Sermons and Biblical Studies

Many people are having their greatest battles over their deepening sense of futility and uselessness. It is important that we grasp God’s revelation that every one of us is essential to His great plan for the ages. You will seek answers in vain from fellow men and women. Seek your answers rather from God and … Continue reading “FUTILITY:
FEELINGS OF; INDIVIDUAL IMPORTANCE”

We have long been of the opinion that for the blood-washed Christian the worst thing about dying is the funeral. Even among gospel Christians the funeral obsequies have degenerated into a gloomy ordeal that leaves everybody miserable for days. The only one not affected by the general heaviness that hangs over everything is the servant … Continue reading “FUNERALS;
DEATH: TRIUMPH IN”

Now, let’s get something straight at the outset. When Jesus said that His disciples could lay up treasures in heaven, He did not mean to imply or infer that if you give $10 to foreign missions this year, you will have $10 waiting for you in heaven! You actually would not believe some of the … Continue reading “FUND-RAISING;
CHURCH: FINANCES”

In life there will be found certain great fundamentals, like pillars bearing up the weight of some mighty building.… The wise man will simplify his life by going to the center of it. He will look well to the foundations and, having done that, he will not worry about the rest. Life as we know … Continue reading “FUNDAMENTALS;
SIMPLICITY; PRIORITIES”

After all, what higher privilege and experience is granted to mankind on earth than to be admitted into the circle of the friends of God?… It is well for us to remember that Divine-human friendship originated with God. Had God not first said “You are My friends,” it would be inexcusably brash for any man … Continue reading “FRIENDSHIP
WITH GOD; GOD: HIS PRESENCE”

The idea of the divine-human friendship originated with God. Had not God said first “Ye are my friends” it would be inexcusably brash for any man to say “I am a friend of God.” But since He claims us for His friends it is an act of unbelief to ignore or deny the relationship.… The … Continue reading “FRIENDSHIP
WITH GOD”

Who are your friends? It is important to make and cherish the right kind of friends. I value friendship very highly. We can appreciate and honor one another in friendship, whether or not the other person is a believer. Because it is possible that friendships can be beautiful and helpful, I have always felt something … Continue reading “FRIENDS:
RIGHT KIND”

The woods are strangely silent now, where a few short weeks ago a thousand bird voices chorused the rising and setting of the sun. Where are they, those rustic Carusos of the tree and bush, those Asaphs of the field and the hedgerow? Shame to tell, but they have gone from us just when we … Continue reading “FRIENDS:
FAIR-WEATHER”

It is inherent in the nature of man that his will must be free. Made in the image of God who is completely free, man must enjoy a measure of freedom. This enables him to select his companions for this world and the next; it enables him to yield his soul to whom he will, … Continue reading “FREE
WILL; REPENTANCE”

Freedom is liberty within bounds: liberty to obey holy laws, liberty to keep the commandments of Christ, to serve mankind, to develop to the full all the latent possibilities within our redeemed natures. True Christian liberty never sets us free to indulge our lusts or to follow our fallen impulses.… Unqualified freedom in any area … Continue reading “FREEDOM;
LIBERTY; SERVANTHOOD”