Chapter 4: “Apprehending God”

O taste and see. – Psalm 34:8 It was Canon Holmes, of India, who more than twenty five years ago called attention to the inferential character of the average man’s faith in God. To most people God is an inference, not a reality. He is a deduction from...

Chapter 5: “The Universal Presence”

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? -Psa. 139:7 In all Christian teaching certain basic truths are found, hidden at times, and rather assumed than asserted, but necessary to all truth as the primary colors are found in and...

Chapter 6: “The Speaking Voice”

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. – John 1:1 An intelligent plain man, untaught in the truths of Christianity, coming upon this text, would likely conclude that John meant to teach that it is the nature of God to...

Chapter 7: “The Gaze of the Soul”

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. – Heb. 12:2 Let us think of our intelligent plain man mentioned in cnapter six coming for the first time to the reading of the Scriptures. He approaches the Bible without any previous knowledge of what it...