"For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh; who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; whose are the fathers, and of
"They need not depart; give ye them to eat." - Matthew 14:16 Some folks do not believe in miracles. I do. A denial of miracles is a denial of the virgin birth of Jesus. The Christian religion stands or falls on the virgin birth of Christ. God created Adam and Eve without human agencies. He could
THE EPISTLES OF CYPRIAN LV-LXXXII. EPISTLE LV. TO THE PEOPLE OF THIBARIS, EXHORTING TO MARTYRDOM. ARGUMENT. --CYPRIAN FIRST OF ALL EXCUSES HIMSELF TO THE THIBARITANS THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN TO VISIT THEM, AND GIVES THEM WARNINGS OF THE PERSECUTION AT HAND; HE THEN FURNISHES INDUCEMENTS READILY TO UNDERGO MARTYRDOM. 1. Cyprian to the people abiding
Paul is eminently practical as well as really profound. He is equally at home in the discussion of the great problems of theology and in the details of the Christian life. He is a practical mystic who does not leave his mysticism in the clouds, but applies it to the problem in hand. There is
What does converted mean? It means completely changed. Converted is not synonymous with reformed. Reforms are from without - conversion from within. Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do. Unless you have made a complete surrender and are doing his will it will avail
"I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover. I believe that the man who magnifies the word of God in his preaching is the man whom God will honor. Why do such names stand out on the pages of history as Wesley, Whitefield, Finney and Martin Luther? Because of their
"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 Note: Robertson delivered this sermon after World War I had ended. World War II has not yet begun. DR. VEDDER quotes Nietzsche as saying: "Christianity is the reality of all that creeps upon the ground against all that is elevated." Then
“And it came to pass, when the days were well nigh come that He should be received up, He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem." -Luke 9:51 Every contemplation of the last month, and weeks, and days in the life of our Lord fills the soul with a sense of solemn and almost overwhelming
"Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words" (1 Thessalonians 4:17-18). The meeting here mentioned is to be the greatest meeting the Bible tells
“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things not seen." -Hebrews 11:1 The history of the world's progress is the history of the triumphs of faith. Faith, to all human seeming, does the most unwarranted things. It sings in prison. It fights while still in chains. It works without tools. You may