Sermons and Biblical Studies

The sense of not belonging is a very real part of our Christian heritage. It is easily possible that the loneliest person in the world is a Christian—given the right circumstances.… We know what it means to have made our choice and to know that our Lord is our very best friend. We also know … Continue reading “LONELINESS;
COMMUNION WITH GOD”

Lord, teach me to listen. The times are noisy and my ears are weary with the thousand raucous sounds which continuously assault them. Give me the spirit of the boy Samuel when he said to Thee, “Speak, for thy servant heareth.” Let me hear Thee speaking in my heart. Let me get used to the … Continue reading “LISTENING
TO GOD; PRAYERS”

If while hearing a sermon we can fix on but one real jewel of truth we may consider ourselves well rewarded for the time we have spent. One such gem was uncovered during a sermon which I heard some time ago. From the sermon I got one worthy sentence and no more, but it was … Continue reading “LISTENING
TO GOD; PASTORAL MINISTRY: DEPENDENCE ON GOD”

The heart seldom gets hot while the mouth is open. A closed mouth before God and a silent heart are indispensable for the reception of certain kinds of truth. No man is qualified to speak who has not first listened. Psalm 62:1–8 The Set of the Sail, 15.

The Quakers had many fine ideas about life, and there is a story from them that illustrates the point I am trying to make. It concerns a conversation between Samuel Taylor Coleridge and a Quaker woman he had met. Maybe Coleridge was boasting a bit, but he told the woman how he had arranged the … Continue reading “LISTENING
TO GOD; BUSYNESS; MEDITATION; QUAKERS”

The man who does not know where he is is lost; the man who does not know why he was born is worse lost; the man who cannot find an object worthy of his true devotion is lost utterly; and by this description the human race is lost, and it is a part of our … Continue reading “LIFE
PURPOSE; PRIORITIES; PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE”

If the spiritual view of the world is the correct one, as Christianity boldly asserts that it is, then for every one of us heaven is more important than earth and eternity more important than time. If Jesus Christ is who He claimed to be; if He is what the glorious company of the apostles … Continue reading “LIFE
PURPOSE; PRIORITIES; ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE”

The Associated Press lately carried an interesting if somewhat depressing story out of London about a certain British peer who had died just a few days short of his eighty-ninth birthday. Having been a man of means and position, it had presumably not been necessary for him to work for a living like the rest … Continue reading “LIFE
PURPOSE; PRIORITIES”

The life ideal was described by the apostle in the Book of Acts: “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep.” We submit that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to improve upon this. It embraces the whole sphere of religion, appearing as it does … Continue reading “LIFE
PURPOSE”

“Our American way of life” is a phrase constantly heard these days. It is a good phrase, and to many sincere and honest persons it means liberty of conscience, freedom of individual enterprise and the right to worship God after the dictates of our own conscience; it means the rule of law instead of the … Continue reading “LIBERTY;
FREEDOM; CURRENT ISSUES: MISUSE OF FREEDOM”