By Alexander Maclaren (1826 – 1910) When we are saved by faith, we mean, accurately, through faith. It is God who saves. It is Christ’s life, Christ’s blood, Christ’s sacrifice, Christ’s intercession that saves. Faith is simply the channel through which there flows into my emptiness the divine fullness, or to use the good old […]
The Lord’s Comfort And Strength For Life And Ministry
By Rich Carmicheal The hour we are living in is a very difficult hour for many people. This is not surprising since we are living in the final season before the Return of Christ. The devil knows his time is short, and so the spiritual battle for the hearts, minds and souls of mankind is […]
The All-Sufficiency Of Christ
By F. B. Meyer When the disciple whom Jesus loved fell at His feet as one dead; when the church at Smyrna needed encouragement to remain faithful unto death; when spirits athirst for God cry out for the living water; when the way has to be opened through the gates of the city to the […]
Soul Winners And Their Prayers
By Samuel L. Brengle (1860 – 1936) “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much” (Jas. 5:16). All great soul winners have been men of much and mighty prayer, and all great revivals have been preceded and carried out by persevering, prevailing knee-work in the closet. Before Jesus began His ministry, when great […]
Report Of God’s Work In China, Iran And India
[Editor’s Note: One of the highlights of this year’s Heart-Cry for Revival Conference was the following interview that Sammy Tippit, an international revivalist/evangelist, held with ministry leaders from China, Iran and India.] Sammy Tippit: I’m so excited about the panel we have today because God is doing some incredible things around the world and in […]
Praying For Your Neighbors
By Kim Butts Prayer is the most powerful form of evangelism, and everyone can do it! It is my personal belief that no one comes to Christ apart from prayer. Many of us had parents, grandparents or friends who prayed that we would know Jesus personally. Some of us may not know who prayed for […]
More Workers For His Harvest
By Rich Carmicheal “And seeing the multitudes, [Jesus] felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest’” (Matt. 9:36-38). The […]
Jonathan And Rosalind Goforth In China (Part 1)
By Rosalind Goforth In this article a pioneer missionary wife and mother tells of the faithfulness of God to hear and to answer prayer during the very difficult days at the end of the 19th century when China was being opened to the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. In October 1887, my husband, Jonathan […]
John G. Paton: Pioneering In The New Hebrides (Part 5)
Taken from Pioneering in the New Hebrides, autobiography of John G. Paton (1824-1907), edited by his brother James Paton. Copyrighted and printed 1898 by Fleming H. Revell Company. Outwitting the Enemy by Flight For some time, John Paton endured life-threatening dangers at the hands of natives strongly opposed to his Gospel work on Tanna Island […]
John G. Paton: Pioneering In The New Hebrides (Part 4)
Taken from Pioneering in the New Hebrides, autobiography of John G. Paton (1824-1907), edited by his brother James Paton. Copyrighted and printed 1898 by Fleming H. Revell Company. In Perils Often “Dangers again darkened round me,” wrote John G. Paton as he continued in his missionary efforts among the natives of the island of Tanna […]