Mr. Eternity Arthur Stace was brought up in Sydney, Australia in a home in which his father was a drunkard and his mother ran a brothel. Early in life he began to drink himself and alcohol got such a grip on his life that he was soon reduced to drinking mentholated spirits and [...]
How to Endure the World’s Ridicule “O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.” Psalm 119:97-98 Some of you young Christians have to live from day to day among those who [...]
Bright and early on February 26, 2016, thirty-one of our young people drove north for 2.5 hours to Huntsville, ON for a Youth Retreat weekend. Rev. Armen Thomassian, minister from Calgary FPC, was the guest speaker. With plenty of snow, we enjoyed many fun outdoor games as well as sports activities in the gymnasium. But [...]
Self Denial in the Christian Life “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me.” Galatians 2:20 The life of Christ and the life of self cannot coexist in the same heart. If the one lives, the other dies. The sentence of death is written upon a [...]
The Exercise of Three Powers “But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.” Luke 2:19 There was an exercise, on the part of this blessed woman, of three powers of her being: her memory--she kept all these things; her affections--she kept them in her heart; her intellect--she pondered [...]
Reading: And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room…these all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. Acts 1:13-14 Background The setting is Jerusalem and it was in an upper room [...]
Fear of Witnessing “And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.” (Acts 4:18) Every Christian knows that he or she should witness for Christ, but most are very reluctant to speak in His name very often. The most obvious reason for this [...]
Bible Reference: Daniel 3 Sometimes, God brings Bible truths to our attention in unexpected ways and in unexpected places. If we are truly desiring to "know Him", as Paul did, He will be teaching us when we least expect it and even when we don't have our Bibles open in front of us. [...]
The Holy Spirit But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:10 There is no darkness, which God's own Spirit cannot scatter, no difficulty, which He cannot remove, no portion of the word which He [...]
'Thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. Psalm 18:28 Darkness is not a pleasant condition. Children fear it; man cannot function well in its presence; therefore, from the beginning of time, man has done what he could to eradicate it. We live in an age when complete darkness is [...]
Teaching Children By Example Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 Instruction, and advice, and commands will profit little, unless they are backed up by the pattern of your own life. Your children will never believe you are in [...]
The Lord Is Thy Keeper “The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. . . . The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.” Psalm 121:5, 8 One of the most precious doctrines in all of Scripture is [...]
