You will know if you are at all familiar with your Bible that in the conquest of Canaan, Joshua had to meet and defeat thirty-one different kings. These were rulers over petty kingdoms. The Canaan experience of the children of Israel represents the deepest and best spiritual experience, typically speaking. We may consider these thirty-one kings as representing the different foes which we must meet and triumph over if we are to apprehend that for which we have been apprehended. God has called you and me not simply that He might take us to heaven, but that a certain purpose …
“And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” —1 Corinthians 13:13, RV
I used to wonder how a chapter could be ended up in such a way as this. I remember that as a boy, I used to read it, and it struck me as an awfully weak climax. After Paul had talked about prophecies, and tongues, and knowledge, and wonderful gifts, it seemed an awful come-down to say that without love they were nothing.
A carnal mind will never exalt love above a hard task well done. It cheapens the medals men …
“Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sounds throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.” —Leviticus 25:9–10
We know that Jesus did not come to dwell among men until four thousand years of human history had been …
“For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled …
The Bible is a library of 66 books that is endlessly fascinating. Throughout the centuries it has been read, studied, criticized, dissected, and revered. It has been food for the soul, direction for the confused, and comfort for the suffering. Best of all, it has pointed the way to salvation for helpless sinners seeking forgiveness and fellowship with God.
Visit the lands of the bible and you’ll discover that it’s deeply rooted in the soil of history, culture, and political and religious conflict. Archeological findings repeatedly prove the historical reliability of the Bible; hundreds of recent discoveries confirm biblical accounts …
My folks, it is good to be home! I tell you, I have been a long way from home, and it is good to get back. I feel so good in getting back that I hardly want to say anything tonight, and yet I have so much to say that I do not know where to begin.
I arrived in town this morning, and the first thing [I] had to [do was to] go to a reception for Mr. [Billy] Sunday at the depot, and then up to his house. It is great that he is in town, and we …
With a parent’s tenderness, Mrs. Jessie Philpott said good-bye to her “children” in The Moody Church on Monday evening, July 1, 1929. Issuing from a full heart, hers was the message of a mother unusual. Because her grateful “children” included many who live far from Chicago, we are venturing to print Mrs. Philpott’s talk—with the omission of only a few sentences—just as she gave it, without her correction or revision. Remembering the hundreds who will profit by the reading—as other hundreds thanked God for the spoken word—we trust the author will find it in her heart to forgive us for …
The Concluding Sermon of Doctor Philpott’s Pastorate*
“And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.” —Genesis 24:49
The twenty-fourth chapter of Genesis is one of the longest chapters in the Old Testament and it contains one of the most charming stories ever told. Probably in all fiction there is nothing more romantic than the story of Isaac and Rebekah. It is for neither of these reasons, however, that I have chosen it as the Scripture around which …
The following summary of Pastor Philpott’s labors in The Moody Church was spread on the Minutes of the Executive Committee by unanimous vote on June 3, 1929, and was incorporated in a beautiful memorial volume—a work of art and love—which was presented by Mr. Thomas Crofts to the Pastor on the evening of his farewell.
It is with the deepest regret that we, as officers of The Moody Church, come to the close of the ministry of Pastor P.W. Philpott. We could not have considered accepting his resignation if it had not been apparent that he had the assurance and …
“For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: how that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same …
