We hear a great deal about people’s intentions, and hopes, and wishes, and feelings, and professions. It would be well if we could hear more about people’s practice. It is not the servant who is found wishing and professing, but the servant who is found “doing†whom Jesus calls “blessed.† . The lesson is one which many, unhappily, shrink from …
Marks of a Single Heart
The single heart is a heart which is not only changed, converted, and renewed; but thoroughly, powerfully, and habitually under the influence of the Holy Ghost. It is a heart which abhors all compromises, all luke-warmness, all halting between two opinions in religion. It sees one mighty object, the love of Christ dying for sinners. It has one mighty aim, …
Just Like the First Two…Only Not
The first two movies in the Toy Story series are favorites in our house, and we have all been eagerly anticipating the premier of the third installment! It was (finally!) released by Disney/Pixar on June 18th…of course, unlike some of the die-hard fans, we waited a few weeks before venturing to the theaters.    As a rule, we …
More
. “…I cannot read the Bible without desiring to see many believers more spiritual, more holy, more single-eyed, more heavenly-minded, more wholehearted than they are in the nineteenth century. I want to see among believers more of a pilgrim spirit, a more decided separation from the world, a conversation more evidently in heaven, a closer walk with God….â€Â ~J.C. Ryle, …
Different
“Our Lord attracted sinners because He was different. They drew near to Him because they felt that there was something different about Him….And the world always expects us to be different. This idea that you are going to win people to the Christian faith by showing them that after all you are remarkably like them, is theologically and psychologically a …