This generation is called the “me generation.” There is talk of self-esteem, self-worth, self-realization. Marriages fall apart because each says, “My needs are not being met.” Psychologists and counselors are inundated with people who feel frustrated because life is not giving them all they think they deserve. Life focuses upon self for many. Seminars are […]
“This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by […]
Let me divide this lovely chapter into three parts. We have the superiority of love. It rises above every other virtue; it stands supreme. Then we have the sweetness of love, all the ingredients of which it is composed. Finally there is a discussion of the supremacy of love. Certain things will pass away, but […]
The assembly I attend is full of weight lifters. I wouldn’t call it a fad exactly. It’s really a passion with them, has been for a long time. In fact, some of them have been doing it for 70 years! Unbelievable? Wait till you hear what they can lift. Weight lifting has come a long […]
The last sight the world had of the itinerant preacher from Galilee who claimed to be the Son of God was Calvary. They had finally rid the land of His message and His disciples had been proven to be following a hoax. The world would be finished with this whole affair. Or would it? It […]
A British nobleman preaching the Gospel in Sweden some years ago was asked by a lady of the country to what Church he belonged. “To the Church of Christ,” was his reply. “Yes, but to what branch?” she insisted. “Madam,” he answered, “I do not belong to any branch, I belong to the ‘Trunk.’” This […]
While the political landscape is being altered in a country, how often widespread spiritual renovations also occur. This has been true in Eastern Europe in the last decade. It was also true of the work of God in Italy in the last century. Teodoro Pietrocola Rossetti performed a key part in that spiritual work. He […]
Money is power. It has power greatly to extend one’s opportunities, influence, and fruitfulness. With equal truth it may be said to multiply one’s responsibilities. Certainly its possession and use increase one’s dangers spiritually. The Scriptures present amazing contrasts according to an individual’s use of this possession common to all! It may be: “filthy lucre” […]