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"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood." (Acts 20:28). Though some think that Paul’s exhortation to these elders does prove him their ruler, we who are thi... Lee mas

I had hardly crossed the border into this cloud-covered mountainous country when a messenger appeared in the path and welcomed me by name. "Beyond this range of mountains is a plateau where you will work in construction on the house of God." That sounded clear enough. So you can imagine my surprise ... Lee mas

Today, The Day of Pentecost, we remember how it all began. On the day of Pentecost a small group of people was transformed from an assembly of souls who weren’t quite sure why they were together, into an Army of Light. Suddenly, this motley crew became a magnet that drew thousands that very day out ... Lee mas

When Jesus of Nazareth hung on the cross that dark Friday afternoon, it looked like the end of the road. He’d had a good run while it lasted. He shook things up for a while. Now it’s over. He’s done. Everybody can see that this prophet wasn’t the prophet he claimed to be. His disciples were devastat... Lee mas

He also said to the multitudes, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming'; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing you say, 'There will be scorching heat'; and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and s... Lee mas

For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up… Ecclesiasties 3:1-3 A time for every purpose under h... Lee mas

Although no question mark will be found in his magnificent speech, still, Abraham Lincoln expressed a disquieting uncertainty in his Gettysburg Address: ". . . whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure." While his immediate concern was the Civil War, his implici... Lee mas

The rational man who has prepared himself to be set free through the advent of Jesus, knows himself in his intellectual substance. For he who knows himself knows the dispensations of the Creator and all that He does among His creatures. Dearly beloved in the Lord, our members and joint-heirs with th... Lee mas

1. Over the title of this Psalm, being so short and so simple, I think we need not tarry. But the prophecy which here we read sent before, we know to be evidently fulfilled. For when these things were being sung in the times of King David, nothing of such sort, by the hostility of the Gentiles, as y... Lee mas

Then He shall say unto those on the left hand, "Depart from me, you cursed ones, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels!" Matthew 25:41 INTRODUCTION Were there no other place of eternal lodging but heaven, I should here have closed my discourse of man's eternal state; but as in... Lee mas