In this Year of Humility we have been learning from Andrew Murray’s Humility (PDF) the meaning, the means, and the working of humility in the Christian life. In this tenth chapter we come to the aim of humility, the end goal, and that is, death. Let us remember where...
Oh, how often our thoughts get us into trouble; how we lack in the most important things of life because our thought patterns are wrong. It is good to have light cast on our own thinking so that we can say, but , I thought. “But, I thought I was okay.” My opinion was...
As our pastor is preaching through this most powerful of Paul’s letters (to the Roman Christians) my desire is to make note of the impressions that the Lord is leaving on my own heart and life; with the prayer that the gospel to which Paul was called and set apart,...
I started this article last month after hearing about a neighbor’s twenty-three year old son who had taken his own life. I pick this up again after hearing the same thing last week from our daughter Lee, of a friend and former neighbor whom she had known since middle...
There are Pro-Life rallies today in cities across our nation. As I was in prayer for these this morning, I was reminded that all who are able to attend such rallies might think of their own escape from abortion. The great abortion that was attempted at the beginning...
"Thou shalt not be afraid of them; but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharoah, and unto all Egypt. Deut. 7:18. Be ye not terrified because of them; for the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save...
"For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power." 1 Thessalonians 1;5 By the gospel, the Son of God and divine truths are revealed to us; and by the Spirit they are revealed in us. External revelation by the word, and internal by the Spirit, are...
4. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion. When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Psalm 14:7. DIVINE ANSWER. If the Son make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36. ...
It has only been in the last ten years that I have heard and come to understand the term, "covenant of grace." This term scares a lot of Baptists, who know this to be one of the main teachings of the Presbyterian faith. But more and more Baptists are coming to...