Author: Administrador

One of the most shocking things in the church is the dirty-mouthed Christian who always walks on the borderline. There is no place for borderline stories that embarrass some people, and there is nothing about sex or the human body that is funny if your mind is clean. There was once a gathering of officers, … Continue reading “HUMOR:
OFF-COLOR”

We should all be aware by this time that one way the devil has of getting rid of something is to make jokes about it. Every one of us needs to be warned often about the corruption of our minds by the papers and magazines and entertainment. There is a legitimate humor, and we all … Continue reading “HUMOR:
PROPER PLACE OF”

Lord, make me childlike. Deliver me from the urge to compete with another for place or prestige or position. I would be simple and artless as a little child. Deliver me from pose and pretense. Forgive me for thinking of myself. Help me to forget myself and find my true peace in beholding Thee. That … Continue reading “HUMILITY;
PRAYERS”

Again, there is a close relation between humility and the perception of truth. “The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way” (Psa. 25:9). In the Scriptures I find no shred of encouragement for the proud. Only the tame sheep can be led; only the humble child need expect … Continue reading “HUMILITY;
PRIDE: HUMAN”

We can never get too weak for the Lord to use us—but we can get too strong, if it is our own strength. We can never be too ignorant for the Lord to use us—but we can be too wise in our own conceit. We can never get too small for the Lord to use … Continue reading “HUMBLE
SERVICE; PRIDE: HUMAN”

Had it happened in North America in our era, some publisher would have flown in to offer John a five- or six-figure check for book rights to his story. But I do not think John would have been concerned about turning a personal financial profit from his experience. The present-day financial value of a “born … Continue reading “HUMBLE
SERVICE; SUCCESS; SERVANTHOOD”

Leaders and groups and nations often think they have something great and enduring and superior going for them in human society, and because we don’t jump on the bandwagon and remark, instead, that “This, too, will pass away,” we get a look of anger with the comment, “You are a cynical pessimist.” Let me say … Continue reading “HUMANISM;
OPPOSITION”

The world is staggering on to no foreseeable future. We’re having a mixed-up time of it because we are putting God down and putting men up. When humanism came along about a generation ago and made the human mind to be the criterion of all thought and put God down, theology ceased to be the … Continue reading “HUMANISM;
REDEMPTION”

O God, let Thy glory be revealed once more to men: through me if it please Thee, or without me or apart from me, it matters not. Restore Thy church to the place of moral beauty that becomes her as the Bride of Christ: through me, or apart from me; only let this prayer be … Continue reading “HUMBLE
SERVICE; PRAYERS”

The Christian church cannot effectively be Christ’s church if it fails to firmly believe and boldly proclaim to every person: “You can be changed! You do not have to remain as you are!” This is a hope held out not just to the desperate drug addict and the helpless drunkard; it is valid for every … Continue reading “HOPE;
CHANGE”