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We meet occasionally with people like the man who, when he was comparatively poor, gave his guinea, but when he grew rich, he only gave a shilling. His explanation was that when he had a shilling purse, he had a guinea heart; but when he had a guinea purse, he found that he had only a shilling heart.…

If I send a petition to a man’s door, and then having earnestly asked, or pretended to ask earnestly, I am utterly careless about the answer, I have not treated the man respectfully. If that person should send me a letter in return to my request, and I should not even take the trouble to open it, how…

Take pure and unadulterated milk, and let it stand, and you will soon get cream. Faith is the milk, and full assurance is the cream upon it. When faith has stood long enough, you may see the rich cream of holy confidence on the top of it. Spurgeon, C. (2014). Spurgeon Commentary: 1 John. (E. Ritzema,…

A friend comes to you and he says, “Do you know such and such a person?” You say first, “I know there is such a person”—that is instruction. Being further asked, “But do you know him?” you answer, “Well, I know that he was a fine tall man, a soldier in the infantry, and that he went to the Crimea.” That…

You may sometimes have seen a notice put up on certain estates in the country, “Mantraps and spring guns set here.” If so, did you ever go around to the front door of the mansion and say, “Will you tell me where the mantraps are, and whereabouts the spring guns are set?” If you had asked that question,…

You begin to read a will, but you do not find it interesting. It is full of words and terms that you do not take the trouble to understand because they have no relation to yourself. But if you should, in reading that will, come upon a clause in which an estate is left to you, the nature of the whole…

Tyler Moon is a Christian excited about his salvation. He is also a long-distance runner and he put the slogan “Jesus Saves” on his race bib. Moon was competing at a 10-mile event in Minnesota when he suffered a cardiac arrhythmia. A nurse who was running behind him performed CPR until paramedics arrived.…

Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan were 28-year-olds who were attempting to ride their bikes around the world. They told their friends they wanted to meet new people and see new places. The couple had a strong belief in the goodness of human nature. On a blog Austin wrote that “Evil is a make-believe concept.”…

While 47 years is not eternity, there are times it may feel like it. One toddler got possession of his mom’s cell phone. He repeatedly entered the wrong passcode. He did it so many times that when mom got home she discovered the phone’s security protection had disabled the phone for 25 million minutes.…

When the family history website MyHeritage decided to compare the most requested Christmas gifts from 1913 and this year, they discovered that a big shift in desires has taken place. The website looked at historical newspaper collections for the old items, and used items reported by leading retailers…

How long is eternity? Residents of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan have discovered that it is not as long as they thought. In 1984 the city built a memorial as a tribute to Soviet soldiers who died during World War II. Part of the memorial was an eternal flame. When the city failed to pay its gas bill the local…

PRAYER Alon Nil was surprised to see how effectively Iranians used the social networking site, Twitter to share information and photos with the outside world during the post election unrest in that country. Nil thought there must be an infinite number of ways to use the site, and benefit the people of…

A Surprise After Death I was attending visiting hours after the death of the mother of a friend of mine. He introduced me to several members of his family, including, to my surprise, his father. I had never heard him speak of his father except to mention that the family had been abandoned by him many…

A newspaper editor was instructing a new reporter in some of the important details of his job. "Never state as a fact anything you are not absolutely sure about," said the editor. "To avoid putting the paper in the position of stating something which it may not be able to prove, you should always use…

If Jesus was only man, then he is entirely irrelevant to any thought about God; if he is only God, then he is entirely irrelevant to any experience of human life.- Dorothy Sayers Source: "Understanding Doctrine" by Alister McGrath p.189

Prayer among evangelical Christians is always in danger of degenerating into a glorified gold rush. Almost every book on prayer deals with the "get" element mainly. How to get things we want from God occupies most of the space. Now, we gladly admit that we may ask for and receive specific gifts and benefits…

[COME, LET US] Worship the Lord with the beauty of holy lives…(Ps 96:9, TLB) Opening Hymn: #1 Praise to the Lord Closing Hymn: #532 Day by Day Scripture Reading: Proverbs 3:5,6 Lord, you want me to do what? His name is Mr. Wong, in his day he was known to friend and foe as Glorious Country Wong. His…

Leading a person to Christ #1. If you died today, are you sure you would go to heaven? #2. Would you let me show you a few Bible verses on how you can be sure? There are four truths you must know in order to be sure of heaven. a. You must realize that you are a sinner: "As it is written, There is none…

Preaching the Book God Wrote, Part 1 John MacArthur We believe in biblical inerrancy. So what? How does the truth of biblical inerrancy and the authority of God's written revelation affect what we preach and how we minister? There's little point in defending the inerrancy of Scripture if we're unwilling…

3 John Piper Desiring God Minneapolis, Minnesota 4 For Your Joy FOR YOUR JOY Published by Desiring God © 2005 Desiring God International Standard Book Number: 0-9773286-0-0 Edited for Desiring God Cover design by Edd Blott All scripture quotations are taken from: The Holy Bible: English Standard Version,…

John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…

Question: What is prayer? Answer: Prayer is an offering up our desires to God (Psalm 62:8), by the assistance of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26), for things agreeable to his will (1 John 5:14; Romans 8:27), in the name of Christ (John 16:23), believing (Matthew 21:22; James 1:6), with confession of our…

100 Names of Jesus. Advocate (1 John 2:1) Almighty (Rev. 1:8; Mt. 28:18) Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8; 22:13) Amen (Rev. 3:14) Apostle of our Profession (Heb. 3:1) Atoning Sacrifice for our Sins (1 John 2:2) Author of Life (Acts 3:15) Author and Perfecter of our Faith (Heb. 12:2) Author of Salvation (Heb.…

As Paul makes clear to the Philippian believers, the assurance of salvation is important for the greater progress of the Gospel. Yet many believers struggle with the issue of assurance because they are depending on a feeling rather than looking to the Word of God. An elderly man said to H. A. Ironside,…

ASSURANCE, THROUGH THE WORD An elderly man said to H. A. Ironside, “I will not go on unless I know I’m saved, or else know it’s hopeless to seek to be sure of it. I want a definite witness, something I can’t be mistaken about!” Ironside replied, “Suppose you had a vision of an angel who told you your…