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The wonderful change wrought in believers by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is very noticeable, especially to the student of the Greek Testament. Strong words not found in the Old Testament, nor in the four Gospels, are either invented by the apostles or borrowed from classical Greek, to convey a... Read More

Mark 4:3-10, 13-20 There is yet still more to all that Jesus taught about material stewardship. In light of all that He said on this subject, it is amazing how little of it is mentioned in most churches. When it is, it is too often softened. As we continue our squeeze through the needle's eye, our o... Read More

Last month, George Sodini walked into a women's aerobics class at an LA Fitness Club just a few miles from where I live. He turned out the lights and began shooting into the darkness, firing fifty rounds. Within seconds, he killed three women and wounded nine others. Then he shot and killed himself.... Read More

Introduction You are going to love this story. Jesus told it using just one sentence, but with a little imagination, it can easily be expanded without doing any harm to the lesson. A man is walking across a neighbor's field early one morning when something poking through the soil—perhaps exposed fro... Read More

When the Holy Spirit speaks of the moral glories of Jesus Christ, there is a delicacy of expression and refinement of language which, though very simple, is altogether Divine, and in a world which is a compound of Assyrian haughtiness and Babylonish corruption, we are apt to be so affected as to be ... Read More

We have previously seen that the right to take the place of the children of God has been given to us by THE SON. To those who are born of God and have believed on His Name, He has given this right. THE HOLY SPIRIT too bears witness that this same relationship is ours. And we are invited to behold ho... Read More

Do all things without murmurings and disputings! PHILIPPIANS 2:14 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. PROVERBS 25:28 BEHOLD, the paths of life are ours,--we see Our blest inheritance where'er we tread; Sorrow and danger our security, And di... Read More

"That ye may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world" (Philippians 2:15). There should be neither undergrowth, nor overgrowth, but balanced growth. Spiritual equilibrium alone will bring for... Read More

EVENING THOUGHTS or DAILY WALKING WITH GOD AUGUST 1. "So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God." Mark 16:19 The circumstance of the Lord's ascension and exaltation meets with frequent and marked allusion in the word of God. The Ho... Read More

Greetings to you all in Jesus’ precious name. I know some of you; by the end of the weekend, I’ll know all of you. One of the things we’ve enjoyed so much being back on furlough this time is the fellowship with Christians from here and there, with many different backgrounds. It’s just been so precio... Read More