Sermons and Biblical Studies

When man fell through sin, he began to think of himself as having a soul instead of being one. It makes a lot of difference whether a man believes that he is a body having a soul or a soul having a body! For the moral “unlikeness” between man and God the Bible has a … Continue reading “FALL
OF MAN; MAN: ALIENATION FROM GOD”

Judged by our tentative human standards mankind may be divided into four distinct classes: Those who are great but not good; those who are good but not great; those who are both great and good, and those who are neither good nor great.… Then there are the men who are good but not great, and … Continue reading “FAITHFUL
SERVICE; TRUE GREATNESS”

It is good to come to the understanding that while God wants us to be holy and Spirit-filled, He does not expect us to look like Abraham or to play the harp like David or to have the same spiritual insight given to Paul. All of those former heroes of the faith are dead. You … Continue reading “FAITHFUL
SERVICE; COMPARISON”

The learned historians tell of councils and persecutions and religious wars, but in the midst of all the mummery were a few who saw the Eternal City in full view and managed almost to walk on earth as if they had already gone to heaven. These were the joyous ones who got little recognition from … Continue reading “FAITHFULNESS;
UNSUNG HEROES”

The apostle Paul calls faith a shield. The man of faith can walk at ease, protected by his simple confidence in God. God loves to be trusted, and He puts all heaven at the disposal of the trusting soul. Ephesians 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–8 That Incredible Christian, 54.

At 36, [A.B.] Simpson was a Presbyterian preacher so sick that he said, “I feel I could fall into the grave when I have a funeral.” He could not preach for months at a time because of his sickness. He went to a little camp meeting in the woods and heard a quartet sing, “No … Continue reading “FAITH:
POWER OF GOD; A.B. SIMPSON”

Your faith can stand in the text and you can be as dead as the proverbial doornail, but when the power of God moves in on the text and sets the sacrifice on fire, then you have Christianity. We try to call that revival, but it is not revival at all. It is simply New … Continue reading “FAITH:
POWER OF GOD”

Much of our trust in God depends on the fact that things have never gone wrong for us. The crisis time has never come. We figure that God is out there somewhere in case we come to that place of “last resort.” Men Who Met God, 73.

In spite of our effort to make sinners think they are unhappy the fact is that wherever social and health conditions permit the masses of mankind enjoy themselves very much. Sin has its pleasures (Hebrews 11:25) and the vast majority of human beings have a whale of a time living. The conscience is a bit … Continue reading “FAITH:
GIFT OF GOD; MAN: SINFULNESS OF; CONSCIENCE”

Now, with all my heart I believe in the historicity of the Christian gospel, but that does not mean that the eternal fate of the individual man depends upon historic evidence. The Holy Spirit is here now to convince the world, and however we treat the warnings of the Holy Spirit is exactly how we … Continue reading “FAITH:
GIFT OF GOD; APOLOGETICS; HOLY SPIRIT: CONVICTION”