The Baby that Changed Everything

Did you ever read Bret Harte's story The Luck of Roaring Camp? Roaring Camp was supposed to be, according to the story, the meanest, toughest mining ...

Raised from the Slime

(Psalms 103) blesses the Lord for "all his benefits," which include not only the forgiveness of sins, but also the lifting of shame. ... God ...

Buried Alive

We must be careful what we bury in our heart. To bury something does not mean it is dead. It may simply mean we have buried something alive that will ...

History of Baptism

Baptism today often means sprinkling water on the head. At one time, for some Christians, it amounted to washing feet.

Most early Christians practiced ...

A Job for the Great Physician

The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all physicians of all the countries of the world.

The Need to Be Washed

Revival in my own life has been brought together by the near psychotic connection of two events--first, by a character in the late 60's who stepped ...

Snow White

It was my birthday, and on my way to work, I told God how awful I felt about allowing my bad mood to get out of control the day before. But for some reason, ...

Pastoral Purity

The pastor should always be pure in thought, inasmuch as no impurity ought to pollute him who has undertaken the office of wiping away the stains of pollution ...

Heavenly Wardrobe

Lord, in thy Spirit's hurricane, I Pray,

Strip my soul naked--dress it then thy way.