Let us read our Bibles in private more, and with more pains and diligence. Ignorance of Scripture is the root of all error, and makes a person helpless in the hand of the devil. There is less private Bible reading than there was fifty years ago. I never would have believed that so many men [...]
Good and Bad Preaching
The modern gospel says, “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. Therefore, follow these steps, and you can be saved.” Meanwhile, the biblical gospel says, “You are an enemy of God, dead in your sin, and in your present state of rebellion, you are not even able to see that you [...]
The Missionary Spirit, Pt 6 – Investing in the Future
Mary Moffatt was a remarkable woman. Wife of Robert Moffatt, mother-in-law of David Livingstone, she and her husband served as missionaries in Bechuanaland for 45 years. The early years were hard, their labours resulting in not a single convert. Yet Mary was undaunted. When a friend wrote, asking what useful gift could be sent from [...]
Sexual Orientation vs. Practice – Pt 2
Remember that sexual orientation vs. practice means that some professing evangelicals believe that homosexual practices are immoral, but having the sexual “orientation” of being attracted to the same sex gender is acceptable, as long as sex is not involved. So homosexual practices are wrong, but the orientation toward persons of the same sex is acceptable. [...]
Sexual Orientation vs. Practice
What is meant by the expression? It is the growing view in American evangelical churches that as long the sexual practices of homosexuals stop, the persons can remain in the “orientation” as partners and still live together, because that is the best orientation for them personally, all the while participating in all the activities of [...]
The Wisdom of James A. Stewart
Remember, repentance in which there is no faith is no true repentance and a faith in which there is no repentance is not true faith. It is clear that the faith by which the sinner believes to the saving of the soul must be more than the acceptance or confession of certain redemptive truths. The [...]
The Sanctifying Wisdom of Vance Havner
One could spend a lifetime in the study of false cults and never come to the end of it. Rather let him come to know his Bible and his Lord so well that no false Christ can lead him astray. The church is a nursery for babes in Christ, but not a hatchery with the [...]
The Wisdom of B. B. Caldwell
One of the greatest blessings that God can give an individual is to put him under the ministry of a true man of God. And the biggest curse that God could put upon an individual is to leave him under the ministry of a false prophet. The greatest thing in the world is salvation in [...]
The Missionary Spirit, Pt 5 – The New Hebrides of the South Pacific
Iain Murray points out that it was the voyages of Captain James Cook, son of a Scottish father, that brought the South Pacific Islands to the attention of Britain. Cook reached Tahiti three times and it was to that place that the London Missionary Society (LMS) sent their first eighteen missionaries in 1796. These Pacific [...]
The Power behind Missions
The Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology contains the statement: “The missionary movement [of the 19th century] is arguably the single most important event in the history of western Christianity.” If this is true, as Iain Murray points out, “Scotland itself certainly played no small part in that movement.” A journalist in the 1840′s [...]
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