My Utmost for His Highest Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings. – 1 Peter 4:13 If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a multitude of experiences that are not meant…
The Authority of Reality
My Utmost for His Highest Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. – James 4:8 It is essential to give people a chance of acting on the truth of God. The responsibility must be left with…
A Bond-Slave of Jesus
My Utmost for His Highest I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. – Galatians 2:20 These words mean the breaking of my independence with my own hand and surrendering to the…
Authority and Independence
My Utmost for His Highest If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments. – John 14:15 (R.V.) Our Lord never insists upon obedience; He tells us very emphatically what we ought to do, but He never takes means to…
The New World Order (Followup)
My first Sermon of the Week recommendation was half of Chuck Missler’s “The New World Order”. It’s what got me saved. I wasn’t able to find the second session at the time, but after some poking around, I found it…
Ye Are Not Your Own
My Utmost for His Highest Know ye not that. . . ye are not your own? – 1 Corinthians 6:19 There is no such thing as a private life-‘a world within the world’-for a man or woman who is brought…
Discernment of Faith
My Utmost for His Highest Faith as a grain of mustard seed. . . . – Matthew 17:20 We have the idea that God rewards us for our faith, it may be so in the initial stages; but we do…
Tactics for Defending the Faith
Greg Koukl is with a ministry called Stand to Reason. When his name came up a while ago in a conversation with a friend of mine, I decided to download whatever I could find that was his. I’ve enjoyed all…
Even the Useless are Useful
Via an email forward from my uncle: “The next time you feel bad or useless and are too far from God to do any good, just remember… Noah was a drunk, Abraham was too old, Isaac was a daydreamer, Jacob…
Substitution
My Utmost for His Highest He hath made Him to be sin for us, . . . that we might be made the righteousness of God. . . . – 2 Corinthians 5:21 The modern view of the death of…
Justification by Faith
My Utmost for His Highest For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. – Romans 5:10 I am not saved…
Paganism in our Holidays
Bun-Girl offers up this article about the pagan origins of Christmas in response to my post about Halloween earlier today. I was already aware of the issues it mentions, but thank her for offering it. Actually, I believe that Christ…
The Way of the Nicolaitans
A year ago, I wrote of my distaste for the coming “holiday”. I not only still feel that way, every year at the end of October, I feel even stronger about it. Originally a Druidic holiday, it is a celebration…
The Method of Missions
My Utmost for His Highest Go ye therefore and teach (disciple) all nations. – Matthew 28:19 Jesus Christ did not say-‘Go and save souls’ (the salvation of souls is the supernatural work of God), but-“Go and teach,” i.e., disciple, “all…