-1896). He put his own conversion experience to poetry, God’s house is filling fast– “Yet there is room!” Some soul will be the last– “Yet there is room!” Yes, soon Salvation’s […]
From the beginning of our marriage, Gladys and I used our vacations to either hold special meetings, or to distribute tracts. The story really began the summer that A. N. O’Brien, an older brother who meant much to us in our spiritual life, called from Duluth, Minnesota. Dedicated to giving his life to the Lord’s […]
The old adage, “Charity begins at home,” is not a trite sound bite. The home should be the school for life, and anyone who would love others must first love his brother. Sweet reasonableness, common (increasingly uncommon) kindness, and old-fashioned charity need to be practiced in everyday experiences of life before they can be shown […]
1. We are commanded to assemble together more frequently as the return of the Lord draws closer (Heb. 10:25). Even in the days of the early church, believers began to abandon meeting together. That is the idea in the word forsake, to leave behind. To assume that meeting with other believers is something we can […]
“We would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us” (1 Thess. 2:18). There are professing Christians who doubt the existence of a personal devil, and some true Christians sincerely believe that during this present age Satan is shut away as in Revelation 20:3. I have to disagree. I […]
James George Deck (1807-1884) was born at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, where his father, John Deck, was postmaster. Their godly Huguenot heritage was carried forward in Mrs. Deck’s piety. She “never punished her children without first praying with them.” Every evening she set aside one hour alone with God to pray for her eight […]
There are two lines in John Bunyan’s immortal allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress, which you may readily recall: A man there was, though some did count him mad, The more he cast away, the more he had. We are naturally so self-centered that even as Christians we can be deluded into thinking that the greatest happiness […]