If Britain first at heaven’s command, Arose from out some hazy sky; She now appears by heaven damned, Ready now, to fall down and die. Our guardian angels once sang with pride, With voices loud, a heavenly strain; Are all struck dumb, their sound has died, At a nation left, without a brain. They sang …
Tag: Christ
The Preacher’s Voice!
The day was when if a man did not have a voice he would never have been a preacher. Today with all kinds of electronic gadgets weak-voiced men can and do get away with it. But, left without any of such gadgets how would you fair? Even some ministers and theologians in their churches and …
A Biblical Warrant for Street-Preaching!
There are those who are opposed to and that includes not for, street-preaching, who would argue that there is no biblical warrant for such a ministry? I would ask them to think again. In Luke’s gospel, we have the words and therefore the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ himself. “But into whatsoever city ye enter, …
The Duty of the Christian Citizen!
"We believe that our gracious God, because of the depravity of mankind, hath appointed kings, princes and magistrates, willing that the world should be governed by certain laws and policies; to the end that the dissoluteness of men might be restrained, and all things carried on among them with good order and decency. For this …
Keep Swinging the Bat!
Let me assume that you have been sent. You are an ambassador, you have the King's authority to deliver his message. You have the Divine promise that Christ will speak through you. If he doesn't speak through the preaching all that is heard is the sound of a man's voice and is of no avail. …
The Antithesis!
The word antithesis is not to be found in God's word, the holy scriptures. But the principle is there, writ large. It goes all the way back to the beginning when sin entered into God's created order through man. "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed" …
When Two World’s Collide!
Now, says Jesus, is the judgment of this world. Which one? There are two. There is the world that is God’s and the world that is man’s. The two of them from the beginning have been on a collision course. There is enmity there, God put it there (Genesis 3:15). There is the world that …
