A GOOD MAN? Most of religion views all people in the way I saw stated by a group once which said: “We operate from the belief that everyone is essentially good.” I thought this a bit contradictory since it was given in a statement of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"HAVE A BLESSED DAY" As I was walking out of the appliance repair store, the lady clerk said to me, "Have a blessed day." I had heard that phrase a number of times recently and thought how religionists like their pet phrases and worn out...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CONFIDENCE IN CHRIST The Apostle Paul had no confidence in the flesh. Neither in his own nor in those to whom he preached and wrote. But that did not mean he was without confidence but simply that faith had given rise to a real confidence and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE KING'S CHILDREN As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 2 Samuel 9:11 Mephibosheth is a type of every sinner saved by the grace of God in Christ. He was counted as one of the king's sons,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH" Matthew 16:18 records the encouraging words of our Lord Jesus Christ who says, "upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." The Rock of which He speaks is His own Person...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE GOSPEL OF NO EFFECT The Amplified Bible renders I Corinthians 1:17: "For Christ, the Messiah, sent me out not to baptize but (to evangelize by) preaching the glad tidings (the Gospel): and that not with verbal eloquence, lest the cross of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE MINISTRY But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. Acts 20:24...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
IS THE BIBLE WRITTEN TO YOU? Like Jude, all the prophets, apostles and even Christ Himself, wrote to the Church and not to the world. Jude begins his little epistle saying, "to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
LIGHTLY ESTEEMING THE GOSPEL A Scottish preacher of the last century, Robert Murray McCheyne, said to his people, "I do not know, but I think that the ministry is not esteemed much among you as it ought to be; I may be wrong, but I think it....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
FATE, ACCIDENT, CHANCE — OR SOVEREIGNTY? "I form the light — and create darkness; I make peace — and create evil! I the LORD do all these things!" Isaiah 45:7 What a sad world this would be were it governed by Fate! Were its...[ abbreviated | read entire ]