“After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before His face into every city and place, where He Himself would come. Therefore said He unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He would send […]
This lone state, extending from the U.S. into the subtropics, is in the south but shares little of the common culture of the other southeastern states. Now, except for the remoter towns in the center of the state, it is highly cosmopolitan and greatly influenced by its burgeoning transplanted population. Comprising an area of almost […]
I am not a young man anymore. According to the stats, two-thirds of my life is gone. And as we are aware, life doesn’t always work according to statistics. But I do know that three of my four grandparents were in heaven well before their 75th birthdays. This is not maudlin speculation. The Scripture encourages […]
While it is a great privilege as a shepherd to be called on to perform a wedding, it is also a solemn responsibility from the Lord to teach the couple and shepherd them in His paths of truth. Pre-marital counselling has become a necessity due to the volume of incorrect information a couple receives by […]
The Designation of Elders In the March issue of Uplook we asked, “How does a person come to be recognized as an elder?” Unfortunately, the question appears to have been somewhat ambiguous. For instance, one contributor spoke of the qualifications of elders rather than their recognition. We must apologize for the lack of clarity. It […]
Private property seems ingrained in the fiber of our civilization. The power which comes to a man from his possessions can, of course, be abused, like any other kind of power. Yet even this abuse, though it shows that the power of wealth must be restrained, does not prove that all possessions ought to be […]
Our reservoir of hymnody is both vast and deep. And the number of the hymns is matched, in most cases, by a richness of thought and beauty of expression that stirs the spirit and fills the mind with the most Christ-honoring thoughts and emotions. As Paul writes: “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and […]
In 1880, D. L. Moody came to St. Louis, Missouri to conduct evangelistic meetings, the local newspaper, the Globe-Democrat, announced that it was going to print every word he said. Moody made up his mind that he “would weave in a lot of Scripture for the Globe-Democrat to print, and that might count if my […]
“If a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness” (Gal. 6:1). Confronting another person about sin is not easy. Sometimes it’s downright frightening! I once had to approach a fellow-believer about his sin of adultery. A tough ex-Marine, he was strong both in […]