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The distinctive feature of true Christianity is that it compels people to receive. The letter to the Galatians draws a close parallel between ourselves and Isaac, and shows that we are people who receive just as he did. We are heirs (3. 29; 4. 7). We partake of the promises (3. 22; 4. 28). There is ... Read More

Being Emptied The way of the cross involves not only being broken but also being emptied. "It is no longer I", said Paul. He had allowed himself to be emptied of the "I", so that Christ might live and rule in him. Even Jesus emptied Himself when He came down from the Throne of God to the awful depth... Read More

The way of the cross involves not only being broken but also being emptied. “It is no longer I", said Paul. He had allowed himself to be emptied of the “I", so that Christ might live and rule in him. Even Jesus emptied Himself when He came down from the Throne of God to the awful depths of the cross... Read More

Reading: John 15:1-17 15. SPIRITUAL FRUIT Once upon a time there was a handsome and heroic prince. He had his eye on a young lady from his kingdom. He knew that he had to travel abroad for quite a long time, so he asked one of his servants to tell the young lady about his love for her. "Show her, ho... Read More

Reading: Acts 2:1-13 5. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES On 31st October, 1517, a German monk, by the name of Martin Luther, nails his ninety-five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. The Protestant Reformation is launched. On 7th December, 1941 Japanese aircraft attack Pearl... Read More

Reading: Daniel 9:20-27 WILL ISRAEL SURVIVE Leopold Kahn, a European Rabbi, studied the prophecy of the seventy weeks of Daniel, and on the basis of (9:25-26) came to the conclusion that the Messiah had already come. Puzzled by this, he approached an older Rabbi and asked "Where is the Messiah" The ... Read More

Good morning, in Jesus’ name. Well, it’s the last day of the feast. And we can’t build three tabernacles and stay here. And we don’t want to either, bless God. Why don’t you stand to your feet. You know that little song we sang yesterday on our knees? I know some of you probably don’t know it, but t... Read More

Chapter 1 He Has Shed Forth This As the autumn of 1904 in Wales recedes farther and becomes more and more a memory, it grows more profoundly mysterious. At the time, to get hold of a date, to visit a place, to contemplate a personality, seemed explanation enough of all that was going on. We know bet... Read More

Let's Go Soul Winning Step-By-Step Lessons on How To Win A Soul To Christ Here are simple step-by-step lessons in exactly how to lead a soul to Christ. They have been given in great soul-winning conferences all over America and have made many average Christians into amazingly effective soul winners.... Read More

Threefold is sin, to which is opposed a threefold righteousness or piety. THE FIRST is criminal todsuende, that is manifest evil, which even the secular power punishes, such as theft, homicide, arson, sacrilege, etc. Of these it punishes some with the sword, with fire, with water, with a gallows, wi... Read More