by Maurice Paine THE GREATEST INVITATION YOU COULD EVER RECEIVE During your lifetime you may receive some very exciting invitations but none to compare with the invitation everyone may receive from God. This is an invitation to salvation, to come back to God, to be saved. The object of this … Περισσότερα
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Read the Scripture: Ephesians 4:4-6 In one of her “Anne of Green Gables” novels, Lucy Maud Montgomery relates a story of an cranky old churchwoman named Aunt Atossa. At Sunday evening prayer services in Aunt Atossa’s church, the members would stand and pray in turn or share a prayer need … Περισσότερα
The Power and the Secret of Confessing before God[1]ÂÂ André Dumas We gladly want to confess before You, Lord, because You will not take advantage of it to humiliate us; nor to grieve us with the generosity of Your mercy. Happily, You are not a God who would satisfy Himself … Περισσότερα
LIFE IS WORTH IT Louis Aragon A strange thing this world: one day I will exit without having said it all, those moments of happiness, those incendiary high noons, the endless black night with its blonde tearings… Maybe nothing is as precious as we think. Others will come—their heart just … Περισσότερα
God’s Book: The Bible Placed in an American Hotel Room by the Gideons In Greece, the country where I was born, raised and educated and had the opportunity to read a plethora of books during the years of my schooling and beyond, I never came across God’s book, the Bible. … Περισσότερα
RACHEL’S CONVERSATION WITH GOD as overheard by Youlika K. Masry[1] “Give me understanding, and I will keep your law… …and obey it with all my heart.” (Psalm 119:34) R.: I have come to your House, sorry Temple, G-d, hm… Elohim, Adonai, Sir… G-d: You mean to my “Home?” … Περισσότερα
On my school notebooks On my desk and on the trees On sand and snow I write your name On all the pages I have read On all the blank pages On stone, blood, paper, ashes I write your name On gilded images On warrior’s weapons On the … Περισσότερα
Youlika Masry In life we encounter difficulties ranging from slight inconveniences to veritable disasters. We may struggle to fight them, look at them as challenges, thus fighting against them more effectively with “positive attitude”, but only God is able to make something ENTIRELY NEW out of an ‘old thing’. He … Περισσότερα
Let’s turn together in our Bibles to the passage that Matt Lucas has just read to us fromIsaiah 40. It is particularly verses 27-31 that I want us to focus our attention on togetheras we come to the end of 2007 and readjust our minds and our fingers to get … Περισσότερα
Christ All in All by Thomas Watson “Christ is all in all.” Colossians 3:11 The philosopher says every science takes its dignity from the object; the more noble the object—the more rare the knowledge. Hence it is that Jesus Christ, being the most sublime and glorious object, that knowledge which leads us to Christ must … Περισσότερα
4 Costs of Becoming a Christian J.C. Ryle writes in his classic work Holiness that there are four things a person must be ready to give up if they wish to become a Christian. #1: Counting the Cost: Your Self-Righteousness #2: Counting the Cost: Your Sins #3: Counting the Cost: Your Love of Ease #4: Counting the Cost: The Favor of the World Summary: Contemplating … Περισσότερα
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings.” (Isaiah 52:7) Don’t try to mend the hole in your shoe with fine threads and needles when staring helplessly at you with the desperation of a thousand deaths. Don’t give it to the Good … Περισσότερα
΄Ενα ενδιαφέρον και αποκαλυπτικό μήνυμα για την αποτυχία των σύγχρονων τρόπων ευαγγελισμού. Είναι μόνο στην αγγλική γλώσσα. … Περισσότερα
Charity . . . thinketh no evil. 1 Corinthians 13:5 Having remarked how charity, or Christian love, is opposed not only to pride and selfishness, but to the ordinary fruits of these evil dispositions, viz. an angry spirit and a censorious spirit, and having already spoken as to the … Περισσότερα
Charity envieth not. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Having already seen the nature and tendency of Christian charity, or divine love, with respect to the evil received from others, that it “suffers long,” and also with respect to doing good to others, that it “is kind,” we now come to the feelings … Περισσότερα
PART II: SHOWING WHAT ARE NO CERTAIN SIGNS THAT RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS ARE GRACIOUS, OR THAT THEY ARE NOT. I. That religious affections are very great, or raised very high, is no sign II. That they have great effects on the body, is no sign III. That they cause those who … Περισσότερα
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.—1 Thessalonians 5:14 Our lofty idealism would argue that all Christians should be perfect, but a blunt realism forces us to admit that perfection is rare even among the saints. The … Περισσότερα
John Calvin is often quoted as saying, “From birth, our hearts are idol factories.” We hit this planet in pursuit of the created, searching for what can be found only in the Creator. When I ask people how they are doing, they often reply, “busy.” We define ourselves by what … Περισσότερα
Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.—1 Corinthians 4:2 Then there are the men who are good but not great, and we may thank God that there are so many of them, being grateful not that they failed to achieve greatness but that by the grace … Περισσότερα
Therefore “Come out from among them and be separate,” says the Lord. “Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.” —2 Corinthians 6:17 The church’s mightiest influence is felt when she is different from the world in which she lives. Her power lies in her being different, … Περισσότερα