Bibles, Spanish: Spanish Reformation
Because of the Inquisition, most spanish Bible translation occured outside of the country. Both the Translations of Francisco de Enzinas and Juan Perez de Pineda worked outside the country, de Enzinas produced his NT in Antwerp in 1543, and de Pineda his ... read more
Bibles, Translations: Available Translations
"The United Bible Societies have announced that complete Bibles are now available in 318 languages and dialects- an increase of four in 1990. The number of languages with one or more books of the Bible grew to 1946, an increase of 18 over 1989. In additi ... read more
Billion: How Much Is a Billion?
In these days we let the word "billion" roll glibly off our tongues as easily as if it were "hundred." We know that it's a lot of money, but how many people have any actual conception of the amount? Compare it to minutes, of which there are 1,440 a d ... read more
BLAMELESS
There used to have a sign out in front of our local post office that scared me
as a boy. It was a picture of this stern looking old man with white hair and
a white goatee looking straight at me with his arm outstretched and his
forefinger pointed ... read more
Blessings, From God: Story
A certified public accountant did something that maybe all of us should do. He decided to open a journal with God. He wanted to write everything that God gave him and everything that he gave to God. He started keeping a debit and credit book with God.
... read more
Blotted Out, Sins And Transgressions: A Clean Slate
A lad was told by his mother not to play near a certain pond. One day the temptation was too much, and, venturing too close, he fell into the water. He was very conscious of his wrongdoing, and most uncomfortable. So he wrote on his school slate: "Dear m ... read more
Blotted Out, Sins And Transgressions: John Maynard's Copybook
John Maynard attended an old-time, country schoolhouse. Most of the year he had drifted carelessly along, but in mid-winter some kind words from his teacher roused him to take a new start, and he became distinctly a different boy and made up for the earli ... read more
BOASTING: General Montgomery and Churchill
In the midst of the North African campaign General Montgomery was asked to explain, for the benefit of his soldiers, how he kept so fit for his duties. He replied, "I do not smoke, I do not drink, I go to bed at ten o'clock except when duty forbids, and ... read more
Boasting: Napoleon Did Not Dispose
When Bonaparte was about to invade Russia, a person who had endeavored to dissuade him from his purpose, finding he could not prevail, quoted to him the proverb, "Man proposes but God disposes;" to which he indignantly replied, "I dispose as well as pr ... read more
Body of Christ, , Holiness, Hindering God's Movings: A Little Thing Not In Place
In the year 1876, when the great Corliss engine was to be tested at the Philadelphia Exposition, and they gave the signal to the engineer to start, the engine would not move. They looked her over; they could see nothing wrong, but she would not move. They ... read more
Bondage, Sin, Confession: ALL FIXED UP
Brother Dallas relates the following experience: One day my little sister and I were playing in the yard. Mother had some little ducks and I would put one of them in a tub of water to see him swim. Also, I would put him under the water and hold him there. ... read more
Bondage, Sin, Procrastination: TOO LATE
A gentleman relates the following experience: "I saw the carcass of a sheep floating down Niagara River. A giant eagle lit upon the carcass and began to pick out the eyes. Finally the carcass began to enter the rapids of the mighty falls and was about to ... read more
Booth, Catharine, , Catharine Booth, , Surrendering, , Death, Honored At Death: The Surrendered Life
Over in London a noble woman died. God touched her heart and it stopped its beating; her pulses, and they were still, and they carried her into one of the greatest auditoriums in the city that people of great renown might pay her honor in her death. A rep ... read more
Born, Of God: Those Born Of God Fear And Hate Sin
I once walked into a garden with a lady to gather some flowers. There was one large bush whose branches were bending under the weight of the most beautiful roses. We both gazed upon it with admiration. There was one flower on it which seemed to shine abov ... read more
Brotherly Love: Most Precious Possession
An incident is told about two soldiers who had recently been released from a prison camp in Siberia following World War II. "We did our best," said an officer, "to repatriate the men as fast as possible, but many were still there when winter threatened ... read more
Brotherly Love: No Burden--He's My Brother
An American who was walking down the streets of a Chinese city was greatly interested in the children, many of whom were carrying smaller children upon their backs, and managing at the same tine to play their games, says a writer in the Youth's Companion ... read more
Brotherly Love: The Man Who Needed Rescue Was His Brother
A storm swept the ocean just off the coast of Scotland. Far out in the black trough of the angry waters a ship had gone to pieces. The lifeboat set out from shore in the face of what seemed almost certain disaster, but it came back with all the ship's cr ... read more
Burden Bearing, , Charity, Lifting Others: Bearing Others' Burdens
It is related of Leonardo da Vinci, that in his boyhood, when he saw caged birds exposed for sale on the streets of Florence, he would buy them and set them free. It was a rare trait in a boy, and spoke of a noble heart full of genuine sympathy. As we go ... read more
Burdens: He Wanted A Burden For Souls
"Tom, you're the sort of Christian I like." The speaker was a young man of no religious profession. His companion was a church member in good and regular standing. "You're the sort of a Christian I like. You never seem to bother yourself about a fell ... read more
BUSINESS
This story will help to illustrate that some things about the Christian life
are not optional. There was a farmer who was interested in a new car. As he
shopped he became disgusted with the manner of pricing which included the
"optional equipmen ... read more
Business Cares: How Carey Paid Expenses
A characteristic incident is told about Dr. Carey, the pioneer missionary in India, who, before he left this country, was a shoemaker, or, rather, as he himself put it, a cobbler. He used to go about from village to village preaching, for his soul was fil ... read more
B'nai No'ach, Legalism: News
"Leaders of an unusual new movement, the B'NAI NO'ACH (children of Noah) have convinced some Baptists of the need to reject New Testament Christianity and become Gentile followers of Judaism. Led by former Texas Baptist minister Vendyl Jones, the movem ... read more
Cain's wife, Questions: Wives?
Billy Sunday, the rootin', tootin', sawdust trail evangelist was once interrupted in his harangue by a heckler, who shouted the question, then famous in all agnostic or atheistic circles, "Who was Cain's wife?"
Billy Sunday shot back the reply, " ... read more
Call, Divine, To Decision: The Great Divide
Of Jesus Christ it is written, "There was a division because of Him." He divides man's destiny. All deserved Hell, but He has "brought life and immortality to light" and is "leading many sons to glory," Heaven instead of Hell. He has divided Time i ... read more
Call, Divine, To Repentance: John Hartman, Thy Father Calleth Thee!
Major Whittle used to tell the story of the aged Quaker named Hartman, whose son had enlisted in the army. There came the news of a dreadful battle, and this old father, in fear and trembling, started to the scene of conflict that he might learn something ... read more
Call, Unto Holiness: A Preacher's Call To Holiness
J. B. McBride relates how he was called unto holiness. He was genuinely saved and was preaching the gospel before he was sanctified wholly. He and his wife had been attending a holiness meeting. He writes: On the second Sunday of the revival, I had to lea ... read more
CALLING
I have a friend who went to pastor a small church. The name of the town was Shanghai, Mo. It wasn't long until the church was smaller than when he began.
In fact it finally got to the place where his congregation on Sunday morning
was one old lady. ... read more
Calvary, , Atonement, , Sacrifice, The Price Of: The Precious Blood
In the heart of Africa, it is related by an Englishman, that a slave procession passed by, and the king called out a poor slave who displeased him in some little way, ordered his men to put their arrows to their bowstrings and avenge the offense with his ... read more
Calvary, Atonement, Our Loving Substitute: Died For Him
In the History of Persia a very tender incident is related. Twelve men had been robbed and murdered under the very walls of the city. The King resolved that the crime should be traced out and all concerned in it put to death.
After a long search the gu ... read more
Calvary, Repentance, Conversion, Salvation
The thief had nails through both hands, so that he could not work; and a nail through each foot, so that he could not run errands for the Lord; he could not lift a hand or a foot toward his salvation, and yet Christ offered him the gift of God; and he too ... read more
Care, God's: God Cares For His Own
One afternoon we were walking on Jaffa Road, the main street of modern Jerusalem, just returning from visiting the homes of some of our Arab believers. We were passing through the busiest section of the city and the street was packed with people, all Jews ... read more
Care, God's: How Christ's Rod And Staff Comfort
Dr. H. W. McLaughlin, of Richmond, Va., tells a lovely story of an experience while in Palestine. In talking to an old shepherd he inquired in what sense it could be said that his staff was for the comfort of the sheep. The old shepherd proceeded to expla ... read more
Care, God's: Trying To Avoid A Nameless Grave
Man craves the knowledge and the sympathy of the Eternal. During a lull between the charges at the second Battle of Cold Harbor, in June, 1864, the only battle that Grant said he regretted fighting, officers going through the Union ranks saw the men sitti ... read more
Care, God's: When Burdens Become Bridges
The Rev. Charles Piggott tells how when he was on a holiday he came to the top of one of the high hills of Devonshire. His attention was attracted by an ant, which he watched carrying a long straw until it came to a crack in the rock which was like a prec ... read more
Care, God's: When The Enemy Stood At Attention
Three Scotch privates and a corporal had been cut off during a fierce engagement in a Belgian town one day just preceding Dunkirk. Taking refuge in the loft of an empty house they waited for what seemed to be certain death. Outside they heard the Germans ... read more
Care, God's: When The Storm Cloud Came
In February, 1931, our district was reduced to a state of famine, and there was yet another month to wheat harvest. We had helped many, but one day when the Christians came for help we had to tell them we had nothing left. I told them that God was a praye ... read more
Care, God's: You Matter To Jesus
"I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and an known by My own." \reference{John 10:14}{John 10:14} In this computer age, it's easy to begin feeling like a number instead of a person. We are identified by our social security number rather than b ... read more
Carnality: Carnality Never Aims At Self
French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas once had a heated quarrel with a rising young politician. The argument became so intense that a duel was inevitable. Since both men were superb shots they decided to draw lots, the loser agreeing to shoot him ... read more
Carnality: Deliverance From The Old Man
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote that famous book, "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde" and yet Stevenson, and all the others who had been writing about that subject, only borrowed it from the Old Testament and the seventh chapter of Romans. It was the problem of two f ... read more
Carnality: Honored, Not Executed
A rather humorous story, which may be true, goes something like this: During the depths of the depression, president Hoover visited Charleston, West Virginia, where he was not popular. At a ceremony, they gave him a twenty-one gun salute which boomed from ... read more
Carnality: Murderous Anger Controlled Him
In St. Petersburg, I saw in the square in front of St. Isaac's Cathedral, the magnificent equestrian statue of Peter the Great with his hand lifted pointing his nation onward and eastward toward the sea. Peter was the maker of modern Russia. In many resp ... read more
Carnality: Striking The Source
A number of years ago, I read a story, which may contain more humorous fiction than fact. It told of two worldly friends who went to Coney Island, and the last "attraction" they visited was a shooting gallery where they had celluloid balls propelled by ... read more
Carnality: The Tree Has Roots
A minister, having preached on the doctrine of original sin, was afterwards waited on by some persons who stated their objections to what he had advanced. After hearing them, he said, "I hope you do not deny actual sin, too?" "No," they replied. The g ... read more
Carnality: Unworthy To Be The Bride
There is a tradition that Jonathan Edwards, third president of Princeton and America's greatest thinker, had a daughter with an ungovernable temper. But, as is often the case, this condition was not known to the outside world. A worthy young man fell in ... read more
Champions: Champions Of The Night
"Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night." \reference{Josh. 10:9}{Joshua 10:9} "It was midnight on the St. Lawrence River. In the darkness, barge after barge loaded with British soldiers floated silently down the br ... read more
CHANGE
As you may recall from your history lessons, when Copernicus, Galileo, Keppler
and others tried to convince the 16th Century World that the earth revolves
around the sun, they met some severe opposition. Galileo was forced eventually
to recant hi ... read more
Character: Insight Into His Character
Among the reminiscences of a political leader, published by a Boston journal, is one of a national convention of the party to which he belonged. He says that the first day's proceedings developed the fact that the balance of power in the nomination of a ... read more
Character: What, Not Who, One Is Matters Most
In the old cemetery at Winchester, Virginia, that starlit abbey of the Confederacy, there is a monument to the unknown Confederate dead. On it are cut these two lines:
Who they were, none knows,
What they were, all know. ... read more
Charitableness, Judgment Forbidden: Too Many Umbrellas
The story is told of Mr. Jones who picked up the wrong umbrella in a hotel lobby and was about to walk out when the rightful owner called attention to his mistake. Embarrassed, he offered his apologies. Finding his own, he went on his way. The incident, h ... read more
Charitableness: Charity Hideth A Multitude Of Sins
F. B. Meyer tells the story of a young girl who lived centuries ago in a convent in France. She was sweet and pure and admired of all who saw her. Her work was to care for an altar and answer the portal. Wars swept over France bringing soldiers to the con ... read more
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