We should never sin that grace may abound, but when forgiveness is found, praise should abound. In our last study of Psalm 51, we looked at the first two themes: the Problem (vv 1-6) and the Process (vv 7-12). We now want to see the Proclamation (vv 13-15) and the Praise (vv 16-19). It’s in God’s heart to restore […]
CHRIST the LAST ADAM: “‘The first man Adam became a living being.’ The last Adam became a life-giving spirit” (1 Cor 15:45). The Lord Jesus, through His incarnation, became “the second Man” (v 47) and “the last Adam.” As the second Man, He was a new kind of man: “the first man was of the […]
“Remember the word to Your servant, upon which You have caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your word has given me life” (Ps 119:49-50). Does God remember? He is omniscient, of course, and never has memory lapses, as we often do. But as we noticed in comments on verses […]
“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life” (Deut 30:19). Col. and Mrs. George Clarke began the Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago in 1877, a “doorway to heaven.” Mrs. Clarke also regularly visited the jail. One of those visited was John Callahan. After escaping a reformatory in New York, […]
CHRIST the WRATH-BEARER: “the ark…is also an antitype which now saves us…” (1 Pet 3:20-21). Just as the waters of judgment destroyed the unbelievers, it also lifted the ark and it’s inhabitants to safety. So death that once damned us to hell now lifts us up to glory! Catherine Booth (nee Mumford) was born in […]
“He commands and raises the stormy wind…their soul melts because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses. He calms the storm…” (Ps 107:25-29). “At wits’ […]
Harold Urey (1893–1981) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934. Although he played a key part in developing the atom bomb, he is best known today for his contribution to theories on the development of organic life from non-living matter, giving his name to the renowned Miller-Urey experiment. The experiment is fatally flawed, both […]
CHRIST the ULTIMATE REALITY: “If anyone…does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing…” (1 Tim 6:3-4). When men reject Christ, they know nothing. Our universities are filled with professors that the world considers wise. But what […]
“Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ…” (Rom 16:25). Paul took the gospel personally, didn’t he! And yet he understood its power was in the presentation of the Word, and of the Lord Jesus in particular. John Duncan began his theological study while […]