True religion is intensely practical. Only, so far as it dominates one's life, is it real. We must live the Word of God in the hard, dusty paths of our earthly toil and struggle. We must get it written on the walls of our hearts! We must bring the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Blessed be God for the news of a better world, where there will be no sin, change, nor defect for ever. And let us praise him, likewise, that He has appointed means of grace and seasons for refreshment here below, for a throne of grace, a precious...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If we could but once believe the teaching that the child of God might fall from grace and perish everlastingly, we might, indeed, shut our Bible in despair. To what purpose would my preaching be--the preaching of a rickety gospel like that? To...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." Matthew 16:24 Let me warn everyone who wants to be saved--do not be content with the world's standard of what Christianity is. Surely no man with his...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"You have the words of eternal life, and we believe and are sure that you are the Holy One of God." -- John 6:68-69   Here we have both faith and assurance. Many a doubting heart desires both, when in fact, they have both.  Consider:  1) The...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
One day, as I was passing into a field, this sentence fell upon my soul: 'Thy righteousness is in heaven.' And with the eyes of my soul, I saw Jesus at the Father's right hand. 'There,' I said, 'is my righteousness!' So that wherever I was or...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"They are joined to their idols--let them alone!" - Hosea 4:17God sometimes leaves men to themselves, and then their furious passions are unchained, and they are given up, without restraint, to the lusts of their own evil hearts! A more dreadful...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Such is the question that most modern people have today, when they hear Christians say that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven. This produces various responses, from puzzlement, confusion, disagreement, to anger and hate. How should we answer...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“My Beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my Beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.” - Song of Solomon 2:16-17 Surely...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Stricken, smitten, and afflicted, See him dying on the tree! This is Christ, by man rejected; Here, my soul, your Savior see. He’s the long expected prophet, David’s son, yet David’s Lord. Proofs I see sufficient of it:...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
