Here is a good rule to follow. If they lift up and exalt anyone or anything other than our Lord Jesus Christ, then we know that the Lord is far from them.

“Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” Jeremiah 6:16 You have heard the expression, “the good old days.” The Lord God…

I don’t know who wrote the poem that follows my words in this column, but as I read it, I found the words so very touching and I wanted to pass along some thoughts for younger readers of this magazine and young viewers of the ACP website. We all have so very much to be…

After we have come to the end of ourselves, and are tired of our miserable state, we can go to the Father, just as Dorian Gray did in the end, and ask Him to forgive us and cleanse us of the vile filth that only we and the Almighty know is there. And when we do, He will hear us, and in His grace, He will forgive and restore.

You’re just going to keep on spinning your wheels, and getting nowhere in life in those things that truly matter, until you learn to look outside yourself, and really start living!

“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.” 2 Corinthians 12:7-8…

“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering . . .” Hebrews 10:23 One of the saddest things about living at this point in history is the lack of backbone that is evident among God’s people today. In the above passage of Scripture, we are exhorted to hold fast the profession of…

It is something that has grieved me for many years, the fact that there is so much of the world in the church! I have seen firsthand that a great many of God’s people act no different from the world in any way other than attending church services from time to time. They go to…

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 I once heard a story about a famous tight-wire artist who was about to walk a tight wire across a portion of Niagara Falls. A crowd had gathered to watch, so before he embarked on his stunt, he…

There is nothing so satisfying to the soul as the comforting presence of God. Yet, it is something that so few Christians seem to enjoy. True, none of us can say that we have never felt the warmth and joy of His presence. We have all at one time or another felt His presence. If…