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My dear Lord, I depend wholly upon Thee, wean me from all other dependences. Thou art my all, thou dost overrule all and delight in me. Thou art the foundation of goodness, how can I distrust Thee? how be anxious about what happens to me? In the light of Thy preciousness the world and all…

Surrender is bad. It means you’ve given up. Maybe you just can’t fight any more, or perhaps you could fight, but you don’t want to. It’s just not worth it. About the only time that surrender is applauded is when a military leader does so to save the lives of the remaining troops. Even that…

Seeing a shadow by the light of the moon changed his life. Was it mere coincidence or was it God’s special intervention? BECAUSE HE WAS THE SWIMMING COACH in a large college for men, they were puzzled by his unusual behavior. Each Thursday night as he arrived at the large indoor swimming pool he would…

“For your sakes He became poor.” 2 Corinthians 8:9 The Lord Jesus Christ was eternally rich, glorious, and exalted; but “though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor.”[1] As the rich saint cannot be true in his communion with his poor brethren unless of his substance he ministers to their necessities [2],…

No one can ignore the intelligent design in God’s natural realm, for His fingerprints are manifest everywhere. God’s intervention is so evident in each level of creation as we shall see in this lesson. What the animal world does by instinct, mankind does by choice. Those of us who have a heart to appreciate and…

The heart of The Alliance is the Fourfold Gospel, which focuses on Jesus as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, and Coming King. I want to continue our C&MA DNA discussion on the second part of our core theology: Jesus our Sanctifier. “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness…

My Testimony I was born in South Africa, educated in England, and worked as a professional psychologist, lecturer, and management consultant in several European countries. On June 15, 1995, I testified to a large audience how, at the age of fifty-five, I found victory in the Lord Jesus Christ from a life-long struggle with depression.…

V. DISCIPLINE (1 Cor. 9:25-27) “Every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness [self-discipline] in all directions. [1] They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish. That is how I run, not being in any doubt as to my…

Comments on Frederic R. Howe’s journal article: A Review of Birthright, by David C. Needham (Published in Bibliotheca Sacra, Jan-March, 1984)   It is understandable that an associate professor of Dallas Theological Seminary would object to some of Needham’s perspectives and terminology in Birthright. The book’s author speaks in terms of the believer’s new identity…

“Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations” (1 Peter 1:6, KJV). “As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (1 Peter 4:10) The word “manifold” can be translated “many-coloured.”[1] For…