They Crucified Him
"And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him" (Lk. 23:33). Calvary is the place of the world's greatest tragedy, for there they crucified the Lord of Glory. But it is the place of...
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The Death, The Cross, and the Blood
These three terms are prominently used in the Bible to tell the wonderful story of the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. They are often used interchangeably, as if they meant more or less the same thing, which they do...
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Young People: Preserved and Perfected
Young people loyal to Christ find the world is not an easy place. We are burdened in prayer for you because the age is not getting better. Judge it by its literature: if there is filth in a book, it...
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The Cross and the Yoke
"And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me." "Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me." (Mt. 10:38; 11:29) Here are two wooden structures, both familiar sights in Israel when the Lord...
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The Case of the Rolled Carpet
One of the hotly debated issues today concerns the plight of the homeless. Statistics vary dramatically; but of course homeless people are not statistics. Statistics do not live in abandoned cars or eat from dumpsters; people do. From where have these...
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Walking with God
"And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him" (Gen. 5:24). We hear repeatedly of the pathway of obedience as the way of blessing and progress; but what is that "path of the just . . ....
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Your Methods Convey a Message
"And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. And...
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Divine Intimacy
The intimacy which the Lord has sought with man is evidenced in a very blessed way through Scripture. It may have had different expressions, but still it was intimacy. The glory in the cloud, the Lord in the burning bush,...
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The Husbandman
The Lord, interpreting the Father, enforces on His disciples here the lesson that in entering into relation with Himself, as the "True Vine," they come within the sphere of the Father's activities as Husbandmen, for better or worse, as they...
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