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The Secret Trade of Prayer

The religion of most men lies in the marketplace and in the view of others; their hearts, their closets are not privy to any secret transactions between God and their souls, and in the praise of ...

He Ran a Short Race Well

My family knows a young man whose severe physical disability will prevent him from ever living a “normalˮ life. This has led him to prolonged seasons of discouragement, wondering what meaningful...

Doctrine Without Exhortation

Those that are all in exhortation, no whit in doctrine, are like to them that snuff the candle but pour not in oil. Again, those that are all in doctrine, nothing in exhortation, drown the wick i...

Pleading for Blessings in Setbacks: Psalm 44

The book of Judges reminds us that Israel was often defeated due to its rebellion. But Psalm 44 shows a faithful man in defeat. The psalmist says that his group (presumably his tribe) was faithf...

Preach Feelingly From the Heart

Ministers should preach feelingly, experimentally as well as exemplarily. They must speak from the heart to the heart. They must feel the worth, the weight, the sweet of those things upon their ...

Following Christ our Captain

Is [Christ] the captain of salvation? See what a blessed army He has listed under His banner of love, and they have followed Him through all the dangers of life and time under His conduct. These ...