If the purpose of life is a life of purpose, we will need to have God’s wisdom to know what it is. When we turn the page on Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, we leave the historical books of the Old Testament. We now enter what is labeled the Wisdom and Poetry section of the Bible: […]
CHRIST the INCARNATE MISSIONARY: “In all things He had to be made like His brethren” (Heb 2:17). Our Lord not only became a man, He became a Jew, a Galilean, a Nazarene. How willing am I to enter into the way of life (sin apart) of those I hope to reach? Cam Townsend, founder of […]
“Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments” (Ps 119:73). Here we are reminded of the Purposer and His purpose. In forming us, the Lord made us each distinct from all other creatures. God said to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew […]
“God has spoken once, twice…” (Ps 62:11). Scottish physician W.P. Mackay remembered seeing his mother in agonizing prayer over his salvation. But it did not move him, and he grew increasingly godless. Years later, he treated a badly injured laborer. The man asked that his landlady be called, and to bring him “the Book.” Mackay […]
The elevator boy isn’t the only one to get a tip in this story. Here’s a tip for believers when it comes to how we are to approach our generous-hearted Father. […]
CHRIST THE UNIFIER: “We, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another” (Rom 12:5). The heart of the Lord Jesus for us, expressed in His prayer in John 17, is for the same unity enjoyed among the divine Persons. Thus we are encouraged to be “kind” and “tender-hearted toward one […]
“He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; nor has He hidden His face from Him.… All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. For the kingdom is the Lord’s, and He rules over the nations” […]
The historical elements of the gospel are found in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ “for our sins” and the multitude of witnesses that join the documentary evidence of Scripture (1 Cor 15:3-9). The doctrinal elements of the gospel are found in Acts 20:21, “repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” […]
CHRIST the SOUL-WINNER (Prov 11:30):John Pitezel and his wife served the Lord in n. Michigan from 1844 to 1846 on the edge of Keweenaw Bay. They longed for a breakthrough with the Indians but saw only opposition. Once, while evangelizing a mining crew many miles distant, he knelt praying. He was interrupted by Black Swallow, […]