That God should be glorified in us is so critically important that it stands in lonely grandeur, a moral imperative more compelling than any other which the human heart can acknowledge. To bring ourselves into a place where God will be eternally pleased with us should be the first responsible act of every man. 1 … Continue reading “MOTIVES;
PRIORITIES”
MORAL ROT; SIN: PREVALENCE OF; SCIENCE; PROGRESS
Years ago our teachers told us that the world was getting better … But there was a fallacy in their proposition. They supposed that because we had become brilliant toy makers, we had also become morally good toy makers. It is true that we have invented and developed and discovered all kinds of brilliant new … Continue reading “MORAL
ROT; SIN: PREVALENCE OF; SCIENCE; PROGRESS”
MORAL ROT; SIN: PREVALENCE OF; AMERICA: SINFULNESS
There has never been a time in history when people were good, but there have been times when the masses were ashamed of being bad. We have now degenerated to the point where we make belly-laughing jokes out of our evil ways and our scandalous morals. When the moral philosophy of a whole generation becomes … Continue reading “MORAL
ROT; SIN: PREVALENCE OF; AMERICA: SINFULNESS”
MORAL BEARINGS
As the sailor locates his position on the sea by “shooting” the sun, so we may get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as … Continue reading “MORAL
BEARINGS”
MONDAY WORSHIP; WORKPLACE
On Monday, as we go about our different duties and tasks, are we aware of the Presence of God? The Lord desires still to be in His holy temple, wherever we are. He wants the continuing love and delight and worship of His children, wherever we work. Is it not a beautiful thing for a … Continue reading “MONDAY
WORSHIP; WORKPLACE”
MISTAKES; FAILURE; CRITICISM
When Simpson succeeded it was in a big way. When he failed he made great failures. It had to be so. Men of his caliber do not make little mistakes. They fly too high and too far to steer their courses by city maps. They ask not, “What street is that?” but “What continent?” And … Continue reading “MISTAKES;
FAILURE; CRITICISM”
MISSIONS: MOTIVES FOR; SERVICE: MOTIVES FOR; CONCEPT OF GOD
Almighty God, just because He is almighty, needs no support. The picture of a nervous, ingratiating God fawning over men to win their favor is not a pleasant one; yet if we look at the popular conception of God that is precisely what we see. Twentieth-century Christianity has put God on charity. So lofty is … Continue reading “MISSIONS:
MOTIVES FOR; SERVICE: MOTIVES FOR; CONCEPT OF GOD”
MISSIONS: COMMANDED
As God’s people were held by Pharaoh in the bondage of Egypt, so God has His people in every known and unknown tribe of the earth, who are held in worse bondage than that of Egypt. God proposes in His plan of redemption to release a people for His name. All human beings are God’s … Continue reading “MISSIONS:
COMMANDED”
MISSIONS: CHURCH PLANTING; FOLLOW-UP; DISCIPLESHIP; CHURCH: NECESSITY OF
The law of the wilderness operates universally throughout our fallen world, on the mission field as well as in more sheltered lands. It is therefore an error to believe that our missionary obligation may be discharged by passing through one country after another and proclaiming the Gospel without following it up with thorough teaching and … Continue reading “MISSIONS:
CHURCH PLANTING; FOLLOW-UP; DISCIPLESHIP; CHURCH: NECESSITY OF”
MISSIONS: CAUTIONS ABOUT
To be saved, the Lord does not require people to change their common ways—except so far as they may be contrary to simple righteousness—but permits them to live after the accepted customs of their own people. It would have been well for the church if it had remembered this as it sought to carry truth … Continue reading “MISSIONS:
CAUTIONS ABOUT”