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Reading a Christian book
Let every portion be read over at least three times. The great poison of our conversation with divine things is superficiality. When we read anything and understand it somewhat, we think that this is enough. No, we must give it time so that it may [...]
A new race, a new creation
"So if any one be in Christ, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new" (II Cor. 5:17 Darby). The idea in this passage is not merely that believers in Christ have individually become new creations [...]
Present yourself
"Present yourself unto God, as alive from the dead..." (Romans 6:13). Many have taken this word "present" to imply consecration, without looking carefully into its content. Of course that is what it does mean, but not in the sense in which we are inclined to [...]
Beware Christian junk food
I love junk food -- McDonald's french fries, Auntie Anne's pretzels, and almost any kind of pizza! If I'm not careful, though, I will gain unwanted pounds while getting zero nutrition. Many Christians seem to eat spiritually the way I am tempted to eat physically. [...]
Jesus in me
Producing fruit requires action. But it is not the action of frenzied spiritual activity, putting notches on my evangelism six-shooter or counting the number of verses memorized, Bible chapters studied, or church services attended. Yes, God wants us to "bear fruit" (John 15:2), "bear much [...]
The big bucket of grace
"The grace of the Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus" (I Tim. 1:14). The very moment we were birthed by the Holy Spirit and baptized into the body of Christ (I Cor. 12:13), we became new creatures in [...]
The subtility of self-effort
One of the saddest states that modern believers come to is brought about by their trying to 'make it all work,' trying to put the various religious ideas and doctrines together so that they fit into the believer's personality and peculiar experiences. This dilemma creates [...]
Who can live it?
Let us get it crystal clear in our hearts and mind that the only Person who ever lived the Christian life was Jesus Christ, and the only Person that God ever intended to live the Christian life was Jesus Christ. The only part that you [...]
Keep your eye on Christ
Remember Christian, it is not your hold of Christ that saves thee -- it is Christ; it is not thy joy in Christ that saves thee -- it is Christ; it is not even faith in Christ (though that is the instrument) -- it is [...]
John Bunyan on Bible reading
Read God's Word, and read it again; and do not despair of trying understand the will and mind of God as revealed in His word, though you think they are fast locked up from you... Pray and read, read and pray, for a little from [...]