“Do not be afraid of [idols], for they cannot do evil, nor can they do any good” (Jer 10:5). 1494. Beethoven said, “Music is the divine messenger between heaven and the human.” We may not think of the Psalms as a book of sermons, or divine arguments, but God’s music changes the course of history because it changes […]
CHRIST the FORGIVING ONE: “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you” (Mt 9:2). What is the payment made so that God can forgive us? “In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins” (Col 1:14). To whom should this forgiveness be preached? “…Repentance and remission [forgiveness] of sins should […]
“In the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot), before Haman to determine the day and the month…” (Est 3:7). That’s not a prayer, you say! And you’re right, of course. No prayer is recorded in this whole book. In fact, God’s name isn’t even there (except perhaps in coded […]
If Christianity is so great, why are there so few Christians? Don’t underestimate how many the Lord will save. When Jesus said, “narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Mt 7:13-14), He was speaking about that generation of Jews, most of whom […]
Just because you can’t get hills and rivers to respond when you speak, it doesn’t mean the Creator can’t! Psalm 114 is such a happy little psalm, you can hardly keep from smiling. It really reads like a children’s book. Almost everything is personified. Starting with verse 3, it all seems obvious. But don’t miss […]
CHRIST the MOTIVATOR: “For the love of Christ compels us” (2 Cor 5:14). Dr Helen Roseveare, medical missionary to the Congo, met the Lord personally at the age of 20 during a student retreat. She gave her testimony on the final evening, and Bible teacher Graham Scroggie wrote Philippians 3:10 in her Bible, and told […]
“There is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” (1 Tim 2:5). Long before, Job wrote, “For He is not a man, as I am,… Nor is there any mediator between us, who may lay his hand on us both” (9:32-33). But the Great Bridge Builder had already planned […]
As a boy, I loved good Christian biographies. One day I found my father’s copy of Archibald Glover’s massive “A 1000 Miles of Miracle in China,” It is a must-read for serious saints. It tells the harrowing, miraculous story of some CIM missionaries fleeing the Boxers who were intent on killing “the foreign devils.” One […]
This past Saturday was to be a big race at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Kyle Busch. The winningest driver in NASCAR history was preparing for it not by hurtling down a track at breakneck speed but by sitting in a racing simulator. Sadly, a case of pneumonia turned septic, and within hours he was dead […]