Do You Suppose
“Suppose ye that these Galilaens were sinners above all the Galilaens, because they suffered such things?” “Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?” -Luke 13:2, 4 Bad things happen to good people, and conversely, presumably, good things happen to less-than-savory folks. All the bad that happens in life is not due to the sufferer’s sins. Things just happen sometimes. Jesus remarked to His listeners that they...
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“The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her… “Thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband.” -John 4:17, 18 While preaching in New Zealand, I observed mountains of trash in front of most of the houses in the missionaries’ neighborhood. Rather sheepishly, they informed me that I was there the week people could put anything and everything out at the curb, and the city would pick it up for free. The next day, I was at the house alone and saw people picking through...
read moreOur Jealous God
“I the LORD thy God am a jealous God.” -Exod.20:5 Before my wife and I were married, there seemed to be a fellow or two who wanted to step on what I considered “my territory.” I think they even asked her out or tried to sit by her in school. To honest with you, I was jealous because I loved her. (I don’t like those guys today, even forty years later. It’s a good thing I can’t remember their names now!) Those guys were trying to move in on what was mine! I am glad I belong to God. I have been His for a...
read moreA Pulpit With a Purpose
“And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose.” -Neh. 8:4 What a great piece of literature the Bible is! The wording just lends itself to preaching and proclaiming God’s Word. Preaching, of course, is vital to the conversion of the souls of men, for Paul said, “How shall they hear without a preacher?” (Rom. 10:14). Preaching, Bible preaching, is paramount and part and parcel to receiving Christ as one’s Saviour. God has chosen “the foolishness of preaching to...
read moreThe Waiter
“For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, not perceived by the ear, neither hath they eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.” -Isa. 64:4 This sixty-fourth chapter of Isaiah is a portion of Scripture that deals with revival. The need for revival, real revival, is more evident in our country that at any time in her existence. We are at the juncture of revival for survival. Our thoughts today see the necessity for God to act now. Our text teaches us that there is something...
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“And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought…and thou shalt be…like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.” -Isa.58:11 Green Cove Springs, Florida is an interesting place on our planet. This little hamlet, with a population of about six thousand people, is nestled on the banks of the St. Johns River. The town derives its name from the natural mineral spring that boils up to 3,000 gallons a minute from Florida’s water aquifer. One can look twenty or thirty feet down into the clear...
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