Treasure Chest

The Great Problem-Solver

By John Woodward

Do you struggle with problems? “Who doesn’t?!” Then, if there were Someone capable and willing to manage your problems, would you be interested? Imagine being a salesman for a large company. Something goes wrong with an important account. The other company is breaking their agreements, threatening legal action, and blaming you for the trouble! You…

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The Journey into Canaan

By William Boardman

[Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, l et us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it…” – Hebrews 4:1] The children of Israel braved the Red Sea, and passed it in triumph but the Canaanites in the land, in their armor of brass, and cities walled up…

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Christ is All

By John McCarthy

[In August of 1869, J. Hudson Taylor of the China Inland Mission (see photo) read the book Christ is All: The Gospel of the Pentateuch by Henry Law, and left it in Hang-chow. There God was illumining Taylor’s friend and coworker, John McCarthy about the reality and implications of “Christ in you, the hope of…

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Much More in Christ

By George Goodman

The Grand Consummation [of Romans, chapter 5] is twofold: Though the incoming of the Law caused the offence to abound, nevertheless Grace did much more abound, and In the death of Christ God found a righteous ground upon which Grace could reign. So we have Grace abounding and Grace reigning in righteousness and life. Let…

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Privileged Like Mary

By Charles Spurgeon

“As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, ‘Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you’” – Luke11:27,28 (NIV). . It is fondly imagined by some that it must have involved very special privileges to have been the mother of our Lord, because they supposed that she…

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God in Us (Part 2)

By John Woodward

At Christ’s first Advent, we were blessed with “Immanuel”–“God with us” (Isa 7:14; Matt 1:23). Through the New Covenant, we have an even greater advantage–God in us! We are His tabernacle on planet earth today. As 1 Corinthians 6:19,20 says, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit…

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The Spiritual Solution to Ethnic Strife

By F.B. Meyer

As racial and ethnic tensions rise, those who belong to God’s new community in Christ need to renounce prejudice. Instead, we are called to model love, forgiveness, and harmony. A biographical and doctrinal excerpt from the epistle to the Galatians shows us how.* “Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I [Paul] withstood him to…

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Strength in Weakness

By Ross Gilbert

Weakness. Nobody enjoys feeling it. Society, at best, pities it; at worst, it condemns it. We often try and hide it, afraid what others will think about us if they ever found out about it. When asked about our weaknesses during a job interview we make up something silly like, “I work too hard, ”…

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The Burden of Wandering

By A Anonymous

David, the Shepherd King, penned this famous testimony about walking in fellowship with God: “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.…

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How to Honor the Lordship of Christ

By John Bradford

In the passage where Christ’s condescension and exaltation are described in detail, we see the culmination of human history. “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and…

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