In our quest to enjoy the Bible, I have quoted the saying, "The Bible is not enjoyed because it is not understood" (E.W. Bullinger). And to understand the Bible we'll need to jettison some false concepts that have come to [...]
When I went to France [1881], I said to Christ: "I in You and You in me!" And many a time in confronting single-handed a laughing, scoffing crowd, I have said, "You and I are enough for them. I won't [...]
As you are reading your Bible at home you might see something about the words that strike you as interesting, or you are listening to a teaching and as you follow it in your Bible something catches your attention. This [...]
I ran across this comparison recently in Ephesians 1:1 — “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus” (ESV). Notice the two prepositions “in”. […]
It is possible for a child of God to have a new life and a new heart but be without a new head. With too many saints, the mind, though their heart is new, is still quite old. Their heart [...]
My previous two posts on enjoying the Bible can be summed up with these words, "You will never 'enjoy' the Bible if you read it as a discipline ('a verse a day keeps the devil away'); you will get excited [...]
One vital part of the teaching program of most churches is missing: that of teaching believers how to enjoy their Bible. Most seem content to have followers in the Sunday service as spectators to a show plus some points to [...]
I have been following the impact of the Day of Pentecost on the early days of the new Pentecostal church under the title "Such as I have give I you." I have covered Acts chapters 1-6, the period before the [...]
(Written in 1912 -- 108 years ago) One thing is sure, and all would do well to recognize it. Time can never change nor interfere with the plan of God. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is exactly the same [...]
"But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, 'Go and stand [take a stand] in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.' And [...]