Bro. JAMES HATFIELD, of Tennessee, RELATES AN EXPERIENCE I was at a conference many years ago and in talking to several preachers, told them, “Let's have a game of poker!” I was not serious about doing that, but was anxious to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God says...The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?~ Jeremiah 17:9 We must not trust our heart at any time; even when it speaks most fair, we must call it liar; and when it pretends to the most good, still...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Christ is one who is ready to pity the afflicted. The heart full of grief needs to express itself, and desires to pour out its complaint; but it seeks a compassionate friend to pour it out before. Christ is such a friend, before all others.~...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"The pulpit is too sacred to be turned into a place for exchanging clerical civilities, or into a space for ceremonious etiquette." -James W. Alexander.
If you would receive a blessing from the Lord, when you hear his word preached, pray to him, both before, in, and after every sermon, to endue the minister with power to speak, and to grant you a will and ability to put in practice, what he shall...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Man today thinks he has something to do with his salvation and he thinks he has something to do with his sanctification....... And nothing could be further from the truth. It's all of God! It's all of grace! ...... And don't you ever get away from...[ abbreviated | read entire ]