"A Conversation"
A. My friend, why don’t you throw away that coat?
B. Throw it away! Why should I? It fits me, and is as good as new.
Ellet J. Waggoner
"The Sufferings of Christ"
The afflictions may be called ours, but it is He that bears them. He lives in us, and our only life is His life. (Gal. 2:20). Therefore it is He that feels the sorrows and the pain. We are the members of His body. (1 Cor. 12:27).
"The 'Up-to-Date' Pulpit"
A well-known clergyman has drawn up in one of the Reviews a statement of the attitude, which the new pulpit must assume in order to minister to clever people of this advanced age.
"Walking and Working"
The problem of living the Christian life is not one of working, but of walking.
"Working It Out"
It is not in harmony with human nature to acknowledge itself utterly helpless; therefore the religion of human nature is justification by works.
"Heart Condemnation"
“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved” (John 3:17). Therefore God is not condemning even the wicked world, but is seeking to save them. --Ellet J. Waggoner
Let It Be
The power by which the commands and exhortations of the Holy Spirit are to be fulfilled in us is the power by which the heavens and the earth were made.
Getting Rid of Self
It is quite generally recognized that “self” is the great thing that stands in the way of Christian progress, and that it must be denied and put away.
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"Christ and the Thief on the Cross"
THERE are several important points in connection with the passage concerning the thief on the cross, Luke 23:39-43, that are not usually taken into account. It is too often explained to harmonize with certain fixed notions of the teacher, and not with the general tenor of the Scriptures. A few of those points will be noticed, in hope that some may be led to a right understanding of this text.
"The Just Shall Live by His Faith"
The obedience springs from his faith, and therefore there is no chance for him to be lifted up, since the act of obedience is not his personal action, but is the action of his faith, and credited to him as his own.