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2 Kings 8:7-15 THE PROBLEM OF DEPRAVITY A special edition of TIME MAGAZINE entitled "Beyond the Year 200: What to expect in the Next Millennium", recently gave us a glimpse into the near future. As Time's editors and sociologists projected into the future, the view was not a pretty one. What will US... 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

Psalm 23:6 -- "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." Wonderful poem dictated by the Holy Spirit! I do not wonder at the praise lavished upon it by a brother who today is in the presence of the King. I linger on his words while my heart is stirred by their aptness and be... 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

ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM JULY 2003 IN ONE FILE The only thing that makes you differ (Octavius Winslow, "Jesus, Full of Grace") "But by the grace of God I am what I am." 1 Cor. 15:10 Christian! the only thing that makes you differ from the vilest being that pollutes the earth, or from the darkest fie... Read More

Grace Gems for AUGUST 2005 I follow like a little blind child (J. A. James, "The Practical Believer Delineated") "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28 Strong faith has a firm persuasion of God... Read More

Grace Gems for JUNE 2005 The pursuits of butterflies and grasshoppers, and canary birds! (J. A. James, "The Great End of Life" 1825) Pleasure is the supreme good, and chief object of pursuit of many. To pleasure, they have devoted their lives. Some are living for sports, others for the gratification... Read More

(J. A. James, "The Practical Believer Delineated") "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28 Strong faith has a firm persuasion of God's over-ruling Providence--so comprehensive as to include the ... Read More

(John Angell James, "Christian Love" 1828) "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love Him, and are called according to His purpose for them." Romans 8:28 Providence is God's government of the universe. Providence is that mighty scheme . . . which commence... Read More

(James, "The Widow Directed to the Widow's God" 1841) "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28 In this present world, you may never see how the death of your husband is for good. Many go all their li... Read More