Mercy and wrath are united in the character of God. His wrath defends those who trust in His mercy. Psalms 57, 58, 59, and 75 are arranged to be sung to the tune, “Do Not Destroy” (Heb, Al-taschith). This is curious, because those psalms seem to be requesting a lot of destroying from Heaven’s armory! I’m reminded of […]
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CHRIST STRONGER than the STRONG MAN: “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils” (Lk 11:21-22). Is it true that one […]
“So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer” (Ezra 8:23). What was the issue? Exposed to “the enemy” on the long journey from Babylon to Jerusalem, they humbled themselves before God “to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions” (vv […]
The authors of the Epistles, writes J.B. Phillips, “had a tremendous sense of the overwhelming Moral Perfection of God. The insistence on the only safe approach to God being through Christ is due to this acute sense of the peril of a sinful being coming within range, as it were, of the blazing light and […]
The tribulation will be “unmatched from the beginning of the world until now” (Mt 24:21, BSB). What will the faithful sing? Although we’ve had hints of this before (in Psalms 5, 10, 17, and 35), when we come to Psalm 58, we are reading a fully-developed Imprecatory Psalm. An imprecation is “a calling down of God’s judgment […]
CHRIST OUR FOUNDATION: “For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (1 Cor 3:11). Sir William Dobbie was the heroic governor of Malta (biblical Melita, scene of Paul’s shipwreck) when, in 1940, it was bitterly besieged. But “the most bombed spot on earth” did not fall. He […]
“And Elisha prayed, and said, ‘Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.’ Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire…” (2 Ki 6:17). I’ve been told that angels appear in about 100 Bible stories. I […]
Christian apologist Josh McDowell explains that the change in his life when he trusted Christ convinced his father that there was hope for him as well. McDowell writes: “After I trusted Christ, my life was changed in six to eighteen months. But my father’s life was changed right before my eyes. It was as if […]
For several years I had a free literature table in the university’s student union. My son-in-law Chase and our friend Dom continue the practice each Tuesday from 12 till 2. Those who visit find them winsome and engaging. It’s intended to spur students to set aside their studies of The Societal Impact of Taylor Swift, […]