Author: Administrador

We take it for granted and we are not surprised at all about the eternal nature of God but the greater wonder is that God has seen fit to put His own everlastingness within the hearts of men and women.… I believe that this is the truth about our troubles and our problems: We are … Continue reading “IMMORTALITY;
SIN: CONSEQUENCES OF; MAN: SPIRITUAL SEARCHING”

Our lofty idealism would argue that all Christians should be perfect, but a blunt realism forces us to admit that perfection is rare even among the saints. The part of wisdom is to accept our Christian brothers and sisters for what they are rather than for what they should be.… There is much that is … Continue reading “IMPERFECTIONS
OF MEN”

I once heard a very fine speaker, an effective preacher, describe what he had found in the emotional responses of an audience. He said he had told the story of a faithful old sheep dog. In the midst of a great storm, the herder knew that 11 young lambs were missing. Once, twice, three times … Continue reading “INDIFFERENCE;
APATHY; JESUS CHRIST: HIS DEATH”

I once preached a sermon in which I said that the Lord is self-sufficient and does not really need us. I bothered some people by that, for they thought the Lord really needed them. They thought that if they should resign or retire, the Lord would have to scramble to find someone who could take … Continue reading “INDISPENSABILITY:
PRIDEFUL THOUGHTS OF”

A purified and Spirit-controlled imagination is, however, quite another thing, and it is this I have in mind here. I long to see the imagination released from its prison and given to its proper place among the sons of the new creation. What I am trying to describe here is the sacred gift of seeing, … Continue reading “IMAGINATION;
WONDER”

It was then that Paul wrote a letter to a young friend, Timothy. “For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure” (2 Timothy 4:6), he wrote. He knew that death was near, so he wrote on: “I have fought a good fight” (4:7)—past perfect … Continue reading “IMMORTALITY;
ETERNITY; DEATH: TRIUMPH IN”

We who are involved in the upward gaze of this long-range faith identify ourselves with Jesus Christ forever! We are satisfied that God is at work. We are satisfied to be misunderstood for Christ’s sake. We are willing to be treated as the minority, for the people of God are always in the minority in … Continue reading “IDENTITY
WITH CHRIST; ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE”

Now brethren, this is one of our greatest faults in our Christian lives. We are allowing too many rivals of God. We actually have too many gods. We have too many irons in the fire. We have too much theology that we don’t understand. We have too much churchly institutionalism. We have too much religion. … Continue reading “IDOLATRY;
RIVALS OF GOD”

The enemy never quite knows how to deal with a humble man; he is so used to dealing with proud, stubborn people that a meek man upsets his timetable. And furthermore, the man of true humility has God fighting on his side—who can win against God? Strange as it may seem we often win over … Continue reading “HUMILITY;
PRIDE: HUMAN; SPIRITUAL WARFARE”

It has been the unanimous testimony of the greatest Christian souls that the nearer they drew to God the more acute became their consciousness of sin and their sense of personal unworthiness. The purest souls never knew how pure they were and the greatest saints never guessed that they were great. The very thought that … Continue reading “HUMILITY;
UNWORTHINESS”