My wife, who was born and raised in China, recalls that in her childhood days tigers lived in the mountains. One day a poor woman went up to the foothills to cut grass. To her back was tied a baby, and a little child walked beside her. In her hand she carried a sharp sickle …
It was late afternoon in Jerusalem, and I was preparing to speak at the first One Thing conference in Israel. There were about 1500 people in attendance, from youth to adults, and this would be my first time speaking while an event was being televised live internationally. I was so excited to be a part …
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Walking with God can be highly rewarding if we can pay the price. The price, however, is very easy if we are humble-hearted, after all Jesus said: “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Walking with God takes complete obedience to His Word. “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; …
These are the days of immense significance to the Christian church. Any of us with discernment cannot but believe the truth of the word of God, that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back soon to take His people home and thereafter to establish His kingdom. Yet how few of us relate our lives to …
Witnessing has the prospect of great fruit. “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him’ (Ps. 1266:5,6). The name of the Lord is powerful and exerts a profound effect on people. Many times the …
ALL UNANNOUNCED AND MOSTLY UNDETECTED there has come in modern times a new cross into popular evangelical circles. It is like the old cross, but different: the likenesses are superficial; the differences, fundamental. From this new cross has sprung a new philosophy of the Christian life, and from that new philosophy has come a new …
The Billy Graham Christian Worker’s Handbook was developed for the use of people who volunteer at telephone ministry centers during telecasts of Mr. Graham’s crusades. It has also been used by Christian ministers and laypersons in a wide variety of other witnessing and ministry situations. Crusade telephone volunteers have found, through the years, that those …
What are theophanies? A theophany is a manifestation or appearance of God to man. God appearances. When human beings see God. B. Why study theophanies? For devoted followers of God who have given their lives to love and serve Him, it would be inconsistent for us to not know about these encounters with God. C. …
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AMONG REVIVAL MINDED Christians I have heard the saying, “Revivals are born after midnight.” This is one of those proverbs which, while not quite literally true, yet points to something very true. If we understand the saying to mean that God does not hear our prayer for revival made in the daytime, it is of …
Here is a masterly study of the inner life by a heart thirsting after God, eager to grasp at least the outskirts of His ways, the abyss of His love for sinners, and the height of His unapproachable majesty— and it was written by a busy pastor in Chicago! Who could imagine David writing the …
