romans-15:2

It's a fact: The cross of Jesus Christ and the topics directly related to it dominate the epistles of the New Testament. George Smeaton, observing this fact in the writings of the apostles and church leaders to the early Christians, notes how often they refer to Christ's atoning death: The numerous ... Read More

Wearied by the continual battles with the Philistine armies, exasperated by the heat of the harvest-time sun, David’s army waited in the caves outside Bethlehem, observing the Philistine army down below them. David, surveying his occupied homeland, let out a cry, “Oh that one would give me drink of ... Read More

Text: Isa. 56:10-11; Ezek. 34:1-10 -Illustration: A man and his family were fleeing their home church because of what happened in the past. The pastor unwittingly had wounded this family and didn't know how to love his people and thus put this family in bondage. They were bitter, but now sought to b... Read More

During the thirty years that I have been a Christian, I have observed that most believers can be divided up into two tribes. The libertines and the legalists. The libertines are those who go to church, own a Bible, and profess to believe in Jesus Christ. However, they have no vital relationship or w... Read More

Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good. ROMANS 15:2 Let us consider one another. HEBREWS 10:24 LOOK around you, first in your own family, then among your friends and neighbors, and see whether there be not some one whose little burden you can lighten, whose little cares you may lessen,... Read More

[This article was taken from the book, "The Open-Air Preacher's Handbook" written by Gawin Kirkham. Brother Kirkham was the Secretary of the Open-Air Mission of London, England. The book was published in 1890 but has a timeless message for street preachers of today.] WE are told that "Open-air Preac... Read More

We know more of the personal history and the private life of Daniel than we do of any of the other prophets. He is introduced to us as a teenage boy, probably 15 to 17 years of age, when he was carried away as a captive and transplanted from his home in Israel to a foreign country, a heathen land. F... Read More

Let's open our Bibles tonight as we continue our study of the anatomy of the church to Ephesians chapter 4. We have been talking about the anatomy of the church, its skeleton, those things that give it its shape and its form, its rigidity, those non-negotiables, those foundational realities. We have... Read More

Treasures from J.R. Miller 1840 — 1912 (choice excerpts) "If any 19th century American Christian writer warrants reprinting, it is J. R. Miller! His writing style is delightfully smooth, his insights are spiritual diamonds on every page, and his pastoral applications are delivered with the skill of ... Read More

The Duty of Pleasing Others J. R. Miller "Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, in order to build him up." Romans 15:2 Some people are not accustomed to think of pleasing others as a duty. We have been trained to think of what is right and just in our relations to others, without ref... Read More