First Corinthians chapter fourteen shows that the church at Corinth had a problem which impacted their assembly. This made it impossible for worship to take place. The miraculous gifts were designed to enhance worship, but the abuse of them created chaos. The misuse of the gift of tongues made worship impossible. The gift of tongues had their place. It was designed to…

The spiritual picture of Israel during the time of Samson was so bleak. True enough, the mighty judge did so much to defeat the Philistines, but the immorality of his life brought shame on the nation God had treasured above all nations. There was, perhaps, hope that Eli, the new judge appointed by God, would bring greater spirituality to Israel, but such…

We know the Lord’s teaching in the Sermon on the Mount about the two gates facing each of us. One is wide and leads to destruction; the other is narrow and leads to life.  We may not know that later Jesus spoke about this. It would profit us all to think about what He said as recorded in Luke chapter thirteen. He…

I know that these words will be misunderstood by many, but I cannot be true to myself and my place in service to God and neglect to express myself on the implication of the coming presidential election. There are vital moral implications of the decisions which confront each of us in the next few weeks. I have absolutely no desire to violate…

We think so often about the great commission which Jesus gave to the twelve to preach the gospel to every creature. Those taught were to do what Jesus had told the apostles to do—to go and make disciples of all nations and to teach those disciples to do the same. This is the nature of the gospel. We who have been taught…

It is remarkable how little time and effort many are putting into the study of the Bible. Far too many preachers, teachers and church leaders think that if they read a book or commentary such makes them Bible scholars. They are wrong. Preachers from the past spent many hours each day in study. Our brother, Gus Nichols, devoted five hours every day…

Paul was a man who fully understood the importance of prayer in the life of a Christian. He began so many of his epistles with an affirmation that he was praying for those addressed. He believed in the importance of prayer. He told this to the Romans, the Corinthians, the Ephesians, the Philippians, the Colossians, the Thessalonians and Timothy. Paul really believed…

Having just returned from the visit to New Zealand and Fiji, I am even more convinced that churches who plant the gospel in foreign lands should exercise extreme caution as to how deeply they get involved in the local work and how long they stay involved in the “mission” congregation. It was more than fifty years ago that we entered the mission…