Sermons and Biblical Studies

The period in which we now live may well go down in history as the Erotic Age. Sex love has been elevated into a cult. Eros has more worshipers among civilized men today than any other god. For millions the erotic has completely displaced the spiritual.… Now if this god would let us Christians alone … Continue reading “EROS;
SEX”

When I was a boy on the farm, we “butchered” every year in the early fall. It was my job to coax the fattened hogs into the barn. I would throw them some corn, and they were pleased as they came grunting in with that corn still grinding in their mouths. But in minutes they … Continue reading “ENTERTAINMENT;
WORLD: CONTENTMENT WITH”

Evangelical Christianity is gasping for breath. We happen to have entered a period when it is popular to sing about tears and prayers and believing. You can get a religious phrase kicked around almost anywhere—even right in the middle of a worldly program dedicated to the flesh and the devil. Old Mammon, with two silver … Continue reading “ENTERTAINMENT;
RELIGION: POPULAR”

I should say something else here about this world and its selfish and often godless society. Why is there so much attraction to the magazines, the radio, the television, the sports, the concerts, the fun? We may be reluctant to admit it, but we have an enemy, and he has many helpers. All of these … Continue reading “ENTERTAINMENT;
DISTRACTIONS; WORLD: CONTENTMENT WITH”

A German philosopher many years ago said something to the effect that the more a man has in his own heart the less he will require from the outside; excessive need for support from without is proof of the bankruptcy of the inner man. If this is true (and I believe it is) then the … Continue reading “ENTERTAINMENT”

In olden days they crowned the king and tied a cap and bell on the court fool; today we crown the fool and tie a tin can on the king.… It is surely an incredible state of affairs when the entertainer rates higher in public esteem than the doctor, the nurse, the teacher and the … Continue reading “ENTERTAINERS;
CELEBRITIES”

Enoch recognized the failure of men and women trying to live their lives apart from God and His will. By faith he walked with God on this earth at a time when sin and corruption were wildly rampant all around him. Enoch’s daily walk was a walk of faith, a walk of fellowship with God. … Continue reading “ENOCH;
FAITH: DAILY WALK; WALK WITH GOD”

Is it not true that for most of us who call ourselves Christians there is no real experience? We have substituted theological ideas for an arresting encounter; we are full of religious notions, but our great weakness is that for our hearts there is no one there. Whatever else it embraces, true Christian experience must … Continue reading “ENCOUNTER
WITH GOD; KNOWLEDGE OF GOD: DIVINE ENCOUNTER”

I happen to believe that Abraham’s encounters with the living God nearly 4,000 years ago leave modern men and women without excuse. Abraham stands for every believer. His eager and willing faith becomes every Christian’s condemnation. On the other hand, his fellowship with God becomes every believer’s encouragement. If there is a desire in your … Continue reading “ENCOUNTER
WITH GOD”

One cause of the decline in the quality of religious experience among Christians these days is the neglect of the doctrine of the inward witness.… In spite of the undeniable lukewarmness of most of us we still fear that unless we keep a careful check on ourselves we shall surely lose our dignity and become … Continue reading “EMOTIONS;
HOLY SPIRIT: INWARD WITNESS”