It is important to see that the coming of the Lord Jesus into this world introduced an entirely new era in the ways of God with men, and that this new era is marked by the presence of the Holy Spirit in a way that was never known before. In Old Testament days, the Spirit […]
God has chosen in love and grace to reveal Himself to His creature, man. We discover He is One God, yet manifest in three divine persons, being a Father, a Son and a Holy Spirit. We speak most reverently of the First, the Second and the Third Persons of the Godhead. This is not by […]
Mrs. Weisbecker labors for the Lord with her husband, Jim, at Camp Iroquoina near Hallstead, Pennsylvania. In recent years in their travels, and in her speaking to women, she has become increasingly burdened about the biblical role of women in the church. This is her personal testimony because, she writes, “I think that we, as […]
Like kudzu, the oriental vine creeping its way across the landscape of the southeastern U. S., statistics are crawling into every area of our lives. Nothing seems beyond reach. And it seems nothing can stop the thing. By definition, statistics deal with political facts and figures on the status of the state. Now statistics can […]
There are few men who have the record that is ascribed to Job, a “perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil” (1:8; 2:3). Job’s life proved this testimony true. We would expect such a man to have an unclouded sky. But few men have suffered as Job did. […]
John 20 is the resurrection chapter. The darkness of Calvary is gone, the battle against sin, against Satan, and against death has been fought to the finish, and the risen Lord stands upon the battlefield in the undisputed might of resurrection. The Sabbath is past, and all that was connected with the dim shadows of […]
How deeply touching are the words of our Lord Jesus: “My soul is exceeding sorrowful” (Matt. 26:38). We do well to meditate upon them, because while our hearts overflow with praise as we recall what He has done, our spirits are subdued; and while we exult in all the blessing that He has secured for […]
Some time ago in a dream of the night, I thought that I was visiting some Yorkshire villages, distributing gospel tracts and talking with the people in their homes. At the door of one of these cottages there stood a group of women chatting in the glorious sunshine of a summer afternoon. I gave a […]
Why would the twelve-year-old son of a Church of England clergyman join the British Navy? Of course, this was a different time, and people seemed to be constituted of sterner stuff. And besides, what twelve-year-old wouldn’t be filled with romantic notions of sailing the high seas? Leonard Strong (1797-1874) soon found out what it was […]