Saints in a Storm
Be still, my soul: The waves and winds still know His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below. Katharina von Schlegel Two emails recently arrived on my computer within twelve hours of each other. They were from saints passing through...
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Cleansing the Leper
Each gospel writer emphasizes the immediate nature of the cleansing. No period of convalescence here! So it is, too, when the sinner comes to the Saviour, the work of salvation is instant. The miracles and parables of the Lord Jesus often...
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Do You Speak “Brethren”?
Notice the difference between the Lord Jesus speaking to Nicodemus and the woman at the well. He didn’t presume on the woman’s Bible knowledge. Instead He used an illustration from her life—the well of water. He could have used the...
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Clues
What should identify a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ, and how is it being worked out in your life? This issue of Uplook drives that question home to our hearts and minds. He had twelve. Twelve men to follow Him...
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Discipleship and the Church
“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual...
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From Babes to Faithful Men
“Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others...
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Assembly Leadership: What Next?
“Remember those who have the rule over you, who have spoken to you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation, Jesus Christ…” (Heb. 13:7-8). The relationship between the prophet Elijah and his protégé, Elisha, affords...
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The Cost of Discipleship
"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it" (Lk. 9:24) “If any man come to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and...
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