Sermons and Biblical Studies

In olden days men of faith were said to “walk in the fear of God” and to “serve the Lord with fear.” However intimate their communion with God, however bold their prayers, at the base of their religious life was the conception of God as awesome and dreadful. This idea of God transcendent runs through … Continue reading “FEAR
OF GOD; GOD: HIS TRANSCENDENCE; GOD: HIS AWESOMENESS”

The only fear I have is to fear to get out of the will of God. Outside of the will of God, there’s nothing I want, and in the will of God there’s nothing I fear, for God has sworn to keep me in His will. If I’m out of His will, that is another … Continue reading “FEAR;
WILL OF GOD”

Living in this generation, we are fully aware that the competitive world and our selfish society have brought many new fears to the human race. I can empathize with those troubled beings who lie awake at night worrying about the possible destruction of the race through some evil, misguided use of the world’s store of … Continue reading “FEAR;
GOD: HIS SOVEREIGNTY”

The world is full of enemies, and as long as we are subject to the possibility of harm from these enemies, fear is inevitable. The effort to conquer fear without removing the causes is altogether futile. The heart is wiser than the apostles of tranquillity. As long as we are in the hands of chance, … Continue reading “FEAR;
GOD: HIS LOVE; GOD: HIS SOVEREIGNTY”

I think it is ironic that the devil gives the world all of its extremists in every realm—entertainment, politics, society, education, anarchy, intrigue—you name it! Yet it is the same devil that frightens believers about the great danger of becoming “extreme.” I passed an auditorium recently where one of the young crowd of singing stars … Continue reading “FANATICS;
EXTREMISTS; AMEN”

People use the word fanatic whenever you get a little bit joyful about the Lord. They say you are a fanatic. Webster says that a fanatic is somebody who is too enthusiastic about religion, as if you could be too enthusiastic about religion. Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church, 44.

The social royalty of a few generations ago has passed away. Though their names were in the Who’s Who they didn’t happen to know what’s what! Matthew 6:19–21; 1 Timothy 6:17–19; 1 John 2:15–17 I Call It Heresy!, 98.

I recall a recent poll in which it was reported that 82 per cent of the American people expressed a belief in God and the expectation of going to heaven. Personally, I do not like to deal in percentages, but from what I know personally of American men and women I should like boldly and … Continue reading “FALSE
HOPE”

By that moral disaster known in theology as the fall of man an entire order of beings was wrenched violently loose from its proper place in the creational scheme and quite literally turned upside down. Human beings who had been specifically created to admire and adore the Deity turned away from Him and began to … Continue reading “FALL
OF MAN; SIN: PREVALENCE OF”

The fall of man has created a perpetual crisis. It will last until sin has been put down and Christ reigns over a redeemed and restored world. Until that time the earth remains a disaster area and its inhabitants live in a state of extraordinary emergency.… It is not enough to say that we live … Continue reading “FALL
OF MAN; MAN: SINFULNESS OF”