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Christian Living
Practical reflections on following Jesus in everyday choices, work, and relationships.
A Very Important Ingredient
Few of you will find the following story easy to believe: Adam Smith was determined to be a farmer, and now, as he finished planting the field in potatoes, a great hope swelled within him. Maybe he would be a successful…
Day by Day
“As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” Deut. 33:25b What a beautiful thought! Each day brings enough strength for the things we have to face. If we look back at Exodus 16:4, this thought is exemplified for us in the…
The Anti-Church
In the early days of Christianity, there was one passage of the Bible which held special significance for Christ’s followers. This was Matthew chapters 5 through 7, which is commonly called the Sermon on the Mount. This…
The Beauty of “We”
I saw an interesting article this evening. It was about the Anabaptists and had a sentence that I’ve been thinking about: ‘I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to have been part of the “we” of Michael…
When God Complained
For us to understand God, He must speak to us in anthropomorphic terms. When He speaks to us of anguish, He must explain it in a way that we can understand. In Jeremiah 4:19-22, we have God crying out as if He were a…
BEWARE OF THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES!
Pharisees Therefore, when one speaks of justification through Christ, one must also speak of that faith, which cannot be without works of repentance—yea not without love, which is an anointing. For such an anointed…
Plain Speaking
Most professing Christians today have the mistaken notion that a man needs to go to seminary in order to be an effective preacher. However, the New Testament Christians had no seminaries. Yet, they raised up effective…
Life in Earnest
Either Christianity is the grossest deception that was ever palmed upon mankind, or else it is one which deserves the whole life and force and strength of every man who has been blessed by it! Some Christians live as…
Optional Illusions
The title of this article is a play on words. A common term is optical illusion, which is defined as “a visual experience in which there is some kind of false perception of what is actually there”. It could be the…
Technology Dictates Morality
Technology dictates morality—really? Isn’t technology morally neutral? How can it dictate morality? Is not the reverse the truth: morality dictates technology? What is the truth here? Western society has been trained to…
Satan’s Weapons of MASS DESTRUCTION
Is Christ the Rock of your salvation? In I Corinthians 10 Paul calls Christ a Spiritual Rock. And in Palms 95:1 David calls the Lord the Rock of his salvation. God often uses similitude or allegories to help us to…
Your Picture or Your Life?
The artist, way up on the scaffolding, stood back to admire his own handiwork. He had been painting the most beautiful picture on the underside of the cathedral dome. And as he paused in his work and stood on the…
Precious Letters from Our Readers
We thank God for the letters of counsel and encouragement we have received. It is the only way we can evaluate our progress. Keep them coming. Our desire is to foster a free flow of edification, inspiration and burden…
A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAR
We wrestle not against flesh and blood— We wrestle against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Eph. 6:12 (adapted) The Apostle…
A DESPERATE APPEAL FOR MODESTY
As I was preparing Adoniram Judson’s scathing appeal for modesty, I found myself at many times saying—“ouch!” I questioned, “Wow, that statement seems way too strong.” Or I would find myself thinking, “I should probably…
Joshua—A Young Man
And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. Exodus 33:11 This…
The Altar Of Abraham
And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God. Gen. 21:33 In that spot, half desert, but near a cluster of wells full of clear, clean water, Abraham planted a…
The Eternal Question—What Must I Do To Be Saved?
This question has rung throughout the centuries. What must I do to be saved? There seems to be within man an inherent knowledge that something is missing in his heart. That there is a sovereign God somewhere that expects…
DYING TO SELF
When you are forgotten or neglected, or purposely set at naught, and you don’t sting, and hurt with the insult or the oversight, but your heart is happy, being counted worthy to suffer for Christ, THAT IS DYING TO SELF…
Lost in the Church!
What a startling phrase! “Lost” is a chilling word to anyone who has had the experience. Our emotions are stirred and whole communities and nations are aroused when some child strays away in the wilderness, or some…
“I Make You Captain of My Guard!”
It is said of Napoleon that while he was reviewing his army one day, his horse became frightened at something, and the Emperor lost his rein. The horse lost restraint and went away at full speed, putting the Emperor’s…
