Have you ever wondered what goes on in the mind of the minister as he is in the pulpit, or even while he is preaching? For one thing he has made a lot of preparation. Our professors in the seminary often told us that in preparing a sermon we must let the text speak to […]
Just how important is meekness in the estimation of God? The Apostle Peter, who wrote by the inspiration of the Spirit, declared it to be a grace of the highest order. He says of the “ornament of a meek and quiet spirit’’ that it is “in the sight of God of great price” (I Pet. […]
“Behold, they King cometh unto thee, meek. . .” Matthew 21:5 There is a certain truth in the theory of Thomas Carlyle, “The history of this world is the biography of its great men.’’ Certainly it is true that the great leaders of this world have left their mark on history’s lessons. Equally true […]
Think about it. When we send out a missionary, do we bid him farewell with the words, “Now be careful not to get too many converts. If you start a church, limit its membership. Have only a few families . . . .”? We could, you know, with plausible-sounding arguments, have only a few members, […]
“He that planteth the ear shall he not hear? He that formed the eye shall He not see?” Psalm 94:9 Our prayer should daily be “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy word”. (Ps. 119: 18) I assume that you have more than once considered with awe and holy […]
“Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” — Jude 7 Jude’s three historical examples of apostasy and its punishment are from the church world, the angelic […]