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- Fri, Sep 1, 2000
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Includes articles from Erroll Hulse, Asahel Nettleton, Maurice Roberts, Tom Shaw, Rodney Tolleson, James Burns, Tim Grissom, and Eifion Evans
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Article- Erroll Hulse
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“But now we are all little men; there is scarce a man alive now upon this earth.” --C. H. Spurgeon
From earliest times, God has blessed His people and sustained His church by giving them leaders. While the children of Israel were groaning in bondage in Egypt, Jehovah was preparing Moses to be a savior. When the hordes of Midian filled the land of Israel, driving God’s people into dens and caves in the mountains, Gideon was commissioned, and by three hundred men a great victory was wrought. When Europe was enslaved in the chains of popery and superstition ...
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- Asahel Nettleton
- Sun, Oct 1, 2000
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“Now it is high time to awake out of sleep” (Rom. 13:11).
The language of this text is borrowed from natural sleep, in which a person is in a great measure unaware of what is happening around him but life remains in the body. This condition is applied to Christians who have grown insensitive to divine things--they sleep, but life remains in their souls. In particular, the exhortation is for those who find themselves in a state of spiritual slumber to shake off their drowsiness and awake to spiritual realities.
Signs of Spiritual Slumber
1. Sleeping Christians allow personal ...- Article
- Maurice Roberts
- Sun, Oct 1, 2000
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Weakness in prayer is a feature of our times. One chief cause is no doubt the widespread neglect of Scripture. Despite our modern privileges of books, prosperity, and education, our prayers fall conspicuously short of biblical standards, not merely in point of utterance but in urgency as well. Perhaps our prayers are better in secret than what we judge in public, but who would deny that, whatever our attainments, we are much below a scriptural standard and quality of prayer?
This poverty in prayer is seen to be all the more serious when we ponder how alarming the times are ...
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- Tom Shaw
- Sun, Oct 1, 2000
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Straid is still to this day a small village in Northern Ireland. In 1859, the people of Straid and its surroundings were mainly farmers and weavers. In the center of the village, there was a Congregational church that was led by an able pastor named James Bain. For some time prior to the commencement of the revival, the spirit of prayer among the members of the church had intensified. Prayer for an outpouring of the Spirit of God was fervent, resulting in growing congregations.
Fear of the Unreal
At the beginning of April 1859, Bain heard news of what he ...- Article
- Charles Spurgeon
- Sun, Oct 1, 2000
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“O Lord, revive thy work” (Hab. 3:2).
All true religion is the work of God. He regards the work of grace as being even more glorious than His works of nature. He is, therefore, especially careful that people know that He is indeed the author of salvation in the world and in the hearts of men. It is a sin of the greatest magnitude to suppose that there is anything in the heart that can be acceptable to God except that which God Himself first created there. If there be anything in our souls that can carry us to ...
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- Rodney Tolleson
- Sun, Oct 1, 2000
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“When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven” (2 Chronicles 7:1).
After the nation of Israel had passed through the fire of exile, and the many difficulties of returning to the land of their fathers, God inspired the author of Chronicles to retell the history of their nation. God knew that they needed to be reminded of His great grace. Second Chronicles 7:1 is the climax of the retelling of the dedication of Solomon’s temple. It reminded the people of God of four important truths.
First, the temple was the place of God’s presence ...
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- James Burns
- Sun, Oct 1, 2000
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At the beginning of the sixteenth century, Scotland was one of the poorest countries in Europe. The towns were few, thinly populated, and wretchedly built, while the people were sunk in degrading poverty and the grossest ignorance. The feudal system, which elsewhere had broken down because of population growth, was still supreme. The country was composed of three orders--the clergy, the nobility, and the people. The people existed merely as the vassals of the baron. He protected them, and in return they tilled his land, fought his battles, and in all the other relations of life acknowledged themselves as his ...
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- Tim Grissom
- Sun, Oct 1, 2000
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A businessman reflects on the lessons he has learned in God’s school of obedience.
“God’s way works!” This simple but profound truth summarizes what Richard Magnussen emphatically believes. It is a lesson he has been learning by experiences that have sometimes been pleasant and sometimes painful.
In 1984 Richard was the president of a growing Canada-based furniture manufacturing company. He was also a husband and father and served as a deacon in his church. According to Richard, he recalls nothing “off-side” about his life at the time. He wasn’t aware of any major struggles at home, in ...
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- Eifion Evans
- Sun, Oct 1, 2000
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Historically, there has been a close relationship between preaching and revival. Those revivals that have been the purest and most beneficial have given a preeminent place to the scriptural priority of preaching. In fact, a careful examination of preaching from past revivals reveals that God has been pleased to bless certain kinds of preaching with mighty outpourings of His Spirit.
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