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Elijah 4
Elijah – Still Learning God’s Ways One of the most moving things to me regarding the life of Elijah is that God continued to deal so tenderly with the prophet – even after he was (presumably) near the end of his life. In the world today we tend to dismiss people either because of their ...
Elijah 3
Running Scared – Despite God’s Oath One would have thought that after the astounding display of God’s power and glory on Mount Carmel, Elijah would be so set in his faith that he would never fear or doubt again. Yes. One would have thought. But after the victory over Baal and the restoration of rain ...
Elijah 2
Elijah – How Come Such Authority? Whatever enabled Elijah to say to King Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word” (1 Kings 17:1). How often do you read about such boldness? However did Elijah ...
Elijah 1
Elijah – SO Human When I began my first series of sermons at Westminster Chapel for some reason I chose Jonah as the book I wanted to work through. When asked, Why Jonah?, I always replied: Because I am Jonah. I identified with Jonah from start to finish – from his being swallowed by a ...
Imitating Christ 4
Silence The passage in Philippians 2:5-8 tells us that when Jesus “emptied” himself, making himself of no reputation, he became man. The Word – which was God – became flesh (John 1:1,14). Jesus became man without ceasing to be God. He was man as though he were not God; he was God as though he ...
Imitating Christ 3
“No reputation” The King James Version translation of Philippians 2:5ff, translated by the NIV as “emptied himself” is: “made himself of no reputation”. Whereas “emptied himself” is possibly the more literal translation of the Greek, there is something about Jesus making himself of “no reputation” that is gripping and challenging. At any rate, it has ...
Imitating Christ 2
To imitate Christ is the loftiest goal anybody can have on this planet. And yet here’s the deal: we all will be like Jesus ultimately. John said we shall be like him when he comes the second time; we shall see him as he is (1 John 3:2). This is called glorification. All who are ...
Imitating Christ 1
In April 1956. I prayed a doubtful prayer. What I mean is, it is doubtful whether I should have prayed it. But I did. I had just heard a very moving sermon by Dr. Hugh C. Benner, general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene (of which I was a member). He preached a sermon ...
Believing God 4
Not all Christians believe as I do – in “once saved, always saved”. I have written a book on it – not to convince people but to assure those who want to believe it but are afraid it’s not true. I can tell you: it’s true. I have not always believed in once saved, always ...
Believing God 3
Hebrews 11 is a description of people who persisted in faith. With one or two exceptions (as Abel, verse 4) Hebrews does not describe saving faith but persistent faith. Saving faith does not guarantee our inheritance; persisting in faith does. Saving faith guarantees Heaven; persistent faith results in seeing God do in your life what ...
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