God cares for His people through gifted men* speaking His truth. It is true that those who publically preach the Word of God have an obligation to deliver the highest quality ministry to the best of their God-given ability. It is also true that listeners have an equal obligation to listen to the best of […]
“The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.” And what were they called before that? It was nearly twenty years after the commencement of the Christian movement before this name was invented. Our text says, “The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.” They were called disciples before they received the name of Christians. You […]
“The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good” (Ps. 34:10). One might have pardoned David at such a moment in the wilderness of his life if some cloud of doubt or despondency had crept over his soul. But instead of that his words are […]
“We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength, and His wonderful works that He hath done…That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: That they […]
Preaching has a place in Christianity which it has in no other religion. If it is true that preaching is the product of the church, it is also true that the church is the product of preaching. For the church did not spread in its earliest centuries through the sword or with the backing of […]
The man was laid out just where he was killed, in the Parker House, on the east side of the Plaza in San Francisco. Taking my stand near the corpse, I sang: That awful day will surely come, Th’ appointed hour makes haste, When I must stand before my Judge, And pass the solemn test. […]
My latest issue of Christianity Today (May 20, 1996) includes an ad for a new book by Peter Kreeft entitled “Ecumenical Jihad.” One segment of the copy reads: Peter Kreeft argues that we need to change our current alignments. We need to realize that we are at war and that the sides have changed radically: […]
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 […]