Straining and Complaining
Tired of being busy straining and complaining, I find now that I can know joy in just containing. My hope of glory is just . . . CHRIST IN ME. Nobody can be like Jesus like Jesus can. He is [...]
The Good Old Days
Many people today want to go back to the way they used to do things. The "Good Old Days" seem to have a great appeal. Old fashions are coming back on the scene. Chrysler is producing the PT Cruiser, which [...]
How to Take Christ
I want you to see how to take because John says that of His fullness we have all received and Paul says that they which receive abundance of Iife shall reign. Receive. Do you know how to receive? You say, [...]
From God to you…
As you got up this morning, I watched you, and hoped you would talk to me, even if it was just a few words, asking my opinion or thanking me for something good that happened in your life yesterday. But [...]
The Preaching of the Cross
Among others, there is at least one verse (I Cor. 1:18) in which Paul explains how the Cross had become a regulating force in his life and ministry. But we shall miss the full meaning of this verse unless we [...]
This is our ministry
This is the ministry which God in his mercy has given us and nothing can daunt us. We use no hocus-pocus, no clever tricks, no dishonest manipulation of the Word of God. We speak the plain truth and so commend [...]
Five natures?
"Our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin" (Romans 6:6). Many a Christian thinks that to be thoroughly orthodox he must [...]
“Casters” and “Menders”
It is quite significant that our Lord's first encounter with those who were to be His disciples seems to describe the nature of their future calling and ministry. When Jesus first met Peter and Andrew they were casting a net [...]
Think on this
Some persons say they cannot bear to spend one hour in quiet solitude; they have nothing to do, nothing to think about. No Christian will ever talk like that, surely; for if I can but give him one word to [...]
Divine Union
All the dealings of God with the soul of the believer are in order to bring it into oneness with Himself, that the prayer of our Lord may be fulfilled: "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art [...]