Author: Administrador

It may be well to look at some of the marks of those who are not really disciples. Some of them have a pious look. In fact, on Sunday mornings, they look as pious as stuffed owls. We have some of them in our evangelical circles. People can afford to be pious at 10:45 a.m. … Continue reading “DISCIPLESHIP;
SUNDAY CHRISTIANS”

How good it would be if we could learn that God is easy to live with. He remembers our frame and knows that we are dust. He may sometimes chasten us, it is true, but even this He does with a smile, the proud, tender smile of a Father who is bursting with pleasure over … Continue reading “DISCIPLINE:
CORRECTIVE”

But I can hear someone protest, saying “I wanted to get into the Christian life, the spiritual faith, in order that I might be freed from necessity and from a law of having to do things regularly.” Well, you have missed it, my brother! You might as well close your Bible and walk out because … Continue reading “DISCIPLINE:
PERSONAL”

I am having a hard time trying to comprehend what has happened to sound Bible teaching. What has happened to preaching on Christian discipleship and on our daily deportment in the spiritual life? We are making an accommodation. We are offering a take-it-easy, Pollyanna type of approach that does not seem ever to have heard … Continue reading “DISCIPLESHIP;
PREACHING: WATERED DOWN; COMMITMENT”

And how can we improve the church? Simply and only by improving ourselves: and there is where the difficulty lies. The church in any locality is what its individual members are, no better and no worse. We as members must begin by seeking moral amendment that will result in a positive spiritual renaissance. And that … Continue reading “DISCIPLESHIP;
REVIVAL: PERSONAL; OBEDIENCE: NEED FOR”

Some riches are reserved for those who apply to serve in the legion of the expendables, who love not their lives unto the death, who volunteer to suffer for Christ’s sake and who follow up their application with lives that challenge the devil and invite the fury of hell. Such as these have said goodbye … Continue reading “DISCIPLESHIP;
SERVICE: SACRIFICIAL”

The Lord would seem to be more concerned with where we are going rather than how fast. A steady pace in the right direction will lead to the right goal at last, but if the life is aimed at the wrong goal, speed will only take us further astray in a shorter time. Lack of … Continue reading “DIRECTION;
GOALS; CHURCH: FOCUS”

Now, think with me about those who are demi-disciples—that is, part disciples, half disciples. These are men and women who bring their lives partially under the control of Christ, but they leave whole other areas outside His control. Long ago I came to the conclusion that if Jesus Christ is not controlling all of me, … Continue reading “DISCIPLESHIP;
LORDSHIP OF CHRIST”

Maintenance of the devotional mood is indispensable to success in the Christian life. Holiness and power are not qualities that can be once received and thereafter forgotten as one might wind a clock or take a vitamin pill. The world is too much with us, not to mention the flesh and the devil, and every … Continue reading “DEVOTIONAL
MOOD”

In our world are dozens of different kinds of Christianities. Certainly many of them do not seem to be busy and joyful in proclaiming the unique glories of Jesus Christ as the eternal Son of God. Some brands of Christianity will tell you very quickly that they are just trying to do a little bit … Continue reading “DIALOGUE”