"And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."—Matt. 10:28. I. The Asking—"Is Hell a Myth?" A myth? Like Aeolus imprisoning in a leather bag tied with a silver string such winds and tempests as
"Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me." --Matt. 11:6 "These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended." --John 16:1 One of the greatest perils of the Christian life lurks in the common pathway of discipleship. It is the peril of being offended in Christ. The fellowship to which the
"And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shall be clean." --II Kings 5:10 "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases." --Psalm 103:3 The biography of Naaman is a precious contribution to the evidence that the love
"He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their souls." --Psalm 106:15 We frequently make the mistake of limiting the call of the Gospel to the initial alternatives which it presents. It sets before us Christ and His kingdom as against the world and its attractions; and urges upon us the necessity of choice. Indeed,
"Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel." --Amos 4:12 "Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." --Matt. 24:44 I am going to speak to you on some thoughts
"Yea though I walk through the valley...."--Psalm 23:4 Not everything happens in the world just as God wishes. When people say, "Whatever is, is best," they cannot really mean what they say, or they mean it with certain conditions and reservations which filch the literal meaning from the words. If, in simple truth, "Whatever is, is
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us, who are kept by the
“The dayspring from on high hath visited us.” --Luke 1:78 The birth of a little Child the Christian world at this season celebrates. Christmas Day is a holy and happy day when we commemorate the coming of God’s Son into the world—the incarnation of God by way of the virgin birth. Never too happily can we
"Beloved, now are we the Sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." --I John 3:2 "Defeatism" is not a pleasing word, but it is a popular one. Its wide