The Grace of Kings
It is not always true that generosity is the grace of kings. It ought to be, but as Paul remarked to the Corinthians, it was the "deep poverty" of the Macedonian Christians coupled with "the abundance of their joy" that...
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Journey Back Into Eternity
God's wonderful Word actually begins before the beginning in Genesis 1:1. The Lord lets us in on the pre-planning that occurred in the divine counsels before time's clock began ticking. He has "made known unto us the mystery of His...
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In the School of God
As I sat in my cozy living room...in my comfortable apartment...in my hometown, I remembered the short poem, "Only one life, 'twill soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last." For several months my heart had been burdened...
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Ministering to the Poor
The poor man is the man without a margin. His income, even when it does come in--and he has no assurance that it will not fail--barely covers the irreducible minimum of the subsistence expenditure of his family. Life for him...
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Accepted or Acceptable?
"He hath made us accepted in the beloved" (Eph. 1:6) "Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be [acceptable to] Him" (2 Cor. 5:9) Though rendered by the same word in our AV, these words "accepted" and "acceptable" are...
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The Life Within
The Lord Jesus tells us in John 12, "Except the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, it abides alone; but if it die, it bears much fruit." Life is in the grain of wheat, but there is a...
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The OTHER John 3:16
What preacher does not delight to quote John 3:16? To what Christian are not its wonderful words familiar? Is it not the best known gospel text? Who can estimate the number that have been led to the Saviour by its...
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Lofty, Lowly, Lovely
Let us bow in adoration as we meditate on the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, and whose Name is holy, dwelling in the high and holy place, whose "glory is set above the heavens" (Ps. 8:1), even our...
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The Drawing Power of the Cross
The prince of this world held men in his thrall, but Jesus by His death judged the devil. "Lifted up," He says, "I will draw all men to another prince. I will draw all men unto Me." Oh, Satan is...
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