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Having set your heart in tune, we now come to the music itself. Having acquired an appetite, approach the feast. Come, for all things are now ready. Heaven and Christ and the eternal glory are before you. Four factors promote heavenly contemplation. The first factor is consideration. By this I mean ... Read More

The Christian Ministry By Samuel Davies, Hanover, Virginia, June 5, 1757; at the ordination of the Mr. John Martin, to the ministry of the gospel. "This is a true saying, if any man desires the office of a bishop—he desires a good work." 1 Timothy 3:1 "If any man desires the office of a bishop." The... Read More

The Success of the Ministry of the Gospel, Owing to a Divine Influence Samuel Davies, November 19, 1757 "I planted the seed, Apollos watered it—but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything—but only God, who makes things grow." 1 Corinthians 3:6-7 The design of God in ... Read More

Our family has lived for several months at a time here and there overseas. Before we went the first time, we thought that Americans are worldly and materialistic because they have so much. Then we discovered that Christians overseas can be worldly and materialistic even though they have little. Thei... Read More

. . . In each statement He is saying it was the activity of the Father that made His work what it was. ". . . . It is the Father living in Me, who is doing His work" (John 14:10). The explanation for all that Jesus was and did was the Father "living in Me, and who is doing His work." Jesus fulfilled... Read More

1. VENERABLE EPHREM THE SYRIAN Ephrem was born in Syria of poor parents during the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great. He spent his young life rather tempestuously; but all at once a change took place in his soul and he began to burn with love for the Lord Jesus. Ephrem was a disciple of St. Jam... Read More

A Devotional Commentary on the Gospels Arranged for family devotions, for every day in the year. By Favell Lee Mortimer (1802—1878) DECEMBER 1 Luke 23:39-43. The two malefactors. No men who ever lived died in such remarkable circumstances as these two thieves. They were crucified with Christ. We kno... Read More

Face The Future With Faith In God By W. C. Moore (1890-1980) The closing days of this twentieth century are in many ways darkening ones. Crime is soaring; shocking immorality and corruption are being exposed in places high and low; violence is becoming more deadly and is involving younger perpetrato... Read More

Prayer In Soul-Winning By C. N. Peckham Prayer is basic to the soul-winner. He who would speak much to man for God must speak much to God for man. The Apostle said, "We will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the Word" (Acts 6:4). Prayer was first, ministry next. Paul asked... Read More

The Authority Of Faith By Norman A. Grubb We cannot get away from the conviction that the exercise of the authority of faith, as revealed and authorized in the Bible, is almost a lost secret in the church of Christ today. We all know that Christ always displayed this authority. It was constantly rem... Read More