john-15:13-14

There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More

Inspiring And Maintaining Our Personal Witness -- Dr. Peter Masters How can we encourage and inspire one another to witness? Here are some of the biblical themes which should always challenge us. A Matter Of Conviction Personal witness must be a matter of conviction with us. All the personal witness... Read More

Measure Your Life By Obedience By Wesley L. Duewel God is measuring our lives, not by the measures and standards of our culture or our age. He is measuring them by our character and by our walk with Him. God and His Word are intensely practical. All of the great general principles in the kingdom of ... Read More

The Believer’s Union With Christ By Theodore H. Epp Do we realize that God desires all men to be saved? His heart’s desire is that none should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). This great fact cannot be questioned, but it does raise this question: “Why are there not more p... Read More

The Boldness of God’s Friends (With Christ In The School Of Prayer) By Andrew Murray “He said unto them, which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set befor... Read More

By the mercy of God I have been a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ since my early youth. Over the years of my earthly pilgrimage I have known what it is like to climb great spiritual mountains and how it feels to fall into chasms of blackness. I have had long seasons of great Christian joy and inte... Read More

It were possibly no less edifying to speak a little of what love and tender mercy it was in Christ, to be so troubled in soul for us. Self is precious, when free of sin, and withal self-happy. Christ was both free of sin, and self-happy. What then could have made him stir his foot out of heaven, so ... Read More

“This is what the Lord says: Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose confidence is in Him. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river. It shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaves shall be evergreen; it shall have no worries in the yea... Read More

What about those old "friends" who stay around to tempt you or drag you down? All friendships made for selfish reasons before your conversion must go on the altar of sacrifice with all other things that belonged to your past life. All future friendships as well as those you keep from the past must b... Read More

The idea of the divine-human friendship originated with God. Had not God said first ?Ye are my friends? (John 15:14) it would be inexcusably brash for any man to say ?I am a friend of God.? But since He claims us for His friends it is an act of unbelief to ignore or deny the relationship. . . . Even... Read More