Category Archives: Bible

November 29th The absoluteness of Jesus Christ He shall glorify Me. John 16:14. The pietistic movements of to-day have none of the rugged reality of the New Testament about them; there is nothing about them that needs the death of Jesus Christ, all that is required is a pious atmosphere, and prayer and devotion. ThisContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

November 29 “Nevertheless afterward.” (Heb. 12:11.) THERE is a legend that tells of a German baron who, at his castle on the Rhine, stretched wires from tower to tower, that the winds might convert them into an Aeolian harp. And the soft breezes played about the castle, but no music was born.But one night thereContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

29 NOVEMBER (PREACHED CHRISTMAS MORNING 1769) Till Shiloh come ‘The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments inContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

November 28th The bounty of the destitute Being justified freely by His grace … Romans 3:24. The Gospel of the grace of God awakens an intense longing in human souls and an equally intense resentment, because the revelation which it brings is not palatable. There is a certain pride in man that will give andContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

November 28 “Thou makest the outgoing of the morning and evening to rejoice.” (Psa. 65:8.) GET up early and go to the mountain and watch God make a morning. The dull gray will give way as God Pushes the sun towards the horizon, and there will be tints and hues of every shade, that willContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”