Apostles: Judas Iscariot
The very name of Judas has a sor of hiss in it. Its sylables conjure up memories of such consistent villainy as precludes one relieving virtue. We think of him as a gnarled fiend from boyhood, skulking through the years with a malevolent gleam of hate gli ... read more
Apostles: What Became Of The Apostle
All of the apostles were insulted by the enemies of their Master. They were called to seal their doctrines with their blood and nobly did they bear the trial. According to traditional statements, the following is what became of the apostles:
Matthew su ... read more
Appearances Deceitful: The Old Fisherman
Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out patients at the clinic. One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the d ... read more
Appearances, Deceitful: Sin, That It Appear Sin
It is the Light of the Sun of Righteousness that makes sin appear as it is. Until that great light shines upon sin through His Law, His Word, sin appears as an attractive light. After the Light of the Sun of righteousness shines upon sin, its true blackne ... read more
Appreciation
Fred and Bill were having their weekly round of golf at the Land o' Sky Golf
Course and as they were walking down the fairway on the long par-five number
six hole a funeral process drove by them along River Road. Fred paused and
took off his gol ... read more
Appropriateness: An Inappropriate Tract
A good story is told of a lady who, during the Crimean War, was distributing tracts to the occupants of a ward in a hospital, and was excessively shocked to hear one poor fellow laugh at her. She then stopped to reprove the wretched patient." Why, Mam," ... read more
Armor, Spiritual
In "The Encourager," Charles Mylander writes: "Sunrise was dawning when Los Angeles motorcycle police officer Bob Vernon saw a red pickup truck speed through a stop sign. This guy must be late to work, he thought to himself. He turned on his emergency ... read more
Army: Rise and March in Newness
A young man, who had formerly attended Dr. Bethune's meetings, after an absence of a few years called upon him and said: " Dr. Bethune, I have recently become a Christian since I saw you, and have joined the Army of the lord."
"I am very glad to he ... read more
Assemblies, Reasons: why should I go?
One day the telephone in the office of the Rector of President Roosevelt's Washington Church rang and an eager voice said, "Tell me, do you expect the president to be in church this Sunday?" "That," the Rector explained patiently, "I cannot promise. ... read more
ASSURANCE
During the French war, a train carrying dispatches to the headquarters was compelled to go over sixty miles of very rough road, and reach its destination within an hour. The engineer was the bearer of the dispatches, and his wife and child were in the coa ... read more
Assurance, Knowledge: I Know
I Know
What wonderful Blessings overflow, When we can truely say "I Know!" I know in whom I have believed. I know the One I have received. I know His blood avails for me. I know that I was blind, but see. I know that my redeemer lives. I know the gif ... read more
Assurance: What Is Your Persuasion?
Here is the object of faith's assurance: "I know whom I have believed," says the apostle. I know this Christ who dwells in me, and I live in Him. What else does he say?: "And am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him ag ... read more
Atheism, Is Rationally Ridiculous
Atheism is rationally ridiculous. The most anyone can claim about the non-existence of God is agnosticism - to say you don't know. But as soon as one takes the atheist's viewpoint, he/she opens him/herself and his/her philosophical system to a dilemma. ... read more
Atheism: Advice of an Infidel
Colonel Ethan Allen, leader of the Green Mountain Boys, was a notorious infidel. His wife was a pious woman, and taught her daughter the gospel. This daughter sickened, and her father was sent for to hear her dying words. "Father," she said, "I am abou ... read more
Atheism: Atheism Proven False By A Meatchopper
Some time ago there appeared in the American Magazine an article by a manufacturer, with the following paragraph: "It takes a girl in our factory about two days to learn to put the seventeen parts of a meat chopper together. It may be that these millions ... read more
Atheism: Atheists Only At Night
St. Cyril speaks of a certain people That chose to worship the sun because he was a day god; for, believing that he was quenched every night in the sea or that he had no influence upon them that light up candles and lived by the light of fire, they were c ... read more
Atheism: Hope on a Hike
An Atheist and a Christian were hiking up a mountain; they came upon a large rock and decided to rest. While there, they talked about their jobs, families, and how good it was to enjoy nature... their conversation then drifted toward the supernatural. "I ... read more
Atheism: How Moody Preached To The Atheists
In East London during the visit of Moody and Sankey a hall in the dense working population of that city had been reserved one evening for an address to atheists skeptics and freethinkers. Bradlaugh, champion of atheism, hearing of this meeting ordered all ... read more
Atheism: It Cost Ingersoll More Than That!
Nineteenth-century atheist Robert Ingersoll was famous for his public attacks on religion. He was also politically active, being appointed attorney general of Illinois. Ingersoll became a serious contender for the Democratic nomination for governor, but h ... read more
Atheism: The Emptiness Of Atheism
An Illinois thief stole five hundred dollars worth of shoes, the entire stock of a store, (What year might that have been?) and in addition played a trick on the dealer by leaving all the empty boxes, putting them back just where they belonged. One after ... read more
Atheism: The Infidel Was An Hypocrite
An infidel lecturer addressed an audience with great earnestness, denying God and immortality and uttering the most horrid blasphemies. When he was done, a man of middle age arose and said: "My friends I have a word to speak to you tonight. I am not abou ... read more
Atheism: The Science Of My Faith Is Bankrupt
Writers H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw were brilliant men, yet they rejected the message of Scripture. They placed their trust in their own systems of belief, which were based on human reason. Yet they could not find lasting inner peace, and they slow ... read more
Atheism: Voltaire's Vain Boasting And Error
One day Voltaire said to a friend, "It took twelve ignorant fishermen to establish Christianity; I will show the world how one Frenchman can destroy it." Setting to his task, he openly ridiculed Sir Isaac Newton. One day Newton made a prophecy based on ... read more
Atonement, , Calvary, Love Provides, Demands: God's Love
Because he loved us he has washed us in the precious blood of Christ. Strange effect of love, the washing! strange result of the affection of the Lord! The washing you, mother, can understand it. Your little son has been out all the summer day. He has had ... read more
Atonement, , Calvary, Why Demanded Of God: A Penalty Necessary
A person once said to me: "I hate your God; your God demands blood. I don't believe in such a God. My God is merciful to all. I do not know your God."
If you will turn to Lev. xvii, 11, you will find why God demands blood: "For the life of the fles ... read more
Atonement, Blood Of Jesus: Story
A father and his young son were viewing a parade in London, England. Because of the chilling wind, they stepped inside a small store and watched through the window. In the course of time a regiment of British troops marched by, and the man exclaimed, "My ... read more
Atonement, Substitution: Story
A missionary was speaking to a group of fishermen in a little village on the coast of Labrador. He had told of Christ's death on the cross and was trying to get the message of salvation across. He wondered if he was getting anywhere, if the men understo ... read more
Atonement: A Price That Had To Be Paid
"The words of the wise are as goads."
A lady, being visited with a violent disorder, was under the necessity of applying for medical assistance. Her doctor, being a gentleman of great latitude in his religious sentiments, endeavored in the course of ... read more
Atonement: Spurgeon's Insight
When C.H. Spurgeon was under the conviction of the Holy Spirit, he had a clear sense of the justice of God, and sin became an intolerable burden. He didn't fear hell as much as he despised the reality of his own wrong-doing. He said, "All the while I ha ... read more
Atonement: That's Substitution!
"Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people. \reference{Leviticus 16}{Leviticus 16}:l5 To illustrate the principle of substitution, George Sweeting, Chancellor of Moody Bible Institute, told of a series of tornadoes that de ... read more
Atonement: The Crushed Lamb
In an old German city there is a sight that attracts every traveler as he passes through and brings out a very urgent and curious inquiry from him. Away up on the peaked roofs of one of these old German houses, if you look up you will find a marble statue ... read more
Attainments: Attainments Gained Through Bondage
A Austrian lady once said to an English gentleman, "What miserable French you English people speak!" "You must make some allowance for us," replied the gentleman," we never had the estimable advantage of having our capital occupied by French troops. ... read more
Attendance: He Went to Church
All his life Old Bill had never gone to church. No matter how much we coaxed, we could not persuade him to attend even on Christmas or Easter. "When it freezes in June," he would say, "then I'll go to church."
One year it was unusually cold and st ... read more
Attendance: Rainy Days
Some people don't need much of an excuse to stay home from church. If it even looks like it might rain, they don't want to risk getting a little wet. The hymn writer Frances Havergal gave several reasons for attending church--especially on rainy days. 1 ... read more
ATTITUDE
In the cartoon strip "Arlo and Janice" we find Arlo waking up, looking in the
mirror, and doing his best to practice all he knows about having a positive
mental attitude. As he glances into the mirror, he says to himself, beaming,
"A new day, ... read more
Avoiding: Running From The Father
One day, Fletcher, having offended his father who threatened to correct him, he did not dare to come into his presence but retired into the garden. When he saw him coming toward him, he ran away with all speed. But he was presently struck with deep remors ... read more
Backsliders, An Appeal To
Are you backslidden now? I'm going to help you answer that question. A backslidden Christian is any Christian who is not as close to Jesus as he use to be. Was there ever a time in your life when you were more consecrated to the Lord than you are now? Wa ... read more
Backsliders, Are Miserable
A backslider is a person who has accepted Jesus as Lord, who knows the joy, peace, and excitement of walking with the Savior, but for whatever reason or excuse has left the arms of our Lord and is dancing to Satan's tune. They "live it up" and apparent ... read more
Backsliders: God Can Restore Backsliders
A great picture by Rubens was discovered in an old picture shop in the Gresham Road in London. An expert with a keen eye went to the sale, and amid a heterogeneous lot of rubbish he detected in the grime and soot and dust of the years, a masterpiece of Ru ... read more
Backsliders: The Author Of "Come Thou Fount"
Robert Robinson had been saved out of a tempestuous life of sin through George Whitefield's ministry in England. Shortly after that, at the age of twenty-three, Robinson wrote the hymn "Come, Thou Fount." Sadly, Robinson wandered far and, like the Prod ... read more
Backsliders: Whitefield's Brother--Saved In The Nick Of Time
Mr. Whitefield had a brother, who had been like him, an earnest Christian; but he had backslidden; he went far from the ways of godliness; and one afternoon, after he had been recovered from his backsliding, he was sitting in a room in a chapel-house. He ... read more
Backsliding: Rust On The Surface
During a tour of a large manufacturing plant, a visitor noticed a man using a fiery torch of high intensity to work on huge slabs of steel. Operating from a blueprint on a nearby table, a pointer traced the pattern and then by a clever system of levers en ... read more
Backsliding: Saved From A Fatal, Backward Step
An artist was once frescoing the lofty ceiling of a church, and gradually stepping back on the scaffolding to watch the effect of his work, he was so absorbed in his picture that he did not notice that he was about to step off the edge and fall upon the p ... read more
Backsliding: Spasms Of Religion
A newly converted woman, desirous, as new converts are, "to do something," was detailed by her pastor to invite the backsliders to the protracted meetings. She had been reluctantly admitted into a neighbor's home, where the hostess coldly continued her ... read more
Backsliding: They Wouldn't Retreat Over His Body
Disheartened by the extraordinary dangers and difficulties of their enterprise, a Roman army lost courage, and resolved on a retreat. The general reasoned with his soldiers. Expostulating with them, he appealed to their love of country, to their honor, an ... read more
Bad Christians, Actions, Example, Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Woodcutter
A FOX, running before the hounds, came across a Woodcutter felling an oak and begged him to show him a safe hiding-place. The Woodcutter advised him to take shelter in his own hut, so the Fox crept in and hid himself in a corner. The huntsman soon came up ... read more
Bad Christians, Promises, Prayer, Funny: The Praye
The Prayer
Two sailors were adrift on a raft in the ocean. They had just about given up hope of rescue. One began to pray, "O Lord, I've led a worthless life. I've been unkind to my wife and I've neglected my children, but if You'll save me, I pro ... read more
Baptism, Holy Spirit, For Women: Her Pentecost Brought Great Revival
"Women" were baptized and used at Pentecost. A lady came to Moody and asked, "Is the Holy Spirit for women?" "He certainly is." "Well, I have an unconverted husband and a class of girls out of Christ, and I need the Holy Spirit to glorify God in my ... read more
Baptism, Holy Spirit, Now: They Asked, "Now" and Received
When we say with intensity of "supplication," \reference{Ac. 1:14}{Acts 1:14}, "Father, baptize me with Thy Spirit, now," then He will come. A cultured woman who had long sought the fullness of God rose from an altar and said to Bro. Keen, "I have g ... read more
Beatitudes of Christ: Beatitudes of Man
Happy are the "pushers": for they get on in the world.
Happy are the hard-boiled: for they never let life hurt them.
Happy are they who complain: for they get their own way in the end.
Happy are the blase': for they never worry over their sins ... read more
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