Category: Writings by W. Ross Rainey

  • How to Pray, by W Ross Rainey

    In his instructive little book, Method in Prayer, W. GrahamScroggie has aptly said: “One of the greatest mistakes that a Christian can make, is to imagine that increased social or spiritual activity can be any compensation for the lack of secret communion with God. A prayerful life is always a powerful…

  • How To Lead Souls To Christ, by W Ross Rainey

    Soul-winning should have a prominent place in the life and service of every true Christian, yet how few today have the outlook and passion which possessed William Carey, the great missionary to India. When just a young man he was asked the question, “What is your business?” To which he…

  • How To Deal With Temptation, by W Ross Rainey

    It was Martin Luther who aptly I said: “You can’t help the birds flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair!” Luther’s classic remark reveals two pertinent facts about temptation: (1) temptation comes to everyone (Luke 17:1); and (2) such temptation can be…

  • Headship, Headcoverings and Hair, by W Ross Rainey

    This article by the editor has not been written to stir up controversy over what has become an increasingly touchy issue among the Lord’s people. Rather, it is intended to edify and to remind His people what God’s Word teaches on a subject which unfortunately has become “old hat” (pardon…

  • God’s Guide For Christian Giving, by W Ross Rainey

    2 Corinthians 9 There are two lines inJohn Bunyan’s immortal allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress, which you may readily recall: A man there was, though some did count him mad,The more he cast away, the more he had. We are naturally so self-centered that even as professing Christians we can be deluded into…

  • God’s Will Concerning You, by W Ross Rainey

    A missionary summed up his desire for the future in one statement: “to be in the center of God’s will.” There is no higher ambition in the Christian life than to daily “prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2) and, having proved the…

  • Frederick Albert Tatford (1901-1986), by W Ross Rainey

    While ministering in Toronto in mid-June, the Editor learned of the Home Call of Dr. Frederick A. Tatford. Only once in the 1960s in St. Louis, Missouri, was it my joy and privilege to meet and hear personally this distinguished brother and servant of Christ. Over the years we occasionally…

  • Epaphras, by W Ross Rainey

    A Man Of Prayer(Colossians 1:7-8; 4:12-13; Philemon 23) Real men of prayer are not often found, especially in this busy, fast-moving, “jetomic” age, which age an anonymous wit has summed up as follows: “Hurry, worry, and bury.” Yet, in every period of man’s hectic history, God has always had those who have…

  • Enoch, by W Ross Rainey

    Scripture Reading: Genesis 5:21-24, Luke 3:37, Hebrews 11:5-6, Jude 14-15 The Holy Spirit’s biography of Enoch is brief but blessed. Of only two men in all the Bible is it written, “he walked with God” (Genesis 5:22, 24). Do you know who the other man was, in addition to Enoch? The…

  • Deciding the Doubtful, by W Ross Rainey

    “Is it right for me as a Christian to do this, or go there?” is a question often asked, especially by young people, who at times are puzzled by the righteous or unrighteous character of some proposed course of action. The question, “Is it right for me to rob a…

  • Christ’s Most Public Miracle, by W Ross Rainey

    (John 6:1-14) This miracle has been generally called, “The Feeding of the Five Thousand,” but this was the number of men only (Mark 6:44). In view of this fact, it has been more effectively entitled, “The Feeding of the Fifteen Thousand.” If we allow a wife and child for each…

  • Christians and Courts, by W Ross Rainey

    Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 As the Apostle Paul continued to deal with the disorders of the Corinthian assembly, the subject of judgment is carried through into chapter 6, thus linking chapters 5 and 6. Here, in 6:1, the question of lawsuits is introduced, and then, in 6:2-11, it is dealt…

  • Christian Victory, by W Ross Rainey

    Traveling in both Canada and the United States I have discovered that on the material level there is a great variety of standards of living, and the variety that can be seen materially is also visible spiritually. Midst the rampant materialism of this present age, what is your spiritual standard…

  • Christ Walking on the Water, by W Ross Rainey

    (John 6:15-21) In the preceding miracle of the loaves and fishes (John 6:1-14), the Lord Jesus Christ is seen as the Source of Life, whereas in this fifth “sign” of John’s Gospel He is revealed as the Sustainer of Life. While the multitude recognized Christ as “that Prophet” (6:14; see…

  • Builders Beware, by W Ross Rainey

    Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10-23 Midst today’s sphere of Christian profession it seems especially easy for many believers to be impressed to the point of being “swept away” by men’s personalities, rather than by or with their spiritual work. As a result, large numbers of believers are often “taken in” by someone who will…

  • Book Corner, by W Ross Rainey

    The Early Earth. By John C. Whitcomb, Jr. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, Sixth Printing, December 1974. 144 pages, Paperback.  Similar in format to the author’s treatise, The World That Perished, here is a book that provides the reader with helpful scientific information and much food for thought. While the author does not…

  • Are You Ambitious?, by W Ross Rainey

    The concept of ambition, or being I ambitious, is found three times in the New Testament (1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 5:9; Romans 15:20), and it comes from a Greek word meaning “to love or seek after honour, hence, to be ambitious” (G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, p. 471). Some…

  • An Upper Room Scene, by W Ross Rainey

    This interesting study of Paula ministrations in an upper room by our Associate Editor will be appreciated. It is so suggestive of many other matters of spiritual worth. There are at least four upper room scenes in the New Testament (cf. Luke 22:14-39 with Matthew 26:7-30; Mark 14:17-26; John 13:Iff.; see also Acts 1:13; 9:36-42), including Acts…

  • August Van Ryn (1890-1982), The end of “FOOD FOR THE FLOCK INC.” And W Ross Rainey Moves on through an Open Door

    I combined these three short articles together. As time goes on, things change. August Van Ryn(1890-1982) W. Ross Rainey Mr. August Van Ryn was born on May 15, 1890, in Haarlem, Netherlands. He arrived in the United States at age 17 and was born again into the family of God…

  • Abraham, The Intercessor, by W Ross Rainey

    Our Associate-Editor, W. Ross Rainey, has favoured us with another interesting article, an article to challenge all of us, to alert us. How often we have failed to recognize the presence of the Lord! Few attain the intimacy Abraham had with the Lord. Scripture Reading: Genesis 18:16-33 Three times over in…