A Perfect Prayer

The most dangerous beast in the world is the one that lives in that den behind your teeth…your tongue! James compares the tongue to a flame of fire. He warns that it is full of […]

America’s Greatest Revival

The beginning of America’s greatest revival took place in New York City. A.C. Lanphier was working as a lay missionary in one of the crowded areas of the city. He often became discouraged, but drew […]

Backbiters

The dictionary says that backbiting means to slander an absent person or persons. The old sinful nature of man is easily lured into that trap. When we criticize others we turn attention away from our […]

Use the Tongue

John Wesley was preaching and wearing a new bow tie with two streamers hanging down from it. There was a sister in the meeting who didn’t hear a word about Jesus, but sat with a […]

Love

A Columbian was converted to Christ through reading the Bible. He had no personal contact with any missionary or Bible-teaching church. Soon thereafter, he came to the United States to live. Upon arriving here, he […]

Revival and Rejoicing

Revival brings rejoicing! And all too many of us lack this quality of life. There is an attitude of hyper-criticism abroad today that saps the strength of churches and renders Christian testimonies ineffective. Grumbling and […]

Power

The friends of Mary Slessor, missionary in Africa, were amazed when they saw that she, a weak woman, had been able to mold savage chiefs to her will. One of the chiefs explained, “You have […]

The Great Prophet

Commenting on this text, Matthew Henry said, “It is here promised concerning Christ, that there should come a Prophet, great above all prophets; by whom God would make known himself and His will to the […]

The Greatest of These

No one would question the importance of love in the Christian life. Love is the very heart of the gospel. The good news is that God loves us and has given His Son for our […]

Finders Keepers

Andrew was a finder. We have no record of any of Andrew’s sermons. But we know that he found his brother Peter and brought him to Jesus. And Peter’s powerful preaching brought three thousand to […]

The Simple Gospel

The Gospel is easy to understand. The difficult work in man’s salvation was done at the cross by the Lord Jesus. Any sinner can believe and be saved. And we are all sinners (Romans 3:23). […]

Witnesses

The disciples longed to know all about the times and the seasons. They wanted the key of prophetic fulfillment. Instead, they were given a task… a responsibility… a work to do. They were to be […]