Perched high atop the cliffs between Ayr and Girvan on the southwest coast of Scotland is the beautiful Culzean (pronounced Cul-ane) Castle. Designed by the famed Robert Adam in 1777, it was built on the site of an ancient tower, one of the Scottish Kennedy strongholds guarding the coast. More than a century before the […]
Uplook Magazine, January 1994 Written by A. C. Rose […]
I have searched this Book of God through and through, over and over again, to find one ray of hope for one who leaves this world rejecting Christ, and I have never been able to find it. I have looked into all kinds of theories, and have read hundreds of volumes, some depicting the annihilation […]
A number of years ago I read a book now out of print called “Will Evangelicalism Survive Its Own Popularity?” The author reasoned the seeds for evangelical demise came from its popularity. He examined a number of values such as the pursuit of pleasure, fascination with fame, preoccupation with youthfulness, and the obsession with fads […]
The whole question is this: Is eternal punishment in the Bible? Whether it is a blot on the name of God or not, if it is in the Bible, it is there to be believed–if the Bible is accepted as God’s revelation. If the doctrine is a stain on His reputation, and if it is […]
Rodney Smith (1860-1947) was born in a gipsy tent near Epping Forest in England. As was then true of gipsies, the boy received no education; he was truly illiterate. He joined the family trade by selling his father’s hand carved clothespins. In the evenings, his father, Cornelius, played a fiddle to entertain the men who […]
In a fit of violent temper, I left home when I was nineteen and joined the crew of a freighter which was sailing for India. My life became more and more sinful until I lost all concern for anything of true worth. It seemed that my wish that I would some day travel so far […]
Gipsy Smith was preaching in Edinburgh, Scotland. One of his helpers was George Jackson. Mrs. Jackson came to him at the close of the gospel meeting, and said, “Gipsy, there is a young woman in the inquiry room who is in a desperate state. She refuses to go away. Nobody seems to be able to […]
Those heavenly creatures whose very existence is to serve and obey the commands of God, gaze down upon the people of God in wonder and amazement. They are accustomed to seeing many wonders, for they dwell in the presence of God. They were present at the Incarnation of the blessed Son of God (Lk. 2). […]