Sermons and Biblical Studies

Who wins when it’s a choice between God and money, between God and ambition? A lot of young people turn to the Lord when they’re in their teens and are doing fine—and then they become ambitious. They have some talent and develop it, and the world finds out and sends for them. Then they have … Continue reading “CHOICES;
COMMITMENT; AMBITION”

When our little girl came to us, we dedicated her to the Lord in a morning service, but that was nothing. My own personal dedication of that child was a prolonged, terrible, sweaty thing. I finally said to God, “Yes, Lord, you can have her.” I knew that God wasn’t going to let her die, … Continue reading “CHILDREN;
CHILD DEDICATION”

Because this is a moral universe, character, which is the excellence of moral beings, is naturally paramount. As the excellence of steel is strength and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character. “An honest man is the noblest work of God,” an apothegm usually attributed to John Wesley, … Continue reading “CHARACTER;
VIRTUE”

The problem is change, which disturbs many people. They have accepted the status quo as being the very tablets given by God on the mountain. Most people, if they happen to be in any church anywhere, accept the status quo without knowing or caring to inquire how it came to be. In other words, they … Continue reading “CHANGE;
STATUS QUO”

A system of literature has grown up around the notion that Christianity may be proven by the fact that great men believe in Christ. If we can just get the story of a politician who believes in Christ, we spread it all over our magazines, “Senator So-and-so believes in Christ.” The implication is that if … Continue reading “CELEBRITIES;
TESTIMONIALS”

God is love and His kindness is unbounded, but He has no sympathy with the carnal mind. He remembers that we are dust, indeed, but He refuses to tolerate the doings of the flesh. He has given us His word; He has promised that we would never be tempted above what we were able to … Continue reading “CARNALITY;
SIN: VICTORY OVER”

The true Christian is a child of two worlds. He lives among fallen men, receives all of his earlier concepts from them and develops a fallen view of life along with everyone from Adam on. When he is regenerated and inducted into the new creation he is called to live according to the laws and … Continue reading “CARNALITY;
NEW BELIEVER”

I believe that it might be well for us if we just stopped all of our business and got quiet and worshiped God and waited on Him. It doesn’t make me popular when I remind you that we are a carnal bunch, but it is true, nevertheless, that the body of Christians is carnal. The … Continue reading “CARNALITY;
HOLY SPIRIT: REVELATION OF GOD”

The Apostle Paul talked about the carnal Christians of Corinth, and he labored and prayed and wept over the carnality of those Christians. This describes most evangelicals today: carnal, immature, without miracles, without wonders, lacking a wonderful sense of the presence of the Lord, held together by social activities and nothing else. 1 Corinthians 3:1–3; … Continue reading “CARNALITY”

The gospel invitation is offered to one and all, but many are too preoccupied to hear or heed. They never allow God’s call to become a reason for decision. Their relationship with God never becomes a personal encounter. As a result, they live out their entire lives insisting that they never heard any call from … Continue reading “CALL
OF GOD; SALVATION: INVITATION TO”