Young man! The Bible is true. What have these infidels to give you in its place? What has made England but the open Bible? Every nation that exalteth the Word of God is exalted, and every nation that casteth it down is cast down. Oh, let us cling close to the Bible. Of course we shall not understand it all at once. But men are not to condemn it on that account. Suppose I should send my little boy, five years old, to school tomorrow morning, and when he came home in the afternoon I say …
“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
In this second chapter of Ephesians we have already had brought before us in a very vivid way our relationship to the Father as those who have been quickened together …
A message on the Importance of the Christ-Controlled life
“Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; bearing with one another and readily forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also must forgive. And over all these put on love, which is the perfect bond of union; and let the peace which Christ gives settle all questionings in your hearts, to which peace indeed you were called as belonging to His one Body; and be thankful. Let …
There is a story, my friends, in the books of Samuel—way back as far as the time of the kings of Israel—which will help us to understand the Gospel. It is about a man of the name of Mephibosheth.
You remember what a hard time David had when Saul was hunting him to kill him, just as men hunt game.
Well one day, David and his good friend Jonathan were taking a walk together in the fields. Saul was very angry and was bent on killing David, but his son Jonathan was looking out for a chance to save him. …
An editorial written by Dr. Philpott at the request of the Chicago Tribune for publication in its issue of February 5, 1928.
No more picturesque figure ever strode across the pages of American history than Dwight L. Moody, who was born just ninety-one years ago today. His amazing rise from obscurity to worldwide influence is one of the most inspiring stories in America’s Hall of Fame. Judged by the lasting results of his work, he shares honors with Lincoln as our greatest contribution to humanity in the nineteenth century. Thousands of men more talented than Moody, and with vastly greater …
“Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it...supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey.” —Luke 2:43–44
This is a precious portion of Scripture, if for no other reason than that it furnishes the only bit of authentic information concerning the life of Jesus from his infancy to the beginning of His ministry. Sometimes we refer to “the eighteen silent years” of His life, but as a matter of fact, apart from the record of this one event, there are thirty silent years.
Helpful for the Sunday school lesson for September 19, 1920.
All reformation is after the pattern of Matthew 12:43, “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.” When one form of amusement is cut off from the wicked-doer, he immediately sets about to find another set; when one mudhole is denied the pig, he immediately proceeds to find another. By law men have tried to make men keep Sunday. Their first purpose was that men might go to church, but, though we have more Sunday enforcement than the …
“And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper …
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” —Hebrews 13:8
The verse which precedes our text reads: “Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.” Then comes this sentence: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” He is the end of all their conversation.
This word “conversation” takes in two great principles, the idea of talking and the thought of what folks are. This is the consummation of the living of those who have preached the Gospel; this is …
The 34th Psalm is quite a catalogue of things that prayer will accomplish. It starts off concerning praise. Now, praise is the highest form of worship. Prayer is something like water; it refreshes, it cleanses, it greatly aids growth; but remember it is steam—powerful steam—when it is heated. So hot prayer, believing prayer, turns to praise (v. 1).
The fighting attitudes of man and beast are interesting and stimulating, but prayer brings the soul to a fighting attitude very different from any flesh feeling. The psalmist speaks of his attitude caused by prayer as “boast in the Lord” (v. 2). …
