“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 …
“Now, when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught…And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.”—Luke 5:4, 11
This little Scripture that I read today is a splendid example of revealing truth by contrast. These men had been fishers all their lives. They has been trying to win in a big way ever since they started business. To get enough fish and sell them so they would have enough money for the rest of their lives was a dream. …
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 …
There was a fist fight down street the other day, and it all came because one man laughed at another. He had previously cursed him to his face with no seeming effect, but shortly he laughed at him, laughed out loud, and the fight was on.
This is the most acid-tipped sword one man can use against another. This goes to his very vitals, hits the foundation of his very being, namely, his own opinion of himself. It gets right under the roots of self-esteem and cuts the vein where pride must come leaking out, and pride is the backbone …
“How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation.”—Hebrews 2:3
If I were to be asked by many a man, “What do you think about America’s sins?” I would answer, “Well, I think one great sin of America is the saloon.”
I think the saloon has never paid a penny, and always taken millions. I think the saloon is not a sign of civilization, but of demoralization. I think that the saloon is not a builder of homes, but a wrecker of families. I think the saloon is not an honor to the flag, but a disgrace to the …
“Well, what’s next? This is the expression on every hand today. Politically, socially, commercially, religiously, this question is being asked. Something is underneath all the late world happenings that makes folks ask this question. Well, what is the something? The scenes are certainly being swiftly shifted, and it is causing great wonder about the next act. There has reached the world audience, through the teaching of the Bible, a strong suggestion of what this next act will probably be, and this accounts for their anxiety in watching every move.
Jesus answered some men once when they asked Him for a …
In order to see just what the incarnation is, you must turn to Galatians 4:4–7, “When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ,” a joint heir.
“And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.” —Exodus 32:14
This is a wonderful story, “God in the Hands of a Man.” The narrative which I have just read declares the theme, and Scripture proves the statement—God in the hands of Moses. Though he had committed murder before he left Egypt, and was impatient at times; for all that, Moses was God’s chosen man, and after forty years on the backside of the desert he came forth as God’s trained man.
I have no doubt but what that “brush-college” experience was necessary. He …
A missionary convention was held in Rochester, NY, about eight years ago—the great Student Volunteer Convention that is held every four years, once in every college generation. Doubtless many of us who were there felt considerable satisfaction with ourselves at being at that convention. As we heard the wonderful addresses, and saw the vision of world-evangelization opened up before us, we felt that we were considerably beyond the rank and file of professing church members even to be there. We were “interested in missions;” we were not just nominal Christians, we were well beyond that. Some had gone at considerable …
“Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.” —Psalm 68:1
The world has reached the place where a great many people have the feeling that if God ever did care about the earth, He has ceased to care; many feel that if He ever did have any pity, His pity has gone from Him; that if His eye ever did watch the sparrow in its fall, that eye is closed; that if He ever did count the hairs of men’s heads, the millions of headless in this war [World War I] …
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