colossians-3:2

In 1892 after a year of intensive work in Great Britain, D.L.Moody sailed for home, eager to get back to his family and work. The ship left Southampton amid many farewells. About three days out into the ocean, the ship ground to a halt with a broken shaft and before long it began to take water. Need... Read More

I Man is conscious of two worlds, an outer and an inner, a public and a private, an objective and a subjective. He is conscious also that these two worlds act and react upon each other; he is influenced by that world around and he in turn influences it. He is further conscious that his own inner and... Read More

ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM APRIL 2004 IN ONE FILE My beloved (Octavius Winslow, "None Like Christ" 1866) "How is your beloved better than others?" Song of Solomon 5:9 Does the world challenge– "How is your beloved better than others?" Your answer is at hand– "My beloved bore my sins, and opened in His... Read More

ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM JULY 2004 IN ONE FILE That hideous idol SELF in his little shrine (J. C. Philpot, "Israel's Departure and Return" 1849) Never again will we say any more to the work of our hands—"You are our gods!" Hosea 14:3 The besetting sin of Israel was the worship of idols. Perhaps, if ... Read More

Grace Gems for NOVEMBER 2004 A little drop of purity in the midst of impurity (Letters of J. C. Philpot) How mysterious is the life of God in the soul. It seems like a little drop of purity in the midst of impurity. We shall always find sin to be our worst enemy, and self our greatest foe. We need n... Read More

Grace Gems for SEPTEMBER 2004 The carnal man's trinity! ("Soul Idolatry" David Clarkson, 1621-1686) "You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a such a person is really an idolater who worships the things of this world." Ephesians 5:... Read More

WHEN writing to the Christians at Colosse, who had been saved largely through the ministry of Epaphras, that man of prayer and devotion, the apostle Paul said: "For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the fles... Read More

Author and Composer --Helen H. Lemmel, 1864-1961 "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2 The Scriptures abound in teachings concerni... Read More

January the 3d. 1676. Upon whose Encouraging Aspects and Love-drawings, I made my Address in the behalf of my self, and that other distressed Lover, that allowed I might be to ask so great a Boon as her Royal Self to be ours unitedly. Oh dear Sophia, how would this repair our Loss, and recover Honou... Read More

" The word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart ... "(Hebrews 4:12, R.V.). This remarkable passage in Hebrews 4:12 clearly sets fort... Read More