Author: Administrador

Brethren, we have been born of God and our Christian hope is a valid hope! No emptess, no vanity, no dreams that cannot come true. Your expectation should rise and you should challenge God and begin to dream high dreams of faith and spiritual attainment and expect God to meet them. You cannot out-hope God … Continue reading “HOPE;
HEAVEN: CERTAINTY OF; DEATH: NO FEAR OF”

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun—one that grows and does not diminish.… It is the evil of giving to them that have and withholding from them that have not. It is the evil of blessing with a loud voice them that are already blessed and letting the unblessed and the … Continue reading “HOSPITALITY;
POVERTY”

It is vitally important that our homes be preserved. A nation is only as strong as its homes. No government can substitute for the ministrations of the family. Federal agencies cannot love and cuddle the baby, not kiss his bruised knee or hear his prayer at the close of the day. Fathers and mothers make … Continue reading “HOME;
FAMILY”

Do you know that one of the things that marked the lives of the original Quakers was their honest handling of the truth? They would not lie and they would not stretch the truth. They would not steal and they would not use flattering words. Someone in history wrote about the lives of the Quakers … Continue reading “HONESTY;
VALUES; CHARACTER; QUAKERS”

This is a crude illustration, but let me tell you what we did after planting a field of corn when I was a young fellow in Pennsylvania. To save the field of corn from the crows, we would shoot an old crow and hang him by his heels in the middle of the field. This … Continue reading “HOLY
SPIRIT: SPIRITUAL GIFTS; FANATICS; EXTREMES”

The important thing is that the Holy Spirit desires to take us and control us and use us as instruments and organs through whom He can express Himself in the body of Christ. Perhaps I can use my hands as a further illustration of this truth. My hands are about average, I suppose—perhaps a little … Continue reading “HOLY
SPIRIT: SPIRITUAL GIFTS; HOLY SPIRIT: NEED FOR”

Much of the religious activity we see in our churches is not the eternal working of the Eternal Spirit but the mortal working of man’s mortal mind. That is raw tragedy! From what I see and sense in evangelical circles, I would have to say that about 90 percent of the religious work carried on … Continue reading “HOLY
SPIRIT: SPIRITUAL GIFTS; HOLY SPIRIT: NEED FOR; CHURCH: HOLY SPIRIT’S WORK”

While it is scarcely within the scope of the present piece, I cannot refrain from remarking that the most ominous sign of the coming destruction of our country is the passing of the American home. Americans live no longer in homes, but in theaters. The members of many families hardly know each other, and the … Continue reading “HOME;
ENTERTAINMENT; AMERICA: GREATNESS”

Let me shock you at this point. A naturally bright person can carry on religious activity without a special gift from God. Filling church pulpits every week are some who are using only natural abilities and special training. Some are known as Bible expositors, for it is possible to read and study commentaries and then … Continue reading “HOLY
SPIRIT: SPIRITUAL GIFTS; ACTIVITY: RELIGIOUS; PASTORAL MINISTRY: NEED FOR
SPIRITUAL REALITY”

The clear, emphatic teaching of the great apostle is that Christ is the Head of the Church which is His body.… As a normal man consists of a body with various obedient members with a head to direct them, so the true Church is a body, individual Christians being the members and Christ the Head. … Continue reading “HOLY
SPIRIT: SPIRITUAL GIFTS; BODY OF CHRIST; CHURCH: HOLY SPIRIT’S WORK”