Category: D.G. Barnhouse
Christmas Contrasts
Christ was born on earth, that we might be born again into the kingdom of heaven. He was laid in…
Baptized into His Death
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Rom…
Because we are Christians
We are not Christians because we lead a Christian life, but we lead a Christian life because we are Christians….
Abba
The fact that we can call ourselves sons of God is a miracle of God’s great love to us. Love…
God Uses Little Things
All through scripture, we find God manifested Himself in such simple ways. God did not dwell in a temple like…
Faith: Feeding Upon Christ, the Bread of Life
Faith feeds upon the Word about Christ, growing and growing as we have more of that Word. It should go…
Christ: The Ocean View Beyond the Window
Some time ago, we went to Atlantic City to preach in one of the churches there for several days. It…
God is Love
A woman came to my office years ago. Like the woman in the Bible, she had spent much on many…
Fallen into Grace, Fallen from Grace
“What then! shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?” Rom 6:1 IN our consideration of the three texts…
The Joy of the Lord
D.G. Barnhouse
“Left-Foot, Hay-Foot, Straw-Foot”
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an…
An (Active) Life of Hope
When God planted eternal life within us, it was nothing less than the life of eternity that is to be…
Judge Springwater, Joe Tapwater, and Bill Ditchwater
Christ shows that the idea of human goodness is preposterous. The Scriptures everywhere points out the fact that sin infected…
Pin Oak Tree and the Christian Life
“There are some people who stay over in the old circle of their former life and attempt to abandon things…
Getting Christ Rather Than Giving Up
If you’re a man, do you play with toy cars? Probably not. You did as a boy — but there…
John Bunyan’s Text: “Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out.”
In 1649 King Charles I was executed, and Oliver Cromwell ruled England for eleven years. The Restoration came in 1660…
The Conversion of Hugh Latimer
Latimer, a vehement and brilliant defender of the Catholic Church, was out to stop the spread of the Reformation in…
God and God: His Covenant With Himself
We will never understand the death of Jesus Christ if we do not understand that it was the fulfillment of…
Without Excuse: “I cannot see an atom, therefore I cannot believe in it.”
Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. …
Happy, Though Poor: True Joy
True joy cannot belong to the unsaved man. He may know a temporary calmness. But it is as the delight…