Sermons & Devotionals by Reuben Archer Torrey
Reuben Archer Torrey
Walking As Jesus Walked.
"He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself also to walk even as He walked." I John 2:6. THE one great secret of a life full of blessedness is abiding in Christ. Abiding in Christ is the one all-inclusive secret of power in prayer : our Lord Jesus says in John 15 : 7, "If ye abide in me, and my ... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 1: Personal Work, Chapter 1
PREFACE This book is written for both ministers and laymen. It will be of help to the minister in suggesting to him how to make full proof of his own ministry and how to get his people to work. It will be of help to laymen in leading them into many fields of fruitful labor for Christ. The Church of ... Read More
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The Deity of Jesus Christ
"While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?..." Matthew 22:41,42 The question that our Lord Jesus puts here to the Pharisees is the most fundamental question concerning Christian thought and faith that can be put to anybody in any ... Read More
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How To Pray 8 - PRAYING WITH THANKSGIVING
There are two words often overlooked in the lesson about prayer which Paul gives us in Phil. 4:6,7, "In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 2: Methods of Christian Work, Chapter 9
COLPORTAGE WORK I. COLPORTAGE WORK DEFINED. What is Colportage work? By Colportage work we mean the distribution of religious literature from house to house. As a rule, the literature thus distributed is sold, sometimes for its full value, sometimes at less than cost. II. ITS IMPORTANCE AND ADVANTAG... Read More
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit 16. The Holy Spirit as a Teacher
Our Lord Jesus in His last conversation with His disciples before His crucifixion said, "But the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you" (John xiv. 26). Here we ... Read More
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Difficulties in the Bible: 19. "Mistakes" in the Bible
The Bible is said not only to be full of contradictions, but also to contain mistakes. One of the "mistakes" most constantly referred to by critics is found in Matthew 27:9-10 (RV): "Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, ... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 1: Personal Work, Chapter 2
THE CONDITIONS OF SUCCESS I. PERSONAL EXPERIMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR. The first condition of success in personal work, and in all soul-saving work, is a personal experimental knowledge of Jesus Christ as Savior. It was because the Apostle Paul could say: "This is a faithful saying,... Read More
Reuben Archer Torrey
The Drama Of Life In Three Acts
"A certain man had two sons." Luke xv. 11. My subject to-night is the Drama of Life in Three Acts. The Lord Jesus Christ is the author of the Drama, and it surpasses anything that was ever put on the stage in conciseness, in point, in height and depth, and full-ness; and beauty of meaning, in pathos... Read More
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How To Pray 9 - HINDRANCES TO PRAYER
We have gone very carefully into the positive conditions of prevailing prayer; but there are some things which hinder prayer. These God has made very plain in His Word. 1. The first hindrance to prayer we will find in James 4:3, "Ye ask and receive not BECAUSE YE ASK AMISS, THAT YE MAY SPEND IT IN Y... Read More
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Love Contrasted, Described, Exalted
1 COR. 13. OUR subject this morning is Love Contrasted, Love Described, Love Exalted. Our text is the whole of the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians. This chapter, which we are to study this morning is not only one of the most familiar, but also one of the most important and remarkable in the ... Read More
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit 17. Praying, Returning Thanks, Worshipping in the Holy Spirit
Two of the most deeply significant passages in the Bible on the subject of the Holy Spirit and on the subject of prayer are found in Jude 20 and Eph. vi. 18. In Jude 20 we read, "But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost," and in Eph. vi. 18, "Praying... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 1: Personal Work, Chapter 3
WHERE TO DO PERSONAL WORK I. PERSONAL WORK AFTER A GOSPEL MEETING. Perhaps the easiest and most natural place to do personal work is after a Gospel meeting. Whenever you attend a meeting, watch for some one to deal with after the meeting is over. Do not trust to chance in the matter, but as the mini... Read More
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Difficulties in the Bible: 20. The Two Genealogies of Jesus, the Christ
A favorite point of attack on the Bible for those who deny its divine origin and inerrancy is the two varying genealogies of Jesus Christ. Not only is this a favorite point of attack by unbelievers, but it is also a point that often puzzles earnest students of the Bible. It is perfectly clear that t... Read More
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What Are You Waiting For?
"And now why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized, washing away thy sin, calling on the name of the Lord" (especially the first part of the verse, "Why tarriest thou?").-Acts xxii. 16. It was God who asked the question, through His servant Ananias, of Saul of Tarsus; and I believe that God is asking... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 2: Methods of Christian Work, Chapter 10
SERVICES IN THEATRES, CIRCUSES, ETC. I. IMPORTANCE AND ADVANTAGES. 1. MANY PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO BE REACHED BY SERVICES IN THEATRES, CIRCUSES, AND OTHER PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT, WHO ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE REACHED ELSEWHERE. Actors, actresses, and the other employees of theatres seldom attend services a... Read More
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The Fool's Creed
"The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God." Ps. 14:1. OUR subject to-night is The Fool's Creed. Every intelligent man has a creed. You hear men in our days inveighing against creeds, but every man who thinks has a creed. A man's creed is what a man believes, and every man who thinks at all m... Read More
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Difficulties in the Bible: 21. Was Jesus Really Three Days and Three Nights in the Heart of the Earth?
Matthew reports Jesus as saying, "As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale ("sea monster," RV marg.), so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" (12:40). According to the commonly accepted tradition of the church Jesus was crucified on... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 1: Personal Work, Chapter 4
HOW TO BEGIN One of the most difficult points in personal work is beginning. It is comparatively easy to go on after one has got an opening. I. FIND THE ONE TO DEAL WITH. The first thing is to find the one to deal with. As has already been said, we should pray God to lead us to some one, or some one... Read More
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What It Costs Not To Be A Christian
"I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies.-Psalms cxix. 59. A good many years ago I was talking to a young society lady in the city of New Haven in America, and suddenly she stopped me and said, "Don't talk that way; it makes me think, and I hate to think." The world is full of ... Read More
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Reuben Archer Torrey was one of America's best-known evangelists and Bible teachers. He was educated at Yale and also at various German universities. During his early years he went through a time of extreme skepticism, but emerged as a staunch preacher of the faith.
In 1889, while in the pastorate, D. L. Moody invited him to become become the superintendent of his new school in Chicago (now the Moody Bible Institute.) He also served as pastor to the Chicago Avenue Church, now the Moody Church. He and Charles Alexander conducted evangelistic meetings together in many parts of the world.
From the years 1912-19 R A Torrey served as dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. He also served from 1914 as pastor of the Church of the Open Door. From 1924 to his death, he ministered in conferences and taught at the Moody Bible Institute.