Archive for February 2012
A Man in Heaven and Christ in You
“Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him [Stephen] with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the…
Read MoreFalling in Love? (Part 2)
How often we have heard the confession of some confused heart: “I just don’t love the Lord as I know I should.” Because the world’s sentimental notion of love has been imposed upon the church, many seem unable to manufacture that kind of religious emotion which they so often hear about in songs, sermons and…
Read MoreFalling in Love? (Part 1)
A comparison and evaluation of the three kinds of love as they relate to courtship and marriage Has God intended that a Christian should fall in love?… …It seems there are two false notions that dominate the world’s thought about love. First of all there is the fatalistic notion as expressed in the phrase “fall…
Read MoreReckoning On Our Union With Christ
I once threw away a personal check made out to me for the sum of $10,000. However, I knew immediately that this “check” was not credible … nor creditable. A few weeks after it arrived in the mail, the sender wrote, confessing this impulsive gesture. But I kept the check for a while as a…
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