W. Austin Gardner
The Father's kisses
The rebellious, disrespectful, disillusioned, and demanding Prodigal Son is the focus of one of the most glorious moments in the Gospels....
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 20, 2022
- 1 min
A main source of discouragement
A main source of discouragement is negative self-talk. Doctor and great British preacher D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones says in his book Spiritual...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 19, 2022
- 1 min
Peak to peak
calls this the Peak to Peak Principle. It can be represented visually like this: When you are on top of the proverbial mountain, that is...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
OUR ATTITUDE IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY GOOD JUST BECAUSE WE ARE CHRISTIANS.
It is noteworthy that the seven deadly sins (pride, covetousness, lust, envy, anger, gluttony, and sloth) are all matters of attitude,...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 30, 2022
- 2 min
FEAR KEEPS US AND OTHERS FROM REACHING OUR POTENTIAL
Psychologist Randall B. Hamrock observed, “In twenty years [of practice as a psychologist], I’ve talked with, tested, and given...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
Is the church spiritual Israel
From the beginning, the church has had to contend with those who would shackle it with Jewish ideas about diets and days and all of the...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 9, 2022
- 2 min
Determining God's Will
For the believer there are three factors that, generally speaking, should come into line before deciding on an important change of course...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 4, 2022
- 3 min
forgive us as we forgive others
I suppose that the fifth petition of the Lord’s Prayer, “Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors”—or, as put another...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
Paul had to take orders
Still following the westward road the missionary party walked all across the province of Mysia, still halting nowhere to do missionary...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
Paying the price
There was one drawback about Timothy, so far as Paul was concerned, but one that could easily be remedied if Timothy would submit to the...
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W. Austin Gardner
- May 31, 2022
- 1 min
Division among the brethren
What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? What happens when two good men, two godly men, are equally convinced...
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W. Austin Gardner
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
to the regions beyond
In one of his books Oswald J. Smith pictures in an unusual way the Lord feeding the five thousand in order to drive home a point. The...
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W. Austin Gardner
- May 25, 2022
- 2 min
Closed doors to ministry
It was envy that moved the Jews to hand Jesus over to Pilate. It was envy (“indignation”—zēlos, the same word as “envy” here) that moved...
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W. Austin Gardner
- May 23, 2022
- 1 min
being rude to God
How rude we are to God. We are polite to our friends, to those we wish to cultivate, to those who have power. Common sense and common...
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W. Austin Gardner
- May 21, 2022
- 1 min
sent or went
Then one of the godly old elders of the church there, a white-bearded patriarch by the name of Englehart, said to me, “Son, there are two...
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W. Austin Gardner
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
bandaids on boils in the bush?
We note at once the basic difference between Paul’s pioneer efforts and most of ours. Paul did not set out to put “bandaids on boils in...
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W. Austin Gardner
- May 7, 2022
- 1 min
A Mother’s Love
A mother’s love is something that no one can explain— It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain. It is endless and unselfish...
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W. Austin Gardner
- May 6, 2022
- 1 min
Mothers Are Special People
Mothers are special people In a million different ways, And merit loving compliments And many words of praise, For a mother’s aspiration...
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W. Austin Gardner
- May 5, 2022
- 1 min
Mother Is a Word Called Love
Mother is a word called love, And all the world is mindful of That the love that’s given and shown to others Is different from the love...
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W. Austin Gardner
- May 4, 2022
- 1 min
Mothers Were Once Daughters
Every home should have a daughter, for there’s nothing like a girl To keep the world around her in one continuous whirl. From the moment...
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