Category: Genesis to Revelation

  • THE DOCTRINE OF TRUTH

    The Imitation of Christ, Thomas A. Kempis HAPPY is he to whom truth manifests itself, not in signs and words that fade, but as it actually is. Our opinions, our senses often deceive us and we discern very little. What good is much discussion of involved and obscure matters when our ignorance of them will…

  • THE LETTER KILLETH

    Power Through Prayer, E. M. Bounds During this affliction I was brought to examine my life in relation to eternity closer than I had done when in the enjoyment of health. In this examination relative to the discharge of my duties toward my fellow creatures as a man, a Christian minister, and an officer of…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    My soul begin this wintry month with thy God. The cold snows and the piercing winds all remind thee that he keeps his covenant with day and night, and tend to assure thee that he will also keep that glorious covenant which he has made with thee in the person of Christ Jesus. He who…

  • HAVING A HUMBLE OPINION OF SELF

    The Imitation of ChristChapter Two EVERY man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars. He who knows himself well becomes mean in his own eyes and…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    A very important question this seemed to be to the king of Judah, and possibly it is of even more weight with the tried and tempted O Christian. To lose money is at no times pleasant, and when principle involves it, the flesh is not always ready to make the sacrifice. “Why lose that which…

  • THOUGHTS HELPFUL IN THE LIFE THE SOUL

    Immitation of Christ, Thomas A. KempisTranslators, Latin to English: Aloysius Croft, Harold Bolton (Book One) IMITATING CHRIST AND DESPISING ALL VANITIES ON EARTH “HE WHO follows Me, walks not in darkness,” says the Lord. By these words of Christ we are advised to imitate His life and habits, if we wish to be truly enlightened…

  • MEN OF PRAYER NEEDED

    Power of Prayer, E. M. Bounds (Chapter One) Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two; your life preaches all the week. If Satan can only make a covetous minister a lover of praise, of pleasure, of good eating, he has ruined your…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Tale-bearing emits a threefold poison; for it injures the teller, the hearer, and the person concerning whom the tale is told. Whether the report be true or false, we are by this precept of God’s Word forbidden to spread it. The reputations of the Lord’s people should be very precious in our sight, and we…

  • THE BOUNTY OF THE DESTITUTE

    My Utmost For His Highest Being justified freely by His grace … Romans 3:24. The Gospel of the grace of God awakens an intense longing in human souls and an equally intense resentment, because the revelation which it brings is not palatable. There is a certain pride in man that will give and give, but…

  • LET US WITH A GLADSOME MIND

    John Milton, 1608–1674 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love [mercy] endures forever. (Psalm 136:1) A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.— Cicero A gladsome, joyous mind is the product of a grateful, praising heart. Gratefulness is the opposite of selfishness. The…