Sermons and Biblical Studies

A comprehended God is no God. John Chrysostom

We can only reach with determination for the warm hand of God, which we have so rashly and self-confidently pushed away. Alexander Solzhenitsyn

You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; your forgot the God who gave you birth. Deuteronomy 32:18 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you. Isaiah 66:13 Mother is the name of God in the hearts and minds of children. Author unknown God is as truly our Mother as he is our … Continue reading “GOD,
MOTHERHOOD OF”

God is above the sphere of our esteem, And is best known, not defining him. Robert Herrick The Lord has taught us that nobody can know God unless God teaches him. Irenaeus

Since what may be known about God is plain to them [those who are evil], because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men … Continue reading “GOD,
EXISTENCE OF”

See also: Agnosticism; Belief; Unbelief I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universe is without a mind. Francis Bacon A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion. Francis Bacon I have never been … Continue reading “GOD,
BELIEF IN”

I have found my destiny. I must take the gospel to the people of the East End [of London]. William Booth If I had a thousand lives, I would give them all for the women of China. Lottie Moon Give me grace always to desire and to will what is most acceptable to you and … Continue reading “GOALS,
EXAMPLES OF”

There are more gluttons than drunkards in hell. Author unknown We ought to eat in order to live, not live in order to eat. Cicero In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. Benjamin Franklin Gluttony kills more than the sword. 16th century proverb

These gifts were not the possession of the primitive Christian as such; nor for that matter of the Apostolic Church or the Apostolic age for themselves; they were distinctively the authentication of the Apostles. They were part of the credentials of the Apostles as the authoritative agents of God in founding the church. Their function … Continue reading “GIFTS
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT”

How blessed and wonderful, beloved, are the gifts of God. Life in immortality, splendor in righteousness, truth in perfect confidence, faith in assurance, self-control in holiness! And all these fall under the cognizance of our understandings now; what then shall those things be which are prepared for such as wait for Him? The Creator and … Continue reading “GIFTS”