Our purpose is to hear God speak in Jesus Christ, and to heed that Word. If our purpose is to know Christ better and exalt Him more, then whatever differences we may have in our understanding of the b...
One of the key words in this letter is comfort or encouragement. The Greek word means called to one’s side to help. The verb is used eighteen times in this letter, and the noun eleven times. In spite...
Not every difficult experience in life is necessarily a personal test from God. (Of course, any experience could become a test or a temptation, depending on how we deal with it.
No matter how we or others may evaluate what we do, ministry that’s based on biblical principles will meet human needs and glorify God.
No human teacher can take the place of Christ; no book can take the place of the Bible. Men can give us information, but only the Spirit can give us illumination and help us understand spiritual truth...
Lifted up was He to die, It is finished was His cry; Now in heav’n exalted high, Hallelujah, what a Savior! (Philip P. Bliss)
Life’s trials are not easy. But in God’s will, each has a purpose. Often He uses them to enlarge you. Are you feeling confined? Be encouraged that God delights in delivering you from confinement. Diff...
Jesus Christ is the Conqueror, and all believers share in His great victory.
It’s the strength of our faith and not the length of our prayers that pleases him.
It has well been said that faith is not believing in spite of evidence but obeying in spite of consequence.
It has been said that most people in our world are being crucified between two thieves: the regrets of yesterday and the worries about tomorrow. That’s why they can’t enjoy today. Relying on modern me...
Is your heart hungering and thirsting after personal holiness?
Is it costing you anything to be a Christian?
In his birth announcement, Jesus declared that his incarnation gave to him a body that he would offer as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. Therefore, when he came into the world, he said: Sacrifi...
In his High Priestly prayer, he said, I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do (John 17:4). He could shout the word tetelestai because he was a faithfu...
If your life is broken right now, be encouraged that God knows what is going on in your life and will restore you. Until He does, rejoice in Him and praise His name.
If everybody believed as Job believed—that God does not always punish the wicked and reward the godly—then what motive would people have for obeying God? Religion would not be worth it! But this is th...
If God were to take the Holy Spirit out of this world, much of what the church is doing would go right on; and nobody would know the difference.
He walked rapidly, ate rapidly, and loved to drive fast horses. He was fond of antique furniture, books (especially biographies), travel (his church sent him to Europe and once he sailed as far as Jap...
He that believeth shall not make haste (Isa. 28:16). True faith in God brings a calmness to the heart that keeps us from rushing about and trying to do in our own strength what only God can do. We mus...