Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses…let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus (Heb_12:1-2) The Eyes of the Witnesses upon us While the word witness in the New Testament generally has the sense of testifier, there can be little question … Continue reading The Cloud of Witnesses
Sermons
The Interceding Savior
He is able also to save them to the uttermost…seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them (Heb_7:25) The Strengthening Power of Prayer There are times in life when it is very helpful to know that somebody is praying for us. It strengthens us when we are prone to faint. When some difficult duty lies … Continue reading The Interceding Savior
How to Control Your Thoughts
"Those things…do" (Php_4:9) The Power of Our Thoughts We are all familiar with the difference that is made by the thoughts that arise within our hearts. Often they cast a shadow on our universe. A man may waken in the morning singing and address himself cheerfully to duty, and then, suddenly, some unbidden thought may … Continue reading How to Control Your Thoughts
The Tactfulness of Love
And this I pray, that your love may abound…in all judgment (Php_1:9) Tact—the Grace of Touching Others Gently The word that is here used for judgment is a very interesting word. It occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. Its primary signification was perception by any of the senses, but gradually it got specialized into … Continue reading The Tactfulness of Love
Free Grace
"My grace is sufficient for thee." And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee. (2Cor_12:9) What the thorn was of which the apostle speaks is a question we never can answer. A hundred explanations have been given, yet certainty has never been obtained. Each age has its own interpretation, each commentator has his … Continue reading Free Grace
The Wonder of That Night
The same night in which he was betrayed (1 Cor_11:23) Attention has been directed in these days of ours to what is called the method of suggestion. The power of suggestion to influence thought and conduct is one of the great themes of educational science. We are taught that beneath our consciousness there is a … Continue reading The Wonder of That Night
The Separating Power of Things Present
"Life isn't a little bundle of big things: it's a big bundle of little things." Things present (Rom_8:38) It is notable that in his enumeration of things which might dim the love of God to us, the apostle should make mention of things present, and by things present I take it that he means the events … Continue reading The Separating Power of Things Present
The Perils of Unsettlement
None of these things move me (Act_20:24) These Words Paul Spoke on His Way to Jerusalem Paul was journeying to Jerusalem when he spoke the words of our text. They were addressed to the elders of Ephesus whom he had summoned to meet him at Miletus. It was a journey attended by much hazard, and … Continue reading The Perils of Unsettlement
Forgiveness
“I, even I, am He that blots out your transgressions for My own sake and will not remember your sins.” (Isaiah 43:25) THERE are some passages of Sacred Writ which have been more abundantly blessed to the conversion of souls than others. They may be called salvation texts. We may not be able to discover … Continue reading Forgiveness
Unconscious Ministries
And the prisoners heard them (Act_16:25) An Unconscious Ministry in Music Strangers in a strange city, Paul and Silas had very violent treatment. They were seized and, without semblance of a trial, were thrust into the inner prison. It was a gloomy and miserable place and might have appalled the spirits of the bravest. Men … Continue reading Unconscious Ministries
