Moments For You

"Tracts everywhere!" said a young man with a sneer as a Christian handed him a gospel tract one afternoon. "No," said the tract distributor quietly, "there will be none in hell," and passed on. God fastened that single sentence in that young man's mind and he could not get rid... Read more →

"Then I said, I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more in His name. But His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones" (Jeremiah 20:9). It seems that many people do not see the tremendous possibilities of reaching souls through... Read more →

One person can completely change the character of a country and the eternal destiny of its people by dropping a single seed in the fertile ground of a soul prepared by the Lord. Eternity alone will reveal the results of your efforts. "And let us not be weary in well... Read more →

"In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good" (Ecclesiastes 11:6). The circulation of tracts as a means of preaching the Gospel is actually older than... Read more →

"I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase" (1 Corinthians 3:6). While waiting to see a patient, John Scudder, a successful surgeon living in New York, picked up and read a tract on missions. Spurred by what he read, he and his wife became medical missionaries—first to Sri... Read more →

"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." (1 Corinthians 15:58). A Christian man was passing out Gospel tracts. Among those who received one was a gentleman who... Read more →

“God so loved the world.” So says the text, but can we still believe it? The Discoveries of Science There are those who find God’s love for the world incompatible with scientific discovery. They say it is impossible to believe John 3:16 in view of the seeming insignificance of our... Read more →

John 3:16 has been called an ocean of thought in a drop of language. I personally owe everything to it, for it was through this verse that my eyes were opened to the love of God and my heart was opened to welcome the Lord Jesus. Eternity alone will tell... Read more →

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). I suppose that I had read this verse tens of thousands of times, and yet, a little while ago, I sought of the... Read more →

“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:14,15). The Two “Musts” This is the second “must” in the third chapter of this Gospel. If man... Read more →

One of the earliest stories I ever heard about D. L. Moody, that great evangelist of the nineteenth century, took place when he was temporarily called away to another city and left a young English preacher named Henry Moorhouse to speak during his absence. Upon returning from his trip, he... Read more →

Since the beginning of time, men have tried to understand and explain the magnitude of the love of God, but even their efforts seem to fall short. That is the problem with trying to express the inexpressible. Paul, who was one of the greatest exponents of the Christian faith, wrote:... Read more →

A man came to my home recently seeking for peace. He was a deacon who had held several church offices, and was well regarded as a fine Christian man in his community. But on this day he had driven over two hundred miles because he heard me give a message... Read more →

“He spake many things unto them in parables” (Matthew 13:3). What is a Parable? Christ’s words were always picturesque. He spoke of camels creeping through the hole in a needle (Matthew 19:24), of people trying to remove specks from another’s eye when a plank was in their own (Matthew 7:5).... Read more →

“There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” (Luke 15:10; read verses 1-32 if possible). The business of a parable is to teach us one great positive truth. If ever that should be clear, it is in this particular case. This parable... Read more →