Author: Administrador

Persistence of the spiritual yearning is often ruined by side interests. God wants His people to talk Christ and to think Christ and to dream Christ and to love His Word and His ways and to be so dedicated to it that the conversation normally swings around to it when they’re together. And I do … Continue reading “DEDICATION;
REVIVAL: CONDITIONS FOR; APATHY”

To speak of the “deeper life” is not to speak of anything deeper than simple New Testament religion. Rather it is to insist that believers explore the depth of the Christian evangel for those riches it surely contains but which we are as surely missing. The “deeper life” is deeper only because the average Christian … Continue reading “DEEPER
LIFE; CURRENT CONDITIONS: SHALLOWNESS”

We share with other believers the hope that for many of us the return of Christ may circumvent death and project us into the Immaculate Presence without the necessity of dying. But if not, then let there be no gloomy faces among the few that gather to pay their last regards. We lived with the … Continue reading “DEATH:
PREPARATION FOR; FUNERALS”

I recall that there was a good man of God by the name of Samuel Rutherford, whose witness shone like a star in dark England in days gone by. He was a poet, an author, and a great preacher—a man who loved Jesus probably better than any man of his times. His convictions were unpopular … Continue reading “DEATH:
TRIUMPH IN”

Death is not the worst thing that can happen to a person!… For the Christian, death is a journey to the eternal world. It is a victory, a rest, a delight. I am sure my small amount of physical suffering in life has been mild compared with Paul’s. But I think I have some understanding … Continue reading “DEATH:
TRIUMPH IN; HEAVEN: LONGING FOR; WORLD: CONTENTMENT WITH”

There was Brother Lawrence, the man who practiced the presence of God. He wouldn’t pick up a straw from the ground but for the love of God. When he was dying, they said, “What are you doing, Brother Lawrence?” He said, “I’m doing what I plan to do through all eternity—worship God. When I die … Continue reading “DEATH:
TRIUMPH IN; WORSHIP: FOR ETERNITY”

I once heard a Methodist bishop say that when he was a very young minister he was called to the bedside of an elderly woman who had obviously but a few hours left for this world. The bishop admitted that he was badly frightened, but the old saint was completely relaxed and radiantly happy. He … Continue reading “DEATH:
NO FEAR OF”

With the promises of God so distinct and beautiful, it is unbecoming that a Christian should make such a fearful thing of death. The fact that we Christians do display a neurosis about dying indicates that we are not where we ought to be spiritually. If we had actually reached a place of such spiritual … Continue reading “DEATH:
NO FEAR OF; HEAVEN: LONGING FOR”

It is in the record of the early Methodists in England, when there was persecution and testing in every direction, that John Wesley was able to say, “Our people die well!” In more recent years, I have heard a quotation from a denominational bishop who estimated that only about ten percent of the men are … Continue reading “DEATH:
PREPARATION FOR”

I know there are some bright people who argue against the historicity of the fall of humankind in Adam and Eve. But no person, however brilliant, wise and well-schooled, has been able to escape two brief sentences written across all of his prospects by the great God Almighty. Those two sentences are: “You cannot stay—you … Continue reading “DEATH:
CERTAINTY OF; MORTALITY”