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 ’way too comfy. If you looked at the stuff I’ve gathered around me, you could easily get the impression that I was planning on being here for ever. As a friend in Ireland facetiously said while we toured some recent renovations on his property, “Signs of our pilgrimage everywhere!” Is there any indication […]
Why You Should Not Be An Elder Why would a child aspire to conduct an orchestra? Probably because he is fascinated by the way conductors wave their arms and appear to be in control of everything. He has no idea of the wisdom and tact, not to mention the ability, required of a person in […]
1. You’ll never be asked to write one of those testimonials on “How The Lord Miraculously Helped Us When It Seemed There Was No Way Out.” 2. You’ll likely always have lots of reserves and will never have to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” 3. Your life will be relatively calm, measured, […]
Young Hudson Taylor began the study of medicine as well as Greek, Hebrew, and Latin in preparation for a life of service in China. He realized, however, that the most important preparation of all must take place in his own soul. In China he would have to depend completely on the Lord for protection, supplies—for […]
THE ROUTE THAT HE TOOK “He [Jesus] left Judea and departed into Galilee. And He must needs pass through Samaria” (Jn. 4:3-4). This was a divine “needs be.” It was not a geographical necessity but a moral one. Reverently speaking, the Lord had no other choice. It was the constraint of sovereign grace. The performing […]
God must do everything that will be of eternal value. “So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase” (1 Cor. 3:7). However, although He can speak through asses, and even rocks if need be, generally the Lord uses people to be the agents of […]
On a recent trip to the Markham assembly in the Toronto. ON, area, I had occasion to discuss the present situation with a brother there. He told me of a conversation he had with my father. “I asked him, If the fields are white to harvest, why are we seeing so few saved?” “Perhaps,” my […]
1. Get a map of North America on your wall and begin praying for various needy areas of the continent. Pray for others who are becoming exercised for North America as a mission field. Pray that the Lord will thrust out the right ones at the right time. 2. Look for someone you can train […]