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“The branch cannot bear fruit of itself.” –John 15:4 How did you begin to bear fruit? It was when you came to Jesus and cast yourselves on his great atonement, and rested on his finished righteousness. Ah! what fruit you had then! Do you remember those early days? Then indeed the vine flourished, the tender grape appeared, the pomegranates budded forth, and the beds of spices gave forth their smell. Have you declined since then? If you have, we charge […]

Today, we’re talking with Sue Schlesman, a Christian author, speaker, blogger, teacher, and pastor’s wife. Sue has a passion for missions, social justice, traveling, writing, reading, and the local church. In today’s episode, we’re discussing her new, award-winning book, Soulspeak: Praying Change into Unexpected Places, and discuss Sue’s faith story, the importance of prayer, understanding spiritual warfare, and much more. You can read more about Sue and order Soulspeak at sueschlesman.com.

“Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty.” -Isaiah 33:17 The more you know about Christ the less will you be satisfied with superficial views of him; and the more deeply you study his transactions in the eternal covenant, his engagements on your behalf as the eternal Surety, and the fulness of his grace which shines in all his offices, the more truly will you see the King in his beauty. Be much in such outlooks. Long more and […]

In this personal and moving episode of The Walk, Rev. Anthony Thompson talks to John I. Snyder about the tragic loss of his wife in the Charleston church shooting and the power of forgiveness. While the murder of his wife devastated Anthony Thompson, he and three other relatives of victims chose to privately and publicly forgive the shooter. Years later, the church and community still struggle to understand the family members’ deliberate choice to forgive the racist murderer. But as […]

Have you ever found yourself clinging to a tree during a tornado? You probably haven’t, but it happened to David Young. Dr. David Young is the author of King Jesus and the Beauty of Obedience-Based Discipleship. He is currently the senior pastor of the North Boulevard Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He holds several advanced degrees in theology, including a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from Vanderbilt University. In this episode, he discusses his inspiring faith story with Dr. John I. […]

“He shall gather the lambs with his arm.”-Isaiah 40:11 Our good Shepherd has in his flock a variety of experiences, some are strong in the Lord, and others are weak in faith, but he is impartial in his care for all his sheep, and the weakest lamb is as dear to him as the most advanced of the flock. Lambs are wont to lag behind, prone to wander, and apt to grow weary, but from all the danger of these […]

“I will meditate in thy precepts.”-Psalm 119:15 There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on his Word spiritual strength for labour in his service. We ought to muse upon the […]

“And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.”-Jeremiah 15:21 Note the glorious personality of the promise. I will, I will. The Lord Jehovah himself interposes to deliver and redeem his people. He pledges himself personally to rescue them. His own arm shall do it, that he may have the glory. Here is not a word said of any effort of our own which may […]

“Able to keep you from falling.”-Jude 1:24 In some sense the path to heaven is very safe, but in other respects there is no road so dangerous. It is beset with difficulties. One false step (and how easy it is to take that if grace be absent), and down we go. What a slippery path is that which some of us have to tread! How many times have we to exclaim with the Psalmist, “My feet were almost gone, my […]

“At evening time it shall be light.”-Zechariah 14:7 Oftentimes we look forward with forebodings to the time of old age, forgetful that at eventide it shall be light. To many saints, old age is the choicest season in their lives. A balmier air fans the mariner’s cheek as he nears the shore of immortality, fewer waves ruffle his sea, quiet reigns, deep, still and solemn. From the altar of age the flashes of the fire of youth are gone, but […]