It's a beautiful thing to God when a Christian does battle with pain.
When he faces threats, punishments and tortures by mocking death and treading underfoot the horror of the executioner; when he raises up his freedom in Christ as a standard before kings and princes; when he yields to God alone, and—triumphant and victorious—he tramples upon the very man who has pronounced the sentence upon him.
Many men and women will in general say that they must submit to God in affliction; I suppose that if you were to go now from one end of this congregation to the other, and speak thus to every soul: ‘Would you not submit to God’s...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"I don’t have time to read this……..nor do I want to…." Then don’t read it! But before you throw it down, you should know what it is about….it’s a gospel tract about the good news of Jesus Christ and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. It is I! Listen, then, to the voice of Jesus in the storm! It is I who raised the tempest in your soul — and will control it. It is I who sent your affliction — and will be with you in it. It...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It is I!Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. Listen, then, to the voice of Jesus in the storm! It is I who raised the tempest in your soul — and will control it. It is I who sent your affliction — and will be with you in it. It is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Clothing is a form of language. It is a “social message,” a fashion “statement.”Wikipedia defines fashion as “a prevailing mode of expression.” The report acknowledges that “every article of clothing...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities." (2 Peter 2:10) In context here, Peter is speaking of the false...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
November 6, 1777.My dear Sir,You say you are more disposed to cry misery than hallelujah. Why not both together? When the treble is praise, and heart humiliation for the base, the melody is pleasant, and the harmony good. However, if not both...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If we took a survey of everything on the earth — we could not find anything so vile as sin. The basest and most contemptible thing in this world, has some degree of worth in it, as being the workmanship of God. But sin and its foul streams...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Conversion is the turning of the soul, from error to truth, from sin to holiness, from works to Jesus, and from Satan to God. Man has turned his back upon God; in conversion he turns his face to God. Man has closed his ear against God, when...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
