Though the cross of Christ has been beautified by the poet and the artist, the avid seeker after God is likely to find it the same savage implement of destruction it was in the days of old. The way of the cross is still the pain-wracked […]
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5) As branches, our purpose is to glorify our Vine. We exist to (1) […]
The chief necessity of the Christian is to abide in Christ. It is our one vital obsession. Everything else in the Christian life is of secondary consequence. The whole of John 15 is designed to glorify the true Vine. Not ‘a’ vine, or even ‘the’ vine, […]
The Christian’s own imbecility and insufficiency, even in the strength and height of all his acquirements and preparations; what are you, to grapple with such an adversary? Certainly you are no match for him that conquered Adam hand to hand in his state of integrity. It […]
We live in the day of the unprecedented instant. The world has never known instant like we do. We have Google (which in a search for “instant” renders “About 1,610,000,000 results” in 0.24 seconds). We have mobile phones, digital photography, instant messaging, texting, and broadband Internet […]