The Real Spiritual Life

True spirituality manifests itself in certain dominant desires.

1. First is the desire to be holy rather than happy.

2. A man may be considered spiritual ...

Developing Christian Maturity

A big part of Christian maturity is learning to let God keep you steady and to be ruled less and less by your emotions and circumstances.

God Wants No Dwarfs

It appears that God has deliberately left us in a quandary about many things. Why did He not summarize all the rules in one book, and all the basic doctrines ...

Help to Become Perfect

I find a good many people bothered by ... our Lord's words, "Be ye perfect." Some people seem to think this means "Unless you are perfect, ...

Start on the Inside

If a farmer doesn't plant seeds, he will never harvest a crop. It doesn't matter how weed-free his ground is; he must also plant and cultivate ...

A Well Worn Bible

A Bible that's falling apart probably belongs to someone who isn't. (Quote from Charles Spurgeon)

Where Is Your Spirit?

I want to share with you a question by Martyn Lloyd-Jones, who is certainly not known as a Pentecostal preacher. When he held the great pulpit at Westminster ...

Being Tender

The higher people are in the favor of God, the more tender they are.

Life Is Adjustment

What is life if not adjustment--to different times, to our changing circumstances, and to each other?

Skillful Sailors

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.