Why Despair? (Help for depression) [1]

Mark Minnick The first of three parts • Part Two • Part Three “Oh,” but you ask, “why not despair? Surely, if anyone has a right to it, I do. Who would not if he were me?” Well, there are many who have known your pain. “I am the subject of depressions of spirit so…

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First Partaker: The Secret of Power (4)

Mark Minnick Part One here, Part Two here, Part Three here. This article is an edited version of Alexander MacLaren’s sermon, “The Secret of Power.” The sermon made a remarkable impression on the men who first heard it. We offer it as an encouragement to Christians beginning a new year of ministry for the Lord.…

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First Partaker: The Secret of Power (3)

Mark Minnick Part One here, Part Two here. This article is an edited version of Alexander MacLaren’s sermon, “The Secret of Power.” The sermon made a remarkable impression on the men who first heard it. We offer it as an encouragement to Christians beginning a new year of ministry for the Lord. ~~~ This message…

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First Partaker: The Secret of Power (2)

Mark Minnick Part One is available here. This article is an edited version of Alexander MacLaren’s sermon, “The Secret of Power.” The sermon made a remarkable impression on the men who first heard it. We offer it as an encouragement to Christians beginning a new year of ministry for the Lord. ~~~ This message to…

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First Partaker: The Secret of Power (1)

Mark Minnick Lying here beside me is a small volume entitled The Crisis of Missions by A. T. Pierson. My copy was personally autographed by Pierson and presented to Dr. Alexander Maclaren during the World Missionary Conference held in London in May of 1888. I enjoy having it in my hands and thinking of these…

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The Christian in Complete Armor

by Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine •  May/June 2010. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. One of the saddest facts about today’s Christians is that they are unacquainted with so many older but valuable writers. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. You could almost…

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Kindling to Stoke a Burning Heart (Life of Christ–3)

by Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine • January/February 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. This is the third of three parts. We repeat the introduction for continuity. [Part One] [Part Two]   Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? Over a quarter…

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Kindling to Stoke a Burning Heart (Life of Christ–2)

by Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine • January/February 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. This is the second of three parts. We repeat the introduction for continuity. [Part One] [Part Three]   Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? Over a quarter…

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Kindling to Stoke a Burning Heart (Life of Christ–1)

by Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine • January/February 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. This is the first of three parts. [Part Two] [Part Three]   Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? Over a quarter of a century ago, Wilbur Smith,…

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