Articles
CHRISTMAS IN MIKADO
by Lloyd L. Streeter Christmas around Mikado produced some memorable experiences. The Mikado Goodfellows Club always had a Christmas party at the town hall, and the place was always packed with people. The town hall was a large round-top structure that looked like a...
SALVATION IS BY GOD’S GRACE
Salvation is a free gift. It cannot be received in any other way. It is the favor of God upon sinners, and all sinners are undeserving. Indeed, all sinners deserve hell. God steps into man’s world and provides redemption through the sacrifice of His own Son. ...
GOD’S WISDOM IN HIS PLAN OF SALVATION
By Lloyd Streeter Grudem correctly and insightfully states that “what we now think of as the ‘simple’ gospel message, understandable even to the very young, reflects an amazing plan of God, which in its depths of wisdom surpasses anything man could ever have...
REMEMBERING ROSE
By Lloyd Streeter Valentine's Day reminds me of Rose White. It reminds me of this great Christian Lady not only because she was born on this day in 1915, but also because she was a person who really knew how to love people. I always thought that it was appropriate...
A SIDELIGHT
By Lloyd L. Streeter Here is an interesting sidelight to the story of Longfellow's I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. Most people have heard about how the song came to be written, about how depressed Henry Longfellow was when he wrote it. His wife had died after...
HIGH TIME
By Lloyd L. Streeter “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” Romans 13:11 We are dealing, in the last paragraph of Romans 13, with an intensely practical portion of...
GOD CAN ANSWER ANY PRAYER
Lloyd L. Streeter The promise of Jesus about prayer is found in Matthew 21:21-22: “Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this...
GOD REQUIRES US TO BE HOLY
Lloyd L. Streeter Leviticus 11:45 says, “[Y]e shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.” Leviticus 19:2 says practically the same thing, and I Peter 1:16 quotes those Old Testament words. God puts a responsibility on us to be holy. We are required to imitate God. ...
GOD’S PROMISES ARE SURE!
By Lloyd L. Streeter “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (II Peter 1:4) There are thousands of God’s promises to...
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE DOWNCAST FROM PSALM 42
By Lloyd L. Streeter There is much that is said about the common experience of people in Psalm 42; and there is much that is manifest about God in Psalm 42. All men have times of depression, sorrow, and fear, but we have a gracious God who loves us and gives us hope....