And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the nations, believed on in the world, received up into glory (1 Tim. 3:16) These wonderful words may have formed part of an early Christian hymn. Inserted by the Apostle Paul […]
George Brealey (1823-1888) was born into a Christian home. But as a teenager, an unbelieving uncle introduced George to alcohol, profanity, and fighting. In 1841, one Sunday afternoon, George’s mother found her 18-year-old son in a saloon playing cards and drinking himself drunk with two others. Falling on her knees right there, she pleaded with […]
The Scriptures reveal to us many things the Lord has saved us for, and it is well that when we find them we should ponder them over in His presence, seeking the needed grace to be just what He wants us to be. We all have to confess that we come far short of what […]
“As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly” (1 Cor. 15:49). THE PURPOSE (ROM. 8:29) Those called according to His purpose are conformed to the image of His Son. It was the purpose of God in eternity to conform us to the image of His […]
Prophetically, the very first emotions of man recorded in the Bible (Gen. 3:7-10) are shame and fear. They were both the instant fruit of sin. And sin and shame and fear have been the unchanging problem of the human race ever since. We meet them in the daily papers, in the thronging mission fields, in […]
There has been considerable debate over the years concerning the actual site of Golgotha, Skull Hill. It would seem that the Lord, knowing the tendency of the human heart to adore just about anything but what it should rightly adore, has kept its location uncertain. The “traditional site,” which various religious groups shamelessly use to […]
August Van Ryn (1890-1982) wrote of his birth, “My arrival in Haarlem (Netherlands) on May 15, 1890, created no particular sensation (unless it was one of dismay, for already there were seven Van Ryns ahead of me–with five more to come after). So my birth was nothing special to others, though it was to me.” […]
Young people loyal to Christ find the world is not an easy place. We are burdened in prayer for you because the age is not getting better. Judge it by its literature: if there is filth in a book, it will sell. I know nothing of its cinemas except from the pictures outside, and they […]
“And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.” “Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me.” (Mt. 10:38; 11:29) Here are two wooden structures, both familiar sights in Israel when the Lord Jesus spoke of them–the cross, and the yoke. He indicates that a disciple is […]