Cesar Malan was not brought up an evangelical, far from it. His father, J. I. Malan, though of Huguenot background, was a son of the 18th century, with whom the Encyclopaedie of Diderot supplanted the Bible, and who in his “good sense” smiled at “enthusiasm.” The brilliant son, Cesar, thought he would be a Genevan ... Read More
In December 1934, on a lonely hill in China, John and Betty Stam, young American missionaries, still only in their late twenties, were led out to die at the hands of Red Soldiers. The reaction to such a tragedy throughout the world was at first one of benumbed shock. Then came the question into the ... Read More
“Poor Ann, she can never learn anything! ”exclaimed the schoolteacher in a despairing way. The small girl had been in the class just one week, but found the ABC’s so difficult to master that the conclusion was reached that effort on such a dull child was utterly wasted. So she was summarily dismissed, to return ... Read More
“Sweep a circle of three feet around the cross of Jesus, and you take in all that there was of Alfred Cookman,” wrote DeWitt Talmage after the death of this good man. It had not always been so with this talented but devoted minister. When only twenty years of age, Alfred Cookman had suffered serious ... Read More
New YearÂ’s Day, 1907, was a fitting day for the entrance of Brigadier Albin Peyron of the Salvation Army, into the life beyond, for few have more singularly experienced newness of life here in time. For many years he had been a Christian of the conventional sort. Then Christ brought him to a bitter experience ... Read More
Dr. A. Kuyper, theologian, journalist, statesman, Prime Minister of Holland, was a child of the manse. In Scholten’s classroom in the University of Leyden, “the inherited faith lost its root in my heart; it shriveled under the withering heat of unbelief. Of the old treasures, I retained nothing.” Nevertheless he went into the ministry of ... Read More
The Book of Revelation is a book of redemption, not a book of calamity. The Lord Jesus Christ has shed His blood to redeem this earth and He is called The Lamb during the entire seven years of The Great Tribulation. He is never seen during this entire redemptive process as vicious and vindictive but ... Read More
Never has the church been so full of dark doctrines invading every realm. A shaking is occurring that defies our level of well educated ministers that have all opportunity of knowing the truth. Vile translations have filled Christian bookstores and church colleges. Our generation of ministers are intimidated by the religious elite that hate the ... Read More
One of the most exciting results of truly being born again or saved into the family of Jesus Christ is self-esteem or self-worth. Sin causes a subtle form of insanity. To be separated from God — as is true with all sinners or unsaved persons — is to be virtually cut off from the inward ... Read More
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