Sermons and Biblical Studies

It is a law of the human soul that people tend to become like that which they admire most intensely. Deep and long continued admiration can alter the whole texture of the mind and heart and turn the devotee into something quite other than he was before. For this reason it is critically important that … Continue reading “ROLE
MODELS; CHRISTLIKENESS”

There will always be “evildoers” and “workers of iniquity,” and for the most part they will appear to succeed while the forces of righteousness will seem to fail. The wicked will always have the money and the talent and the publicity and the numbers, while the righteous will be few and poor and unknown. The … Continue reading “RIGHTEOUS/WICKED”

The experience of God within the believer ought to result from the text, but it is possible to have the text and not have the experience! This can be simply but plainly illustrated. Suppose a very rich man dies and leaves a will, the text of which passes on all of his millions to his … Continue reading “RICHES
IN CHRIST; EXPERIENCING GOD”

What has Christ to offer to us that is sound, genuine and desirable? He offers forgiveness of sins, inward cleansing, peace with God, eternal life, the gift of the Holy Spirit, victory over temptation, resurrection from the dead, a glorified body, immortality and a dwelling place in the house of the Lord forever. These are … Continue reading “RICHES
IN CHRIST”

Well, here are some suggestions which anyone can follow and which, I am convinced, will result in a wonderfully improved Christian life. 1.     Get thoroughly dissatisfied with yourself. Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul.… 2.     Set your face like a flint toward a sweeping transformation of your life.… … Continue reading “REVIVAL:
PERSONAL; DISCIPLESHIP; SPIRITUAL GROWTH”

It is easy to learn the doctrine of personal revival and victorious living; it is quite another thing to take our cross and plod on to the dark and bitter hill of self-renunciation. Here many are called and few are chosen. For every one that actually crosses over into the Promised Land there are many … Continue reading “REVIVAL:
PERSONAL; COMMITMENT”

No church is any better or worse than the individual Christians who compose it.… One consequence of our failure to see clearly the true nature of revival is that we wait for years for some supernatural manifestation that never comes, overlooking completely our own individual place in the desired awakening. Whatever God may do for … Continue reading “REVIVAL:
PERSONAL”

The real peril today arises from within the fold of orthodox believers. It consists of an acceptance of the world’s values, a belief that the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them are valid prizes to be pursued by believing men and women. Blind leaders of blind souls are admitting that there is … Continue reading “REVIVAL:
NEED FOR; CHURCH: SPIRITUAL CONDITION; CELEBRITIES”

Our most pressing obligation today is to do all in our power to obtain a revival that will result in a reformed, revitalized, purified church. It is of far greater importance that we have better Christians than that we have more of them. Each generation of Christians is the seed of the next, and degenerate … Continue reading “REVIVAL:
NEED FOR; CHURCH: NUMBERS; CHURCH: SPIRITUAL CONDITION”

Revivals, as they have appeared at various times among the churches of the past, have been essentially a quickening of the spiritual life of persons already orthodox. The revivalist, as long as he exercised his ministry as a revivalist, did not try to teach doctrine. His one object was to bring about a quickening of … Continue reading “REVIVAL:
MEANING OF”