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Thinking About Christ
We ought to think of Christ because of the office He fills between God and man. He is the eternal Son of God, through whom alone the Father can be known, approached, and served. He is the Mediator between God and man, through whom alone we can be reconciled to God, pardoned, justified, and saved. […]
Hearing and Seeing the Lord
The sights and sounds of heaven. “I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth Thee; wherefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42:5-6). “They answered and said unto him: Thou wast altogether born in sin and dost thou teach us? And they cast […]
Will You Die Well?
“…Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death” (Phil. 1:20). The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years…” (Ps. 90:10, NKJV). A hymn says, “Life at best is very brief.” Compared to eternity, our life is just a little blip […]
No Plan Like His Plan
The thing that strikes this author is the seeming audacity of Christ’s plan. If it were any merely human plan, we should call it audacity. This audacity is observable, first of all, in the fact that the plan is originally proposed to the world with what might appear to us to be such hazardous completeness. […]
Borne of Four
A veteran soul winner and disciple-maker calls for some cooperation in the work. In Mark 2, we see four men bearing a fifth to the Lord for help. Notice how they dealt with the obstacles they encountered on the way. Nothing deterred their resolute determination to accomplish their task, namely, to bring a needy soul […]
Thanks a Million
The first publisher of Uplook tells about a hymn ahead of its time (from the Dec 1994 Uplook) In the summer of 1923, Mr. Fred Mehl pitched a gospel tent in Big Rapids, MI, his hometown. It was my privilege to join our brother in house-to-house visitation, open-air and tent services. “Grandma’s” open house became […]
So What?
Statistics have their place, I suppose, but don’t lose your way in the number mumbo-jumbo. 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 […]