Sermons and Biblical Studies

Among the famous sayings of the church fathers, none is better known than Augustine’s, “Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.”… God formed us for His pleasure, and so formed us that we, as well as He, can, in divine communion, enjoy the sweet and … Continue reading “COMMUNION
WITH GOD; MAN: REBELLION AGAINST GOD”

However we may explain this mysterious “ground” within us, we will not have been long in the Christian way until we begin to experience it. We will find that we have within us a secret garden where no one can enter except ourself and God. Not only does no one else enter, no one else … Continue reading “COMMUNION
WITH GOD; LONELINESS”

God is a person, and in the deep of His mighty nature He thinks, wills, enjoys, feels, loves, desires, and suffers as any other person may. In making Himself known to us He stays by the familiar pattern of personality. He communicates with us through the avenues of our minds, our wills and our emotions. … Continue reading “COMMUNION
WITH GOD”

But the lives of consecrated people are never their own. To sit back in selfish composure and plan the future is never an option to those who have made the great commitment. They are at the call of Another, and at any time they may receive orders to pick up and move on. This is … Continue reading “COMMITMENT;
UNCERTAINTY; SERVICE: PRIVILEGE OF”

Let the seeking man reach a place where life and lips join to say continually, “Be thou exalted,” and a thousand minor problems will be solved at once. His Christian life ceases to be the complicated thing it had been before and becomes the very essence of simplicity. By the exercise of his will he … Continue reading “COMMITMENT;
SPIRITUAL VICTORY”

We must offer all our acts to God and believe that He accepts them. Then hold firmly to that position and keep insisting that every act of every hour of the day and night be included in the transaction. Keep reminding God in our times of private prayer that we mean every act for His … Continue reading “COMMITMENT;
SERVICE: SACRIFICIAL”

We need a revival! We need a revival of consecration to death, a revival of happy abandonment to the will of God that will laugh at sacrifice and count it a privilege to bear the cross through the heat and burden of the day. We are too much influenced by the world and too little … Continue reading “COMMITMENT;
REVIVAL: NEED FOR; CHURCH: APATHY”

A man of ordinary mind may go on to do marvels in a given field if he has keen enough interest in it, and leave behind many men of finer minds who lack the necessary interest. Sometimes one interest may crowd out another. I wonder how many potential Rubensteins or Heifetzes may have gotten lost … Continue reading “COMMITMENT;
PRIORITIES”

Here is what grieves me, and I believe this also grieves the Holy Spirit: My hearers rise to this call emotionally, but they will not confirm it by a corresponding change in their way of life. Their goodness is like the morning clouds—by 9:00 o’clock the sun has burnt off the fog. This is what … Continue reading “COMMITMENT;
PREACHING: RESPONSE TO; LIFE CHANGE”

In the Book of Acts faith was for each believer a beginning, not an end; it was a journey, not a bed in which to lie while waiting for the day of our Lord’s triumph. Believing was not a once-done act; it was more than an act, it was an attitude of heart and mind … Continue reading “COMMITMENT;
PERSECUTION; FOLLOWING CHRIST; CURRENT CONDITIONS: SHALLOWNESS”