Prayer and Fasting
This small section is not intended to bring before the Lord’s people the vital importance of prayer. I believe that the prayer life of many Christians (the writer included) as well as the prayer ministry of many assemblies could be...
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Sacrificial Living
True Christianity is so radical it puts die-hard Communists to shame. I’ve seen it in China, and it made me wonder, If that’s Christianity, what are we playing at? There is a widely repeated view (even by those who claim to...
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All Bible Students
It was radical thinking when the brethren who met in Dublin and at Powerscourt discovered that the clergy-laity division which was taken as normative in Christendom was thoroughly unbiblical. And it is not unrelated that the standard Bible study helps—Wigram’s...
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Ceaseless Witness
I just asked a highly committed young disciple what he thought the Great Commission meant for him personally. His response: “to shine for the Lord where I live.” It is certainly true that the Lord desires that we function as...
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Community Impact
The whole world knew they were there and what they were doing. How did these early believers make such an impact? By lives of holy separation, by good works linked with tireless gospel witness, by evident love for one another, and...
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Disciple-Making
The biggest challenge. The best investment. The crying need. No one suggests that it is easy to do. Or demands little of you. Or is guaranteed to succeed every time. But two things are for sure: the Lord Jesus commanded disciple-making...
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Elders’ Commitment
Immediately I must explain the title. I am not joining with those who say much about inadequate elders, but do little to help them. As many Uplook readers have heard me say, there are perfect elders—unfortunately they are all in...
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Evangelist vs. Pastor
We need both these gifts for advancing the cause. Where are they? In writing to the Ephesian saints, Paul sketched out for them the progression of workers needed to establish the Church. This list is quite different to the ones given...
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Please Read This First!
How important it is to begin by aligning ourselves under God. This issue is the result of a deep exercise that seems to have been growing simultaneously in the hearts of many North American believers. It cannot be stressed enough that...
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