In the summer of 1988, I was privileged to come under the ministry of Dr. David Gooding for the first time. I enjoyed it thoroughly and decided to make it my business to avail myself of the opportunity each summer to spend a week under the guidance of this able and humble servant of the […]
Time is increasingly mentioned a problem among Christians, isn’t it. “Not enough time,” we say. But what exactly is the problem with it? Is it that we don’t have enough time? Or is our problem with time that it is misused? In the home, we are told, the average father spends approximately seven minutes per […]
However one feels about the present condition of New Testament assemblies in North America, most would agree that there are sweeping changes afoot. What are some of the influences that affect the present climate? 1. “Intellectual Mobility” As never before, ideas from the broad “marketplace” of Christendom are infiltrating assembly thinking. “Christian” radio, television, literature, […]
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 […]
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 […]