An Open Door
In the prophetic outline of church history given us in chapters 2 and 3 of the Revelation, we see that after the Protestant apostasy depicted in the message to Sardis, it was said to Philadelphia: "Behold, I have set before...
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It’s Time
The young groom fidgets nervously in the anteroom, supported by his best man. Butterflies practice aerobatics in his stomach and a trip hammer works overtime in his ears. He thinks he can hardly stand another minute of this heart palpitation,...
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Review & Reward
To Abram, called from the luxury of city life to be a sojourner in a strange land, God said: "I am thy Shield, and thy exceeding great Reward" (Gen. 15:1). Was Abraham a loser? Whatever he left, he had God...
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A Call to Faithfulness
Faithfulness produces both blessing and suffering. We all like blessing but tend to avoid suffering. Yet we cannot have one without the other. Proverbs 28:20 says, "A faithful man shall abound with blessings." A good example of this is Abraham...
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Too Good to be True
There were some groups conspicuous by their absence from the list of creditors, and others embarrassingly included. When the "double your money in six months" Foundation for New Era Philanthropy filed for bankruptcy on May 15, they listed $551 million...
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Caution: Tongue at Work!
It lies there, docile in its dark, moist chamber, doing neither good nor ill. But don't be fooled. It can suddenly spring to action, responding like a wild, bucking bronco, a storm-driven ship, a raging forest fire, a poisonous viper,...
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No Man Ever Spoke Like This!
James declares, that "if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man." This being so, we are right in applying the Lord's own test to Himself and judging Him by His words, proving if He is indeed...
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Letters of Commendation
In this day of mobility, letters of commendation should be more common than ever. Strangely this biblical practice has fallen into sad disuse. Robert C. Chapman was asked how the saints in Barnstaple were doing with a certain brother who had...
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The Perfect Man
The Lord Jesus was the only perfect Man this world has ever seen. He was all and always perfect, under the eye of God and before men--perfect in thought, perfect in word, and perfect in action. In Him every moral...
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