Where to Begin

In his autobiography, Pierre Loti tells how, as a small boy, reading stories of sainthood led him to aspire to become a saint. He resolved to imitate Simeon Stylites, who lived on top of a […]

Living Water

Christians are pictured as rivers of living water. If they do not give out the Gospel, they become stagnant pools. When General Grant was stricken with his fatal illness, he felt his need of the […]

White to Harvest

Procrastination robs many of success. C. H, Spurgeon said, “…procrastination is the kidnapper of souls, and the recruiting officer of hell.” Jesus urged His hearers to look on the fields and see that they were […]

Our High Priest

We have one in heaven who understands. His name is Jesus. Here is the miracle of His love. He who is the Bread of Life began His ministry hungering. He who is the Water of […]

To Every Creature

The Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago has been the scene of salvation for many through the years. Billy Sunday, the evangelist, was one of their famous converts. The mission once published the following in the […]

Not Ashamed

An old song asks: “Jesus, and shall it ever be, A mortal man ashamed of Thee? Ashamed of Thee Whom angels praise Whose glories shine through endless days’” Unbelievable as it may seem, some Christians […]

To Minister

Millions are ministered to. Few minister. And in our lack of ministering, we are unlike Jesus. Today’s pattern of taking in weekly without giving out is unknown in the Bible. Even when persecution of the […]

Speak Up

Do we honor the Lord more by righteous living or by speaking of His love and salvation? It’s a bad question. No such choice should be considered. The raising of this issue infers that one […]

What’s Your Price?

The betrayal of Jesus was foretold in the Old Testament: “Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me” (Psalm 41:9). Even […]

Well Done

Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “The human race is divided into two classes — those who go ahead and do something and those who sit still and inquire, ‘Why wasn’t it done the other way?’” Mary […]

Everywhere

Following the death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, persecution fell upon all the Christians at Jerusalem. Those were difficult days for the church, bringing imprisonment and even death for the crime of trusting in […]

The Coming Kingdom

The coming Kingdom of Christ is known as the Millennium because it will last for one thousand years. And what years they will be! Man’s struggle to conquer the environment will be over. Though a […]