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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Charity Spoken Here
The tongue is "a world of iniquity," "an unruly evil," "tamed by no man," "full of deadly poison," "set on fire of hell." It "boasteth great things," "defileth the whole body," "setteth on fire the course of nature." These are solemn...
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Our Fiery Member
No book reveals so drastically, and yet so truly, the perils of speech as the Scriptures. The Tongue--a Fire "The tongue is a fire" (Jas. 3:6)--sometimes slanderous, sometimes profane, sometimes idle, sometimes vindictive, sometimes angry--in each case it burns. The moment we...
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Gossips
In our county, there is a scold's bridle (an iron frame around the head with a sharp bit entering the mouth) which was used in years gone by to keep women's tongues from troubling their husbands and their neighbors. They...
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Speaking Evil of Dignitaries
Should we attach warning signs to our mailboxes: "Great Caution is Required" to prepare us for what we may find in it? The other day I received a newsletter written to inform me, in red ink, of "the Bloodstained Hands...
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The Supper at Bethany
When we study and compare the four Gospels, we find the Gospel of John altogether different. It is interesting that while we learn much from what is similar, we learn most from what is different. It is well known that...
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I Watched a Lamb Die
Until recently, just outside the Lion's Gate, hugging the eastern wall of the old city of Jerusalem was the last vestige of what was once a thriving sheep market. In Bible times, Jews scattered through the ancient world by various...
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