Believing Before Seeing

Believing Before Seeing The land which I do give them, even the children of Israel – Josh 1:2 God here speaks in the immediate present. It i...

Faith Becomes Sight

Faith Becomes Sight Have faith that whatever you ask for in prayer is already granted you, and you will find that it will be – Mark 11:24 ...

Active Faith

Active Faith If thou canst believe, all things are possible. to him that believeth – Mark 9:23 Seldom have we heard a better definition of f...

Pruned to Yield Fruit

Pruned to Yield Fruit And every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit – John 15:2 A child of God was d...

The Blessing of the Lion

The Blessing of the Lion And there came a lion – 1 Sam 17:34 It is a source of inspiration and strength to come in touch with the youthful D...

Hidden Workers

Hidden Workers John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true – John 10:41 You may be very discontented with your...

More Than Sufficient

More Than Sufficient My grace is sufficient for thee – 2 Cor 12:9 The other evening I was riding home after a heavy day’s work. I felt ver...

The Three Nuts in the Calabash of Knowledge

O sons of Africa Daughters of my mother land You whose blood are still hot Whose bones are strong Hear the wisdom of old Written...

I Will Never Fall in Love Again

I Never Fall in Love Again I am that flower of innocence That blossoms in the dawn of silent mornings I am the beautiful rose Wi...

The Bridge is Out

A preacher was driving home one night with his wife and two daughters in the car. It was raining and dark and because of the intensity of th...

What is Maturity

*WHAT IS MATURITY?* I used to think that maturity was about age and physical development, how wrong I was. I have since found out that age ...

Are There Two Jesus

Are there two Jesus?    David your food is getting cold, Sarah called as her six years old son seemed to be glued to his Bible. She walked ...

Godliness or Death

Theodora, a beautiful young lady of Antioch, on refusing to sacrifice to the Roman idols, was condemned to the stews, that her virtue might ...

Saints will Rather Die

Gallus, the emperor, having concluded his wars, a plague broke out in the empire: sacrifices to the pagan deities were ordered by the empero...

Bishop of Gortyna

Cyril, bishop of Gortyna, was seized by order of Lucius, the governor of that place, who, nevertheless, exhorted him to obey the imperial ma...

A Remarkable Persecution

Agatha, a Sicilian lady, was not more remarkable for her personal and acquired endowments, than her piety; her beauty was such, that Quintia...

Tortures of the Saints

Trypho and Respicius, two eminent men, were seized as Christians, and imprisoned at Nice. Their feet were pierced with nails; they were drag...

Great Origen

Origen, the celebrated presbyter and catechist of Alexandria, at the age of sixty-four, was seized, thrown into a loathsome prison, laden wi...

Butchered Babylas

Babylas, a Christian of a liberal education, became bishop of Antioch, A.D. 237, on the demise of Zebinus. He acted with inimitable zeal, an...

Distinct Denisa

Denisa, a young woman of only sixteen years of age, who beheld this terrible judgment, suddenly exclaimed, "O unhappy wretch, why would...

Saved and Martyred

Lucian and Marcian, two wicked pagans, though skilful magicians, becoming converts to Christianity, to make amends for their former errors, ...

Pious Nichomachus

Nichomachus, being brought before the proconsul as a Christian, was ordered to sacrifice to the pagan idols. Nichomachus replied, "I ca...

Soldiers Buried in a Hole

In the year of our Lord 251, the emperor Decius having erected a pagan temple at Ephesus, he commanded all who were in that city to sacrific...

Optimus the Tyrant

Julian , a native of Cilicia, as we are informed by St. Chrysostom, was seized upon for being a Christian. He was put into a leather bag, to...

Danger of Decius

This was occasioned partly by the hatred he bore to his predecessor Philip, who was deemed a Christian and was partly by his jealousy concer...

Merciless Maximinus

A.D. 235, was in the time of Maximinus. In Cappadocia, the president, Seremianus, did all he could to exterminate the Christians from that p...

I Almost Sold Jesus for 50 naira

Sometime ago, a preacher from a distant town was transferred to our local Church. Some weeks after his arrival, he had an appointment that ...

Do You Understand?

“Understandest thou what thou readest?” Acts 8:30 We should be abler teachers of others, and less liable to be carried about by every wind ...

He Hath Saith

“He hath said.” Hebrews 13:5 If we can only grasp these words by faith, we have an all-conquering weapon in our hand. What doubt will not be...

Stretching Across Boarders

The persecutions now extending to Africa, many were martyred in that quarter of the globe; the most particular of whom we shall mention. Pe...

Basilides

Basilides being, as an officer, required to take a certain oath, refused, saying, that he could not swear by the Roman idols, as he was a Ch...

Evils of Severus

Severus , having been recovered from a severe fit of sickness by a Christian, became a great favorer of the Christians in general; but the p...

Christian Catacombs

When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, i...

The Potent God

Some of the restless northern nations having risen in arms against Rome, the emperor marched to encounter them. He was, however, drawn into ...

How Justin Died

Justin, the celebrated philosopher, fell a martyr in this persecution. He was a native of Neapolis, in Samaria, and was born A.D. 103. Justi...

Cruelty of Martyrdom

Metrodorus, a minister, who preached boldly, and Pionius, who made some excellent apologies for the Christian faith, were likewise burnt. Ca...

Polycarp Burnt at the Stake

Polycarp, the venerable bishop of Smyrna, hearing that persons were seeking for him, escaped, but was discovered by a child. After feasting ...

Germanicus

Germanicus , a young man, but a true Christian, being delivered to the wild beasts on account of his faith, behaved with such astonishing co...

Great Evils of Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius, followed about the year of our Lord 161, a man of nature more stern and severe; and, although in study of philosophy and i...

Killing this boredom

Starting a slow boring day again... I begin to write this.... This isn't the time to sit on idle chairs counting the tragedies of yester...

Wisdom for Free

*TAKE THIS WISDOM‼* *‼FOR FREE..............* Anything that annoys you is teaching you patience and calmness. *☘Anyone that abandons you is ...

Wisdom for Free

*TAKE THIS WISDOM‼* *‼FOR FREE..............* Anything that annoys you is teaching you patience and calmness. *☘Anyone that abandons ...

Wait in Patience

Wait With Patience Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him – Ps 37:7 Have you prayed and prayed and waited and waited, and st...

Your People First

“He first findeth his own brother Simon.” John 1:41 This case is an excellent pattern of all cases where spiritual life is vigorous. As soon...

Nothing is Impossible

Nothing shall be impossible unto you – Matt 17:20 It is possible, for those who really are willing to reckon on the power of the Lord for ke...

Great Ignatius and Other Early Saints before the Cruel Lords

In the third persecution Pliny the Second, a man learned and famous, seeing the lamentable slaughter of Christians, and moved therewith to p...

Wickedness of Domitian Against the Church

The emperor Domitian, who was naturally inclined to cruelty, first slew his brother, and then raised the second persecution against the Chri...

Tyranny of Emperor Nero

The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome. This monarch reigned for the space of ...