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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Five Portraits of Christ
There are large numbers of God's beloved people who have never carefully studied the marvelous types of the Person and work of Christ given us in the early chapters of Leviticus. Here we have five distinct offerings, all displaying various...
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Dancing with What?
Some of us who heard Dr. David Gooding warn about the inroads of Eastern Orthodox views into the church-at-large at the Mission 93 Conference in Cincinnati wondered at the relevance of warning about these mystical heresies. But now we see that...
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The Sin Offering
While the burnt offering gives us that aspect of the work of Christ which was a "sweet savor unto God," that is, His perfect obedience unto death, the sin-offering, given in Leviticus 4:1 through 5:13, is altogether different. Instead of...
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