Seed Thoughts for Soul Winners

March 20

It is a common attack on the Bible that the word “Trinity” is not found anywhere. True enough. But the...

March 19

Biblical truth is the substance of gospel work, so the early believers “went everywhere preaching the word” (Acts 8:4). Divine...

March 18

The town of Crimond in Scotland is remembered for two things. It was the home of Jessie Seymour Irvine, daughter...

March 17

“What is that to thee? Follow thou Me” (Jn 21:22). If the Enemy cannot use disinterest or discouragement to stop...

March 16

Thomas Olivers (1725-1799), a Welsh orphan, billed himself as “the worst boy known in Tregynon for thirty years.” Thrown out...

March 15

The gospel is free so everyone can afford it. Its terms are so simple that “wayfaring men, though fools, shall...

March 14

Warren Wiersbe, in his book, 50 People Every Christian Should Know, tells of an English merchant traveling in Scotland in...

March 13

Reconciliation means “to be returned to favor.” This is necessary only on our side; God does not need to be...

March 12

“For we have not followed cunningly devised fables…but were eyewitnesses of His majesty” (2 Pet 1:16). Amy Orr-Ewing writes: “Sceptics...

March 11

“The Lord is near to all who call upon Him” (Ps 145:18). William James Taylor, alias Bill Hennessy, alias Ed...

March 10

Without question, fear of rejection is the Number One reason for lack of witnessing. But is it a good reason?...

March 9

Henry Morris and Martin Clark write: “…many of the principles of modern science were recorded as facts of nature in...

March 8

“Above all, taking the shield of faith” (Eph 6:16). Often this shield is molded in the fires of testing. Andrew...

March 7

A King who dies for His subjects; a Judge who is the Savior of all. Aristocrats who were mere slaves...

March 6

H.A. Ironside writes: Recently, while presenting the gospel on the streets in California, I was often interrupted like this: “Look...

March 5

The word “Agnosticism” was introduced by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869 although the concept of pleading ignorance in spiritual matters...

March 4

“When they saw the boldness of Peter and John…they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus” (Acts...

March 3

It is a common argument, when discussing Isaiah 53 with a Jew, that the Servant of the Lord represents his...

March 2

“…Come…Come…come” (Rev 22:17). When I found my usual barber shop closed, I crossed the street to a “salon,” and was...

March 1

Good works can be an effective handmaiden to the Good News. You are indeed a profitable Christian if everyone is...

February 28

When witnessing, don’t be surprised to meet believers who are shaken in their faith by some tragedy that baffles them....

February 27

While speaking on the Bible’s inspiration and the many prophecies fulfilled by the Messiah, one detractor advanced the theory that...

February 26

“Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound” (Rom 5:20). About the year 1900, evangelist Peter Bilhorn received a song,...

February 25

John Stott writes: “Note the recognizable sequence in the Gospels. When Jesus saw someone in need He had compassion, and...

February 24

H.P. Barker was visiting the doors when he asked a man, “Are you able to say, ‘My sins, which are...

February 23

“Andrew…first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah.”…And he brought him to Jesus”...

February 22

“I am debtor…” (Rom 1:14). A.P. Gibbs spoke of a tract called “Suppose.” In it the question is asked, “Suppose...

February 21

There are many ideas about Election. What does the Bible say? The word is used to describe the divine choice...

February 20

“And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire” (Jude 23). Think carefully and prayerfully about these words...

February 19

Stirred by Bunyan’s “Visions of Heaven and Hell,” drunkard miner Billy Bray sought the Lord. For days in soul trouble,...

February 18

William MacDonald writes: We teach our children to accumulate; Christ calls them to forsake all (Lk 14:33). We teach them...

February 17

“Reach your finger here, and behold My hands” (Jn 20:27). H.A. Ironside recounts the story of a Roman Catholic woman...

February 16

John Polkinghorne, theologian and Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University, comments on the difference between the biblical account of...

February 15

“The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that...

February 14

“As having nothing, and yet possessing all things” (2 Cor 6:10). Sometimes we excuse our evangelistic inactivity because of a...

February 13

Anthony Cetola, a young shepherd living south of Rome, jumped at the chance to emigrate to the United States. He...

February 12

Buddhism, founded in India by Siddharta Gautama (the Buddha, or Enlightened One) in 520 bc, has 360 million adherents. Beliefs...

February 11

Faith is often needed not only for spiritual efforts but for financial provision as well. In dark days, when funds...

February 10

John Townsend was born into a well-to-do family in Exeter, England. At the age of 20, while studying to become...

February 9

“For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries” (1 Cor 16:9). “Praying also...

February 8

One evening, H.A. Ironside came upon a gospel meeting at the corner of Market and Grant in San Francisco. When...

February 7

“You shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost...

February 6

“…Tormented day and night for ever and ever” (Rev 20:10). Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834) preached to more people than any other...

February 5

Luke wrote more of the New Testament than any other author, including Paul. There has been no shortage of critics...

February 4

Joseph Scriven, the author of “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” was born in Dublin in 1820 and moved...

February 3

When asked to write a comment in someone’s album, C.H. Spurgeon would often write: “E’er since by faith I saw...

February 2

“So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in Your word” (Ps 119:42). In...

February 1

It is true that salvation is based on certain historical facts: “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,...

January 31

“There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Not in...

January 30

While coming across Texas, I was given a ride by a Seventh Day Adventist. I said, “My friend, do you...

January 29

Christian Science: founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879, now lists 2,000 congregations in 80 countries. Eddy was raised Congregationalist...

January 28

In the beginning God made man in His own image, so close is grandeur to our dust. Before the beginning...

January 27

Shortly after my salvation, I witnessed to my mother. Not so politely, she asked me never to speak to her...

January 26

Arthur Gook, missionary to Iceland, tells this story in Can a Young Man Trust His God? “A man attending gospel...

January 25

We have come far short of the example of the apostles, much more of Christ; we are far behind the...

January 24

“He who waters will also be watered himself” (Proverbs 11:25). When the Lord has given blessing by a tract or...

January 23

“…Seed to the sower, and bread to the eater” (Isa 55:10-11). “Now he that ministers seed to the sower both...

January 22

On the last day of September 1816, Robert Moffat sailed from London for South Africa. Proceeding to Namaqualand on the...

January 21

Whatever you know of God’s truth, do it. That is what the disciples were told in John 2:5, “Whatever He...

January 20

Sir Moses Montefiore was the most famous Jew in the 19th Century. Linked by marriage and business to the Rothschilds,...

January 19

Let others keep quiet about hell if they wish—I dare not. I see it plainly in Scripture, and I must...

January 18

Didn’t Jesus receive a sinful nature through His mother Mary? Mary was not “immaculately conceived” in her mother’s womb. The...

January 17

When I look over an audience and think of the misery that you and I do not see, that He...

January 16

The Lord Jesus Christ dominates the Scriptures as the sun dominates our solar system. As the Eternal Son, He acts...

January 15

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (Jn 1:14). If New Testament Christianity is to reappear today with its...

January 14

“‘Is not my word like fire,’ declares the Lord, ‘and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?’” (Jer...

January 13

A helpful guide to the effective use of biblical evidence is the Emmaus Study Course, Ready to Give an Answer...

January 12

Mel Trotter, who founded 66 rescue missions in key cities across the U.S., wrote: “I didn’t get a very good...

January 11

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee” (Ps 119:11). My Bible teaches...

January 10

“Pray for them…” (Mt 5:44). A survey prepared at Fuller Seminary was taken of 750 Muslims from 30 countries who...

January 9

“Are you saved, sir?” Harry Ironside asked a man at the close of a gospel meeting. “No, I can’t say...

January 8

Is there a difference between the teaching of Paul and James on whether a person is saved by faith alone...

January 7

A key Bible word is justification, defined as “to judicially declare right so as to have the force of law.”...

January 6

“The life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to...

January 5

“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in...

January 4

Sir Robert Anderson, head of Scotland Yard from 1888-1901, was one of England’s premiere legal minds. He tells of his...

January 3

Bertrand Russell, philosopher and mathematician, was the author of Why I am Not a Christian. Katherine Tait, Russell’s daughter, wrote:...

January 2

Charles Stanley (1821-1890), when given the opportunity to speak to a large crowd of Roman Catholics, said: “I want to...

January 1

“This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to...

December 31

“We desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,...

December 30

Arnot McIntee tells the story of a preacher at Orator’s Corner in Hyde Park, London, England. A heckler interrupted: “Ladies...

December 29

“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land…” (Mt 27:45). Some skeptics claim that there are...

December 28

I was a young preacher, visiting with the old veteran Welcome Detweiler of Durham, NC. We were sitting in a...

December 27

David Gooding comments on the repentant thief: Personally he had never thought much of kings, had never felt like obeying...

December 26

“How good is a timely word!” (Prov 15:23). My brother-in-law, Bob, who was a public school teacher, spent a great...

December 25

How do we know the Lord Jesus is God? Note some key points. 1. The Old Testament promises that Messiah...

December 24

Holidays can be excellent, though often difficult, opportunities to reach out to relatives and friends who don’t know the Lord....

December 23

It is sometimes assumed that our Lord’s use of the title “Son of Man” is meant to emphasize His humanity....

December 22

My father worked in advertising before giving his full time to preaching the Word. He had opportunity to help a...

December 21

It is a serious thing…to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be...

December 20

Will and Peter Pell once were preaching at a conference in Hamilton, ON. At lunch, a woman asked if they...

December 19

“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right...

December 18

In the book Two Pioneer Evangelists, the thrilling stories of Donald Ross and Donald Munro, is the following conversion account...

December 17

“But the end of all things is at hand: therefore be serious, and watchful in prayer” (1 Pet 4:7). In...

December 16

The prisoner had been known as “king of the garotters” for his history of strangling his victims. He seemed utterly...

December 15

Why did God, who professedly loves all His creatures, not give such overwhelming evidence of Himself that everyone capable of...

December 14

Good illustrations or demonstrations can be very effective in making the gospel plain. Our Lord used them all the time....

December 13

What did Jesus mean when He said, “I came not to send peace, but a sword” (Mt 10:34)? Writes A.W....

December 12

I was seeking to lead a soldier to Christ, but he tried to evade the issue with, “I’ll think it...

December 11

The Occult: With the rise of secularization, the rock culture and drug cults, the West has seen a resurgence of...

December 10

David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and explorer of Africa, visited Cambridge on December 4, 1857. To the student body he...

December 9

“Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”...

December 8

In his biography by Johannes Gossner, Martin Boos (1762-1825), a Roman Catholic priest, tells how he was saved: “In 1788...

December 7

“We preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness” (1 Cor 1:23). I want...

December 6

In These My People, Lil Dickson tells the story of a mountain village in Formosa during Japanese occupation: “The policeman...

December 5

C.S. Lewis writes about his years as an atheist: “My argument against God was that the universe was so cruel...

December 4

On a trip to the Pacific coast, D.L. Moody heard of a stagecoach driver who was on his deathbed. He...

December 3

Just twenty years after the Cross had been lifted up, the messengers of the gospel were spoken of as those...

December 2

“‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ I say to you that likewise there will...

December 1

Does the Bible allow for the theory of evolution? Josh McDowell writes: “We must first understand what we mean by...

November 30

Yale-educated evangelist R.A. Torrey (1856–1928) worked with D.L. Moody in his early years and became superintendent of what became Moody...

November 29

“My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God” (Ps 84:2). William Davidson (1848-1929), Scottish professor of logic...

November 28

“Love,” said George Herbert, “is a man of war.” Christ’s suffering therefore was not passion merely; it was action to...

November 27

James, the 7th Duke of Hamilton, was born at Holyrood Palace, the son of the 6th Duke of Hamilton and...

November 26

“His name shall be called Wonderful” (Isa 9:6). Arno C. Gabelein writes: “No mind can fathom, no heart can grasp,...

November 25

“He who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death” (Jas 5:20). When...

November 24

The Jewish daily prayers, called in Hebrew “Sidûr,” include “Thirteen Principles of the Faith,” composed by the famous Moses Maimonides...

November 23

“Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things” (Isa 40:26). Two renowned physicists acknowledge this....

November 22

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world” (1 Jn 2:15). In a quaint illustration, C.H....

November 21

C.E.M. Joad (1891–1953) was an English philosopher and broadcasting personality, as famous as George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell in...

November 20

Erich Sauer, well-loved for his trilogy of books on the history of salvation, wrote In the Arena of Faith as...

November 19

One day Lewis Sperry Chafer encountered a flagman sitting by a railroad crossing reading a Bible. Dr. Chafer greeted the...

November 18

The apostle Paul prayed this for the saints: “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,...

November 17

D.L. Moody writes: During the last days of the Civil War many men were deserting from the South. Secretary Stanton...

November 16

Is Jesus ever addressed as God in the Bible or is He so described? Anticipating our Lord’s birth, an angel...

November 15

Go figure. Penn Jillette is half of the famous magic duo Penn & Teller. He is a very militant and...

November 14

Men are formed in character not only by their past and present, but also by their futures. Man inwardly grows...

November 13

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892), was converted at age 15, and preached his first message in a cottage at Teversham the...

November 12

How does human life differ from that of the animals? There are dramatic consequences if man is simply the latest...

November 11

At a luncheon in his honor, Billy Graham told this story: “Albert Einstein was travelling from Princeton by train when...

November 10

“You rejoice with joy inexpressible” (1 Pet 1:8). “There is no need to be worried by facetious people who try...

November 9

“Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds. Let the high praises of God...

November 8

Arthur Rendle Short, professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons, was also founder of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He...

November 7

“The friendship of the world is enmity with God” (Jas 4:4). Salvation means the end of hostilities, unconditional surrender to...

November 6

Shintoism: The indigenous belief of Japan, from shen-tao, meaning “the way of the gods.” A very ancient concept based on...

November 5

Vaughn Shoemaker (1902–1991) was a widely-published American editorial cartoonist. He won the Pulitzer Prize not once but twice for his...

November 4

Regeneration means to be born anew. It is the imparting of divine life from above, instantly transferring the soul into...

November 3

Archibald Brown wrote: “The gospel is a fact; therefore tell it simply. The gospel is a joyful fact; therefore tell...

November 2

“Men…suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown...

November 1

Is anyone pleading with God for a mighty harvest in our day? Will two agree in asking (Mt 18:19)? In...

October 31

“Unless a kernel of wheat fall in the ground and die, it abides alone; but if it dies, it brings...

October 30

“Holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ” (Php 2:16). C.T. Studd,...

October 29

“If our gospel is hid, it is hid to those who are lost” (2 Cor 4:3). Procrastination is very often...

October 28

Tommy Rowden had just been gloriously saved and couldn’t wait to tell his friends during coffee break at the plant...

October 27

There is great irony in the notion that salvation means “giving your life to Christ.” Sinners are dead and have...

October 26

Johnny Wagner fled from a drunken father and an abusive stepmother when only eight. He was drinking by age eleven...

October 25

The story is told of some missionaries who were going to New Guinea. As they drew near, the captain of...

October 24

George Watmough hitchhiked across America, witnessing to thousands. Once leaving Tucson on his way to Phoenix, he was given a...

October 23

“That in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified...

October 22

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications…be made for all men…For this is good and acceptable in the sight...

October 21

How important is consistent Christian testimony to effective gospel witness. In Chartist times (a Victorian era workplace reform movement), people...

October 20

At meetings being held in the north of England, Lionel Fletcher noticed a rough-looking man showing the ravages of sin...

October 19

“What do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast...

October 18

Edward Studd, after making a fortune in the tea business in India, returned to England to raise his family in...

October 17

How were the books of the Bible selected? “Canonicity” refers to the standard used to include these writings. God determined...

October 16

Frederick N. Charrington, heir to the largest distillery in England, while traveling in France, met an acquaintance, William Rainsford, and...

October 15

To some the mental image of God is a blur of disappointment. “Here,” they say resentfully, “is One whom I...

October 14

Ray Comfort tells about a poster promoting atheism. It features pictures of Darwin, Jefferson and Lincoln, Ben Franklin, Einstein, Carl...

October 13

Hypocrisy is the great impediment in evangelism. Our Lord prayed that His people might be marked by reality. “Sanctify them...

October 12

Peter Waldo (c. 1140 – c. 1218) lived in the darkest days of the Dark Ages. A wealthy merchant of...

October 11

Confucianism: The insistence that human beings are perfectible through personal and communal endeavor. The main religious belief of China looks...

October 10

Hy Pickering, born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, was raised in a religious home, but after being christened and confirmed, found he had...

October 9

It was Blaise Pascal who said: “Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; we do not...

October 8

George Whitfield (1714-1770), who was used by God to spread the Great Awakening, became perhaps the best-known preacher in Britain...

October 7

No man is greater than his prayer life. The preacher who is not praying is playing; the people who are...

October 6

William Williams, in his fascinating account of pioneer work in Venezuela, called It Can Be Done, tells how it was...

October 5

What are the most positive and most negative sentences in the NT? The first reads, “God is able to make...

October 4

I was standing with some Christians in a small antiquities shop hard by the ancient pool of Siloam. The clerk,...

October 3

How do you respond to someone who says: “I’d like to be a Christian but I don’t think I can...

October 2

D.L. Moody paid nine visits to the Civil War battlefront. One evening past midnight, he was called to visit a...

October 1

Charles Darwin wrote: “To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances,...

September 30

Don’t the following verses teach that all people will ultimately be saved? Col 1:20; Eph 1:10; 1 Tim 2:4-6; 4:10;...

September 29

It is indifference, not honest opposition, that is the enemy of salvation. Multitudes who have taken God’s Word in hand...

September 28

“All things were created by Him, and for Him” (Col 1:16). Albert Einstein recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe:...

September 27

Lionel Fletcher tells of gospel work at 20 years old. One night a blacksmith came to cause trouble. Toward the...

September 26

“For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord” (2 Cor 4:5). Charles Spurgeon revealed the secret of...

September 25

When Jim and Lil Dickson arrived in Taiwan (then Formosa) in 1927, .there was one unreached tribe of headhunters known...

September 24

If Christianity is so great, why are there so few Christians? Don’t underestimate how many the Lord will save. When...

September 23

As a boy, I loved good Christian biographies. One day I found my father’s copy of Archibald Glover’s massive “A...

September 22

There is today a pale, pathetic, and unflinching interpretation of the blessed gospel, which guarantees salvation as “a financially and...

September 21

Is the Bible to be taken literally? Yes. And no. Like any great piece of literature, there are some literal,...

September 20

“Neither were thankful” (Rom 1:21). Leonard Lindsted tells of an incident at a bus stop during the days of WWII....

September 19

My beloved first-born son and his precious wife have such a challenge with two special needs sons. As I grieved...

September 18

“What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mt 16:26). While this is almost always applied to the...

September 17

Leonard Sheldrake reminds us that “No work is more noble or fraught with more blessed possibilities than sowing the seeds...

September 16

“And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to Myself. This He said, signifying...

September 15

William Hoste lays out 5 important facts about new birth: 1. God is its Author. It cannot be worked up;...

September 14

Patrick couldn’t find an answer to his soul hunger until a tourist struck up a conversation with him about spiritual...

September 13

How do you answer those who embrace the idea of reincarnation? Sometimes called the transmigration of the soul, it is...

September 12

George Hucklesby shows the simple but effective method used by the one who led him into full assurance. After hearing...

September 11

Two great sins are marked out in Scripture by other sinners being threatened with having “their portion with hypocrites” (Mt...

September 10

James M. Gray, longtime Dean at Moody Bible Institute, tells his story: “I regularly attended church. At 14, when I...

September 9

Historian Arnold Toynbee, in an essay titled Christianity and Civilization, presented at Oxford University, said: “Democracy is another leaf from...

September 8

H.A. Ironside tells of open-air meetings in Albuquerque, NM. A gambler who had moved there for his tuberculosis had been...

September 7

“You have heard him and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus” (Eph 4:21). “We should...

September 6

“And they shall be all taught of God” (Jn 6:45). Harold St. John was given permission to have some Bible...

August 31

Who has heard of “engineer missionary” to Uganda Alexander Mackay? Against tremendous obstacles, he built 230 miles of road to...

August 30

Can the remarkable fine tuning of the universe be scientifically explained by the concept of a “multiverse,” worlds upon unperceived...

August 29

Bob Brown began life February 12, 1944 as a throw-away child in an orphanage in South St. Paul, Minnesota. Purchased...

August 28

Did religions evolve from polytheism to monotheism? Renowned Assyriologist Stephen Langdon writes: “In my opinion the history of the oldest...

August 27

“God, be merciful to me a sinner!” (Lk 18:13). Only a person’s sins rightly introduces himself to God. This was...

August 26

“The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds” (2 Cor 10:4). The...

August 25

Joseph Tremblay of Quebec, ordained a priest in Rome, was serving in Chile, where, he writes, “One Sunday I chose...

August 24

Here are three prayers that, if prayed believingly, would revolutionize the work of the gospel in our areas. First, “Lord…send...

August 23

Journalist Malcolm Muggeridge was one of the West’s leading atheists. But in a stunning reversal, in 1969 he published Jesus...

August 22

“You became followers of us and of the Lord…so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who...

August 21

Alfred Wiener, a Jew born in Frankfurt, Germany, became familiar with “St. Matthew’s Passion” by Bach and Handel’s “Messiah” through...

August 20

Want to help advance the gospel? Evaluate needs: see your area as a mission field; map population centers; identify people...

August 19

The remarkable conversion of British thinker C.S. Lewis is described in his own words: “To find their way, atheists must...

August 18

How can people in this century take the idea of the virgin birth seriously? Interestingly, the most detail regarding the...

August 17

“There are two things I like that Islam teaches,” I told a group of upset young Muslims. Upset because I...

August 16

Hinduism, the indigenous religion of India, has 900 million adherents worldwide. Although there are many subdivisions, they generally believe in...

August 15

“She out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood” (Mk 12:44). A woman told me...

August 14

The Psalms are often used as Messianic proofs in the preaching of our Lord and His disciples. Christ said to...

August 13

“Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean” (Lk 5:12). Bruce Olson was raised in a Lutheran family...

August 12

“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me…and I will love him and manifest...

August 11

Chuck Colson, one-time “hatchet man” for President Nixon, was being interviewed by an Australian radio host. With just 20 seconds...

August 10

Dr. Gerald McKibben comments on the current argument that the degree of similarity between the DNA of men and chimpanzees...

August 9

“Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever…Now...

August 8

The primitive churches were not mere assemblies of men who agreed to meet together once or twice a week, and...

August 7

Col. Robert Ingersoll, the apostle of agnosticism in nineteenth century America, once had the task of speaking at his brother’s...

August 6

“And Samson called to the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I...

August 5

“The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Lk 19:10). “It was right...

August 4

Nineteenth century evangelist William Taylor tells the story of a prisoner awaiting his execution. Various Christians visited him in his...

August 3

“We have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins” (Col. 1:14). The word forgiveness in its primary sense means...

August 2

“But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father...

August 1

“All power is given to Me in heaven and earth” (Mt 28:18). The word power (exousia) is also translated authority,...

July 31

“…sinners, of whom I am chief” (1 Tim 1:15). We were preaching at 6 a.m., in Exeter, England, near the...

July 30

George Goodman writes: “The gospel must be preached with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven (1 Pet 1:12). This...

July 29

“I have more understanding than all my teachers: for Your testimonies are my meditation” (Ps 119:99). “Moral relativism is a...

July 28

Paul speaks of men “who suppress the truth” (Rom 1:18). John Blanchard writes: “Although countless scientists today hold to divine...

July 27

J. Hudson Taylor, gospel pioneer to China, though raised in a Christian home, remained ignorant of what it meant to...

July 26

Educator John Dewey (1859-1952), co-author of the Humanist Manifesto I, declared, “There is no God and there is no soul....

July 25

Captain Gustav Stearns was an army chaplain with the 127th Infantry of the U.S. Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World...

July 24

“But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as...

July 23

“God” in various religions might be thought of as benevolent towards creation, but the gospel was Good News when it...

July 22

J. Budziszewski, a “repentant atheist,” writes: “How then did I become undeceived? Not because anyone called my bluff. When I...

July 21

God-hungry men find God. “As the hart pants after the water brooks” (Ps 42:1), so the souls of the Upper-Room...

July 20

“Is not My word like…a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” (Jer 23:29). A couple of undergraduates were standing...

July 19

“The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see...

July 18

Sam Hadley, a drunkard transformed by Christ, was used by God to see thousands reached in New York. On the...

July 17

How easy it is to become preoccupied with earthly things. This was the story of Demas. Paul says of his...

July 16

“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven”...

July 15

Imputation means to reckon, or to put to one’s account. “And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ‘Abraham believed God,...

July 14

“Jesus said, Take away the stone” (Jn 11:39). Sister Abigail tells the story of a girl she met called Annie....

July 13

I came across a website where a questioner asks: “Can anyone share some [illustrations] that they feel are sound theologically...

July 12

I was speaking on the righteousness of God and that man is proved to have none. A local preacher suddenly...

July 11

A large share of skeptics are mere triflers. Their professed skepticism is only an excuse for sin. As a rule...

July 10

Have you heard that we share 50% of our DNA with bananas? It’s true! It is a frequent argument by...

July 9

“You know what kind of men we were among you for your sake. And you became followers of us and...

July 8

Having given a stirring appeal to every believer to engage in a ministry of gospel reconciliation on behalf of God...

July 7

Edward Hoare, son of a London banker, was a well-respected evangelical preacher in Tunbridge Wells at the end of the...

July 6

When William Featherston wrote, “For Thee all the follies of sin I resign,” he reminded us of what Paul confessed...

July 5

Is Christianity a crutch? It was Karl Marx who famously said, “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” There is...

July 4

My friend John Bjorlie was arrested while preaching from a public sidewalk to some college students at a campus in...

July 3

“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to...

July 2

In Good News is for Sharing, Leighton Ford recounts: “I was speaking at an open-air crusade in Halifax, Nova Scotia....

July 1

“The scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge” (Prov 1:22). “The new rebel,” writes G.K. Chesterton, “is a...

June 30

“God has spoken once, twice…” (Ps 62:11). Scottish physician W.P. Mackay remembered seeing his mother in agonizing prayer over his...

June 29

The historical elements of the gospel are found in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ “for our sins” and...

June 28

“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Cor 6:2). Dawson Trotman writes: The...

June 27

To the writers of [the New Testament Epistles] this present life was only an incident. It was lived, with a...

June 26

Baha’i: founded in 1863 in Tehran, Iran as a breakaway from Islam. There are now 5-7 million adherents. They believe...

June 25

Ira Sankey tells of his visit with D.L. Moody to Sunderland, in northeast England: “One evening at the conclusion of...

June 24

Here are some prayer pointers regarding the gospel: 1. Ask the Lord for help in living a life that suits...

June 23

One treasure for which the heart longs is the security of unchanging love. It is the believer’s certainty that there...

June 22

One of the reasons that sinful or worldly habits are so expensive is that they shut our mouths as gospel...

June 21

“What will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mk 8:37). Rowland Hill (1744-1833) had preached to large crowds...

June 20

Is it wrong to assert that God died on the Cross? The purpose of the incarnation is carefully explained in...

June 19

I was to be giving a talk on evidence for God at a college in Appleton, Wisconsin. Two atheists near...

June 18

Mark Cahill writes: “If it doesn’t matter on the day you die, it doesn’t matter. Will it matter on the...

June 17

J.J. Rouse, in Pioneer Work in Canada, tells the story of a man converted in his hometown of Oro, Ontario....

June 16

Sometimes younger believers don’t engage in witnessing because older Christians around them haven’t given them a good example. This is...

June 15

William Booth (1829–1912), founder of The Salvation Army, labored for the Lord among the poor and destitute in London’s East...

June 14

Peace has been defined as the “tranquil state of the soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fears...

June 13

George David writes: “In order to make disciples of others we need to be practicing disciples ourselves…This is what is...

June 12

“I being in the way, the Lord led me” (Gen 24:27). I was packing for a coastal boat trip in...

June 11

The message we preach is “the gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24) for now grace reigns in life...

June 10

A.T. Pierson told of Alexander MacLaren using the illustration of a compass “with one foot firmly set in the true...

June 9

“There is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee” (Ps 73:25). In his book Heaven’s Cure for Earth’s Care,...

June 8

J.F. Strombeck, in his book, So Great Salvation, suggests God’s salvation is great because it is available to such a...

June 7

Abdullah did not see why the Messiah must die for our sins. I took him to Genesis, telling him the...

June 6

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering toward us, not willing...

June 5

Charles Finney writes: “I once labored in a village in New York where Universalism prevailed. The leading man among them...

June 4

The authors of the Epistles, writes J.B. Phillips, “had a tremendous sense of the overwhelming Moral Perfection of God. The...

June 3

Christian apologist Josh McDowell explains that the change in his life when he trusted Christ convinced his father that there...

June 2

“No man in the world today has such power as he who can make his fellow men feel that Christ...

June 1

J. Budziszewski abandoned the Christian faith in his youth. His explanation is telling: “At the bottom of all atheism is...

May 31

Complete faith in Christ is not only the gateway to Life but also the pathway of Living. “The just shall...

May 30

Ravi Zacharias writes: “In the 1950s, Encyclopedia Britannica published its fifty-five-volume set, The Great Books of the Western World. One...

May 29

John Berridge, a contemporary of Whitfield and the Wesleys, was ordained in 1745 but was unfit for the Lord’s service...

May 28

“Warning every man, and teaching every man” (Col 1:28) was the Apostle’s practice when he preached Christ. "In humility correcting...

May 27

Some of the most complimentary statements about the Lord Jesus came from His enemies. “No man ever spoke like this...

May 26

Grace is a word rich with biblical meaning. It is used to describe the condition of the heart of God...

May 25

“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life” (Deut 30:19). Col. and Mrs. George...

May 24

Harold Urey (1893–1981) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934. Although he played a key part in developing the...

May 23

Andrew Stenhouse tells of a furlough trip from Chile on the Sydney Star, a frozen-meat ship. It had only a...

May 22

“For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division...

May 21

Here is the conversion story of Charlotte Elliott, author of “Just as I Am.” Dr. Cesar Malan of Geneva, visiting...

May 20

Salvation includes many interconnected teachings. Here are some examples: “Whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the...

May 19

Edward and Anna Scott arrived in India in the fall of 1862. Settling in the northeast state of Assam, they...

May 18

I had a long wait leaving Prescott, Arizona, but finally the right man came along. “I don’t know why I...

May 17

“In the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be self lovers, money lovers,…pleasure lovers and no God...

May 16

In his remarkable account, Incidents of Gospel Work, Charles Stanley of Rotherham, England writes: “On one occasion I felt a...

May 15

Do you take the Bible literally? The answer, of course, is “Yes and No.” A good answer this question: We...

May 14

It is feared that much Christian activity is attempted without the work resting on a solid foundation of prayer, holiness,...

May 13

“Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again’” (John 3:7). Ravi Zacharias addresses an increasingly...

May 12

John Townsend had been visiting a prisoner on death row. One day he said to his daughter Abbie, “This man...

May 11

“For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit...

May 10

I noticed her in the crowd; she looked to me like royalty. When I asked her to tell me her...

May 9

Sanctification comes from the same root meaning as holiness. In its primary sense, it means to be different, then to...

May 8

The Reason Why, a gospel booklet written in 1913 by Robert Laidlaw, a New Zealand businessman, 50 years later had...

May 7

To a large degree, the gospel will only grip others’ hearts to the measure in which it has gripped our...

May 6

Mormonism (Latter-Day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830, and now claims more than 12 million adherents. They believe...

May 5

How do we know that Jesus rose from the dead? The Lord would not leave us in any doubt. “He...

May 4

No one can calculate the suffering and death that swept through Angola during its 27-year civil war, as forces from...

May 3

George Goodman writes: An appeal should only be made when the Spirit has evidently been convicting the hearers, and then...

May 2

H.A. Ironside tells of addressing a “Mission to Israel” in San Francisco in 1898. At the end, an elderly Jew...

May 1

One of the most important lessons in the book of Acts is this: there’s room for everyone on the team....

April 30

How can you believe a Bible that is full of contradictions? Josh McDowell writes: “Certain passages at first glance appear...

April 29

“Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with one blow: then a great ransom cannot deliver you”...

April 28

It’s good to have some simple ways in mind to present gospel truth. For example, an outline of John 3:16,...

April 27

Eric Liddell, the winner of the 400-metre race at the 1924 Paris Olympics, was a consecrated Christian. The film *Chariots...

April 26

If the Bible is rooted in history, that presents a problem: how can you trust the accounts of Jesus when...

April 25

Ira Sankey tells of an incident in Brooklyn, NY. “A fine-looking young man came into the inquiry room. I asked...

April 24

If God made everything, who made God? John Lennox responds: “One of the central arguments of The God Delusion, Richard...

April 23

William Haslam (1817-1905), an Anglo-Catholic vicar, on hearing many conversion testimonies, came under deep conviction. He felt he could no...

April 22

It is natural that we should turn to the Acts of the Apostles to see how the first preachers proclaimed...

April 21

Hasn’t the New Testament been changed since it has been repeatedly recopied throughout time? This is key. As F.F. Bruce...

April 20

On that tragic Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School near Denver, CO, two students, Eric Harris and Dylan...

April 19

What does man find objectionable about the gospel? Everything! Think of John 3:16. “For God,” and some object to the...

April 18

W.T.P. Wolston was born at Brixham, England, on September 6, 1840, and was converted at the age of 20 while...

April 17

Anyone witnessing will be challenged on homosexuality. Some will say it’s wrong to condemn, since people are born that way....

April 16

Andrew Stenhouse writes: “We rented a hall on one of the main arteries of the city. It was busy and...

April 15

“If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God…” (Jn 7:17)....

April 14

Ridley Haim Herschell, born to a devout Jewish family in Strzelno, Poland, had no peace. One morning he bought something...

April 13

In Bill Maher’s movie, Religulous, he baits a U.S. senator for believing in “a talking snake in the garden.” But...

April 12

Amy Orr-Ewing tells of a conversation her husband had with a woman at a wedding reception: “At one point she...

April 11

“Our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in...

April 10

Charles Spurgeon tells the story of an old man who heard a young man preach. When he was asked what...

April 9

In John 6:37 our Lord says: “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me.” Doesn’t God want all...

April 8

George Whitfield, who preached more than 18,000 times, was one of the most widely recognized public figures in colonial America....

April 7

Your humanity is at stake; the souls of the unsaved are at stake. The sinner saved by grace is not...

April 6

I had been called at the last minute to speak at a conference. I spent the night preparing and was...

April 5

The Jehovah’s Witnesses (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society) began at a study with Charles Taze Russell in 1879, and...

April 4

One evening, Abigail Luffe was accosted on her way home. “What’s in your bag, lady?” Abigail held up her Bible:...

April 3

I think of my fellow-sinners; my companions in crime and guilt. I would fain make some suitable amends to them....

April 2

In the fourth century, the “golden-mouthed” Chrysostom of Antioch wrote: “I do not think of Christ as God alone, or...

April 1

“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’” (Ps 14:1). Is the Bible being unkind or painfully truthful...

February 29

Adoption, or “son-placing,” is the ultimate goal God has set for believer (Eph 1:5) at the end of time, bringing...