Sermons and Biblical Studies

The desire to please may be commendable enough under certain circumstances, but when pleasing men means displeasing God it is an unqualified evil and should have no place in the Christian’s heart. To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men. This is such a common truth that one hesitates … Continue reading “TRUTH:
BOLD PROCLAMATION OF”

So we pool our religious light, which if the truth is told is little more than darkness visible; we discuss religion on television and in the press as a kind of game, much as we discuss art and philosophy, acceptg as one of the ground rules of the game that there is no final test … Continue reading “TRUTH:
ADULTERATED; TOLERANCE/INTOLERANCE; DIALOGUE”

Christianity is rarely found pure. Apart from Christ and His inspired apostles probably no believer or company of believers in the history of the world has ever held the truth in total purity.… The light has shone upon men and nations, and (God be praised) it has shone with sufficient clarity to enable millions to … Continue reading “TRUTH:
ADULTERATED”

True spirituality manifests itself in certain dominant desires. These are ever-present, deep-settled wants sufficiently powerful to motivate and control the life.… First is the desire to be holy rather than happy. The yearning after happiness found so widely among Christians professing a superior degree of sanctity is sufficient proof that such sanctity is not indeed … Continue reading “TRUE
SPIRITUALITY; HOLINESS: FIRST NEED; HAPPINESS”

True spirituality manifests itself in certain dominant desires. These are ever-present, deep-settled wants sufficiently powerful to motivate and control the life.… Another desire of the spiritual man is to die right rather than to live wrong. A sure mark of the mature man of God is his nonchalance about living. The earth-loving, body-conscious Christian looks … Continue reading “TRUE
SPIRITUALITY; ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE”

True spirituality manifests itself in certain dominant desires. These are ever-present, deep-settled wants sufficiently powerful to motivate and control the life.… A man may be considered spiritual when he wants to see the honor of God advanced through his life even if it means that he himself must suffer temporary dishonor or loss. Such a … Continue reading “TRUE
SPIRITUALITY”

To the convinced Christian there can be but one true religion. The half-converted may shy away from the bigotry and intolerance which he fears lie in an exclusive devotion to Christianity, but the wholly converted will have no such apprehensions. To him Christ is all in all and the faith of Christ is God’s last … Continue reading “TRUE
RELIGION”

The essence of His teaching is that true greatness lies in character, not in ability or position. Men in their blindness had always thought that superior talents made a man great, and so the vast majority believe today. To be endowed with unusual abilities in the field of art or literature or music or statecraft, … Continue reading “TRUE
GREATNESS; SERVANTHOOD; CHARACTER”

“Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister,” said our Lord—(Matt. 20:20–28), and from these words we may properly conclude (and the context strongly supports the conclusion) that there is nothing wrong with the desire to be great provided (1) we seek the right kind of greatness; (2) we allow God to … Continue reading “TRUE
GREATNESS”

We Christians do so many things that are not really bad; they are just trivial. They are unworthy of us—much as if we discovered Albert Einstein cutting out paper dolls. Our minds may not be among the six greatest of the ages, but like Einstein’s, our minds have endless capabilities. Our spirits were designed by … Continue reading “TRIVIALITIES;
PRIORITIES; DISTRACTIONS”