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All that is of nature’s spinning must be unraveled. The natural building must come down, lath and plaster, roof and foundation, and we must have a house not made with hands. It was a great mercy for our city of London that the great fire cleared away all the old buildings that were the lair of the plague;…

Where does a man begin cleansing and reforming? Why, in his own house, of course. He might perhaps feel that he must have some filth in the farmyard, but not in his own sitting room. There may be much evil abroad that he cannot remove, yet he can begin cleaning up at home. If we want to do any good in…

Our American Birthright One nation under God was their cry and declaration, Upon the law of Nature’s God they built a mighty Nation. For Unlike Mankind before them who had walked this earthen sod, These men would never question the Sovereignty of God. That all men were “created was a truth “self-evident,”…

One nation under God was their cry and declaration, Upon the law of Nature’s God they built a mighty Nation. For Unlike Mankind before them who had walked this earthen sod, These men would never question the Sovereignty of God. That all men were “created was a truth “self-evident,” To secure the rights…

An illustration from Dr. James Merritt

I once saw a colonel shooting at a target. There were two targets near each other, and he hit the center of one of them. The attendant called out, “Which target was that gentleman shooting at?” “The one on the left,” was the answer. “I thought so,” said the man, “for he hit the one on the right.” There…

I can use no better illustration than the distinction between fainting and dying. There lies a young creature; she can scarcely breathe; she cannot herself lift up her hand, and if lifted up by anyone else, it falls. She is cold and stiff; she is faint, but not dead. There is another one, just as cold…

In his last moments John Knox had a sharp conflict with self-righteousness though he had preached against it with all his might, and knew, with a clearness seldom given to men, that salvation is of the Lord alone. Even within an hour of glory he had to make a stand against that vile thing, the pride…

A “richly supplied” entrance has sometimes been illustrated in this way. You see yonder ship. After a long voyage, it has neared the haven, but is much injured; the sails are rent to ribbons, and it is in such a forlorn condition that it cannot come up to the harbor: a steam-tug is pulling it in with…

Do you see that clock? That is the evidence of the time of day. The hour would be precisely the same if we did not have that evidence. Still, we find the clock of great use. So we say that good works are the best evidence of spiritual life in the soul. Is it not written, “We know that we have passed…

THE STORY I was born in 1725, and I died 1807. The only godly influence in my life, as far back as I can remember, was my mother, whom I had for only seven years. When she left my life through death, I was virtually an orphan. My father remarried, sent me to a strict military school, where the severity…

Many years ago a certain prince visited the Spanish galleys, where a large number of convicts were confined, chained to their oars to toil on without relief—I think nearly all of them condemned to a life sentence. Being a great prince, the King of Spain told him that he might in honor of his visit set…

“From the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born from Hebrews.” Paul shakes out the whole lot for the dogs, and is glad to be rid of it all for Christ’s sake. It reminds me of a ship in a storm. When the captain leaves the harbor he has a cargo on board of which he takes great care,…

In the movie Courageous, Javier Martinez, a Hispanic construction worker, gets laid off from his work, leaving his family under a tight financial strain. In an early move scene, Javier arrives home; his wife is in the kitchen with only rice and beans to feed her family; he gives the last dollars he had…

Justice and Righteousness are very closely related in the New Testament. Often, the same root word is the source of their translation. As believers we should be concerned about both. Pastor Charlie Dates was speaking at an MLK conference in Memphis when he said about young Americans. “They are fascinated…

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Public schools in San Diego have instituted new “equitable grading practices,” with grades no longer affected by homework, tests, attendance or other “factors that directly measure students’ knowledge.” District official Richard Barrera explained, “If we’re actually going to be an antiracist school district,…

An enterprising man in Mexico practicing social isolation enlisted his dog as a deliveryman to fetch snacks. Tucking $20 into his chihuahua’s collar Antonio Munoz sent him to the store. He included a note reading “Hello Mr. Shopkeeper. Please sell my dog some Cheetos, the orange kind, not the red ones,…

A Staten Island, New York couple found a safe containing over $50,000 worth of diamonds, gold, jade, and wet cash in a rusting safe on their property. They believed the rusting box setting beneath some trees was an old cable box so they ignored it. When they had a couple of the trees removed, the safe…

When Fairfield, CA police responded to a report of an automobile crash they arrested the impaired driver. But the story doesn’t end there. It was Mother’s Day and the driver was in the process of delivering flowers. So, the officers made the rest of the deliveries that the driver could not make. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/fairfield-police-deliver-mothers-day-flowers-after-driver-arrested-for-dui/2540322/…

Imagine going to Chicago on a business trip. You have a bunch of meetings and have plans to fly out right after your last meeting to meet your family in some great vacation spot. Your meetings run late and you know it is going to be a challenge to get to the airport and get checked in so you can make…

There is therefore no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus , who walk not after the flesh , but after the Spirit

According to Open Doors, In 2020 there were: • Over 340 million Christians living in places where they might experience persecution and discrimination • 4,761 Christians martyred • 4,488 churches and other Christian buildings attacked • 4,277 believers detained without trial, arrested, sentenced or imprisoned.…

The customer was in a hurry. She failed to scratch off the last number—the million-dollar number and handed the lottery ticket to an employee to throw away for her. Ten days later, Abhi Shah, the son of the owner of the Lucky Stop convenience store in Southwick, Mass noticed the unscratched ticket in…

In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine quotes Bezos as saying, “The whole point of moving things forward,” says Bezos, “is that you run into problems, into failures, and you have to back up and do things again.…