The Ribband of Blue
"And that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue . . . that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them" (Numbers 15:38-39). People have always made and...
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Outposts of Heaven
We have, in the book of Exodus, the account of that visit which Moses paid to Jehovah Himself in the excellent glory above Mount Sinai--a visit lasting forty days and forty nights, during which time Moses received from God very...
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The Ladder to Heaven
"And he [Jacob] dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it" (Genesis 28:12). All men feel the earth and heaven...
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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
I was visiting a friend near Avignon in the south of France. He and his wife labor (the word may not be strong enough) among the expatriate Arabs from the former French colonies of North Africa. It is not an...
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Spirit Life: Romans 6-8
The Divine intention is that we shall one day be like our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 8:29). It is equally true, however, that God is looking for moral conformity to Him now. We may no longer be "under law," nevertheless,...
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Infinite Resource
It is important to see that the coming of the Lord Jesus into this world introduced an entirely new era in the ways of God with men, and that this new era is marked by the presence of the Holy...
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Emblems of the Holy Spirit
God has chosen in love and grace to reveal Himself to His creature, man. We discover He is One God, yet manifest in three divine persons, being a Father, a Son and a Holy Spirit. We speak most reverently of...
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The Leading of the Spirit
Our motives for wanting divine guidance may not always be as free of self-interest as we think. One of our chief concerns in life is to avoid loss to ourselves, and for this reason even pagans are brought to their...
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