ephesians-2:19

Excerpts from 'Devotional Classics' edited by Richard Foster and James Bryan Smith Deitrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Introduction to the Author Bonhoeffer was born into a family of seven children in Breslau, Germany. He grew up in Berlin, where his father worked as a physician. His boyhood friends inc... Read More

Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. The veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. — Christ ... hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. — The way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the... Read More

The house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical. Ye ... as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house. — Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of G... Read More

Thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but feIlowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God, and are built upon the foundatio... Read More

The spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Jesus ... lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, ... Holy Father, ... O righteous Father. — He said, Abba, Father. — Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. — For through him... Read More

This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof. We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the taber-nacle. — Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. — At that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Is... Read More

He arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath not dealt wit... Read More

Fellow citizens with the saints. Ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of jus... Read More

Where do Peter Wagner, John Lewis, Mark Conners and Ben Gray Fit In? From Our Side, there are two basic texts, which establish the truth. FIRSTLY Paul’s statements in: 1 Cor 3:11: “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ;” And SECONDLY 2 Cor 11:13: “For such are ... Read More

I have been asked to teach a series on the church. Each week I shall present a different aspect of this subject for our consideration and discussion. Many today are calling us back to the ‘pure’ church of the C2nd (or their interpretation of it) but I confess I am not particularly interested in imit... Read More