Sermons and Biblical Studies

The tragedy that happened to Rome on the inside is the same kind of threat that can harm and endanger a complacent and worldly church on the inside. It is hard for a proud, unconcerned church to function as a spiritual, mature and worshiping church. There is always the imminent danger of failure before God. … Continue reading “CHURCH:
PROBLEMS; CHURCH: SPIRITUAL CONDITION”

Because the church is a society of human beings, the problems that plague families and nations are found in the church, too. If Christians stand alone, their only problems are personal, but as soon as other Christians join them, they have social problems as well. True, the members of the church are redeemed human beings, … Continue reading “CHURCH:
PROBLEMS; CHURCH: CONFLICT; CHURCH: UNITY; BODY OF CHRIST”

When viewed from the perspective of eternity, the most critical need of this hour may well be that the Church should be brought back from her long Babylonian captivity and the name of God be glorified in her again as of old. Yet we must not think of the Church as an anonymous body, a … Continue reading “CHURCH:
PRESENCE OF GOD; REVIVAL: NEED FOR; KNOWLEDGE OF GOD: CHURCH’S NEED”

The world is evil, the times are waxing late, and the glory of God has departed from the church as the fiery cloud once lifted from the door of the Temple in the sight of Ezekiel the prophet. The God of Abraham has withdrawn His conscious Presence from us, and another God whom our fathers … Continue reading “CHURCH:
PRESENCE OF GOD; LONGING FOR GOD; GOD: HIS GLORY”

The Bible teaches plainly enough the doctrine of the divine omnipresence, but for the masses of professed Christians this is the era of the Absentee God. Most Christians speak of God in the manner usually reserved for a departed loved one, rarely as of one present; but they do not often speak to Him.… At … Continue reading “CHURCH:
PRESENCE OF GOD; CHURCH: SERVICES; CHURCH: BOREDOM”

… I mean that heavenly quality which marks the Church as a divine thing. The greatest proof of our weakness these days is that there is no longer anything terrible or mysterious about us. The Church has been explained—the surest evidence of her fall. We now have little that cannot be accounted for by psychology … Continue reading “CHURCH:
PRESENCE OF GOD”

I long for every believer in the church of our Lord to join me in a clear-cut manifesto to our times. I want it to be a declaration of our intentions to restore Christ to the place that is rightfully His in our personal lives, in our family situations and in the fellowship of the … Continue reading “CHURCH:
PRESENCE OF CHRIST; JESUS CHRIST: HIS PREEMINENCE; CHRISTIANS: IN THE WORLD”

Look around today and see where the miracles of power are taking place. Never in the seminary where each thought is prepared for the student, to be received painlessly and at second hand; never in the religious institution where tradition and habit have long ago made faith unnecessary; never in the old church where memorial … Continue reading “CHURCH:
POWER OF GOD; CHURCH: APATHY; REVIVAL: CONDITIONS FOR”

The Church must be a witness to powers beyond the earthly and the human; and because I know this, it is a source of great grief to me that the church is trying to run on its human powers.… Now, a plain word here about the Christian Church trying to carry on in its own … Continue reading “CHURCH:
POWER OF GOD”

There are few things as frustrating as to work without knowing what we are trying to accomplish; that is, to be lost in the means and ignorant of the end. Examples of this are found in “parts” factories where men spend years making small articles that have no significance in themselves and can have satisfying … Continue reading “CHURCH:
OBJECTIVES; CHURCH: FOCUS”