“And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.” – 2 Timothy 2:26 I’ve heard it told how they catch monkeys in the South Sea Islands: they… Read More ›
Christianity
Stretched Out in Prayer
“… The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” – James 5:16 These words, effectual and fervent, literally mean “stretched out.” The idea is of a horse jumping over a barricade, stretched out as he leaps. Or it’s… Read More ›
Stretched Out in Prayer
“… The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” – James 5:16 These words, effectual and fervent, literally mean “stretched out.” The idea is of a horse jumping over a barricade, stretched out as he leaps. Or it’s… Read More ›
Healing the Wounded
“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” – Galatians 6:1 Have you ever noticed that sometimes when a new… Read More ›
Healing the Wounded
“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” – Galatians 6:1 Have you ever noticed that sometimes when a new… Read More ›
God Is Still on the Phone
“…ye have not, because ye ask not.” – James 4:2 A little girl heard the choir singing that song “God Is Still on the Throne.” She didn’t understand it quite correctly and told someone they were singing “God is still… Read More ›
God Is Still on the Phone
“…ye have not, because ye ask not.” – James 4:2 A little girl heard the choir singing that song “God Is Still on the Throne.” She didn’t understand it quite correctly and told someone they were singing “God is still… Read More ›
Confessing Your Faults
“Confessyour faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed…” – James 5:16 Most of us are not very good at confessing our faults. We’re pretty good at criticizing our friends, and we’re very good at… Read More ›
A Deeper Anger
“Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. [Matthew 18:4 NKJV] Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his… Read More ›
What God Can Do
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6 A. C. Dickson, a fine expositor of the Word of… Read More ›
Not Any Should Perish
“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” – 2 Peter 3:9 Some people believe there is a… Read More ›
15¢ OR $150,000—To God It Is the Same
“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” – Luke 16:10. Look carefully at this verse. Jesus is saying that when a… Read More ›
Time to Clean House
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” – James 4:7 Suppose you own a piece of property, and right in the middle of it you sell me an acre, and I have access in… Read More ›
Thy Will Be Done
“And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us.” – 1 John 5:14 Do you know why our prayers sometimes are not answered? We’re saying, “Not Thy… Read More ›
Untapped Power
“…ye have not, because ye ask not.” – James 4:2 A little boy was trying with all his might to move a huge stone. His little muscles were bulging, and there was perspiration on his face. His father, who was watching,… Read More ›
I Know!
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9 If you were to ask me, “Adrian Rogers, are you saved?”… Read More ›
Starving Spiritually
“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby.” – 1 Peter 2:2 Can you imagine a conversation like this? “I’m just so weak I can hardly get out of bed. I just don’t want… Read More ›
Literally and Figuratively
“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” – Revelation 12:9 Sometimes people ask,… Read More ›
A Child of the King
“Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;” – Ephesians 3:8 Have you been complaining about your poverty? Listen, you may not… Read More ›
The Deceitfulness of Riches
“And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the Word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becometh unfruitful.”… Read More ›
You Are What You Watch
“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?” Proverbs 6:27 Filmmakers and TV executives tell us that what kids watch in movies or TV does not affect them. If it has no affect, then… Read More ›
Passionate Prayer
“Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared.” – Hebrews 5:7 I… Read More ›
He is Risen!
“Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God.” – Romans 6:9-10 The… Read More ›
The Perfect Sacrifice
“How much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” – Hebrews 9:14 The Lord Jesus lived an amazing life…. Read More ›
The Place of Calvary
“And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.” – Luke 23:33 Jesus carried our sin to the cross…. Read More ›
The Just for the Unjust
“For Christ also died for sins once for all, the Just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God …” – 1 Peter 3:18 A Roman soldier walked down a narrow corridor in a Roman prison. He… Read More ›
Cursed
“And unto Adam He said…cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.” – Genesis 3:17 The crown of thorns Jesus wore—what does it speak of? It symbolizes the… Read More ›
From Shadow into Morning
“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” – 1 Corinthians 15:55 There was a great preacher once who lost his wife while he was still a young man. They had a little girl that the… Read More ›
Upheld by HIS Hand
“Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy right hand hath holden me up, and Thy gentleness hath made me great.” – Psalm 18:35 In World War II, General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright led a gallant but vain… Read More ›
The Gift of God—Life’s Greatest Treasure
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” – Romans 6:23 In Christ. That is a small phrase, but it is the key that unlocks the door to… Read More ›