Church as Equalizer

The church, God's church, is big enough, and small enough, to exalt the humble and humble the exalted.

Heaven Helps the Humble

Christ sends none away empty but those who are full of themselves.

Headed for a Fall

When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It may be years before it comes to light, ...

No Good without God

Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God. Not only is it sin, it is a perverse ...

The Smallness of the Self

The smallest package I ever saw was a man wrapped up wholly in himself.

Spiritual Boasting

Spiritual things are not to be boasted of. One can boast of worldly riches, and the paper money will not fly away unspent nor will the amount magically ...

Earnestness: Proof of Holiness?

One trouble with earnestness is that those who are possessed by it so often take it as proof certain that they are on God's side.

Humor: Paying Off God

Our 7-year-old daughter had just won $2.00 for her memory work in Sunday school. After the morning service, the pastor's wife congratulated her.

Our ...

Wise People Learn from Others

Where there is pride, all want to lead and none want to follow or to agree. Hence is the cause of schisms, apostasies, arrogant usurpation, and other ...

Learning the Hard Way

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; ...