Matthew 11:28-29

There are few subjects, bearing upon the practical side of the Christian life, that believers are more exercised about than that they may be "led of the Lord" in all their ways; yet when some important decision has to be made, they are often at a stand to know how "the Lord's mind" is to be obtained... Read More

What strange methods God sometimes employs in teaching His Children much needed lessons! This has recently been the writer's experience. I have been approached by a "university" to accept from them a degree of "D. D." Asking for time to be given so that I might prayerfully seek from God, through His... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 39 CHRIST RAISING LAZARUS (CONCLUDED) John 11:28-44 The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. Mary goes to meet Jesus, verses 28-30, 32. 2. The Jews follow her, verse 31. 3. Jesus groaning and weeping, verses 33-35... Read More

By the way of introduction let us bring before the reader the following Scriptures: 1. “Ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life” (John 5:40). 2. “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). 3. “No man can come to Me, except the Father which... Read More

By our fall in Adam we not only lost the favor of God but also the purity of our nature and therefore we need to be both reconciled to God and renewed in our inner man, for without personal holiness "no man shall see the Lord" (Heb. 12:14). "As He which hath called you is holy; so be ye holy in all ... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 1: The Christian’s Beginning Chapter 1 SAVING FAITH "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned" (Mark 16:16). These are the words of Christ, the risen Christ, and are the last that He uttered ere He left this earth. None m... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 1: The Christian’s Beginning Chapter 2 THE POWER OF GOD "Twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God" (Ps. 62:11). In When first writing upon this subject, we practically confined our attention to the omnipotence of God as it is seen in and through the old crea... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 3: Authority in Christian Practice Chapter 10 EVANGELICAL OBEDIENCE No matter how cautiously one may deal with obedience, if he is to be of any service to the real people of God, his efforts are sure to be put to a wrong and evil use by hypocrites, for they will "wrest it... Read More

No thorough study of the prayers of the apostles, or of the prayers of the Bible as a whole, would be complete without an examination of the benedictions with which the apostles (James excepted), prefaced their Epistles. Those opening salutations were very different from a mere act of politeness, as... Read More

It is here that God begins His actual application of salvation unto His elect. God saves us from the pleasure or love of sin before He delivers us from the penalty or punishment of sin. Necessarily so, for it would be neither an act of holiness nor of righteousness were He to grant full pardon to on... Read More