We’re all driven by the pitiless and inexorable march of time. There is only one Lord of time. Trust Him. Squeezed in between the mighty Psalms 68 and 69 on one hand and Psalms 71 and 72 on the other, Psalm 70 is a repeated fragment of a psalm. Just five verses long, with only […]
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, […]
“I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him…” (1 Cor 1:4-5). N.D. Hillis writes: “One of the great pictures in the French Academy of Design assembles the immortals of all ages.… Delaroche places Intellect on […]
“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Cor 6:2). Dawson Trotman writes: The very first trip that I ever took on United Airlines was on a twelve-passenger Boeing plane. It was about a three-hour trip and I wanted to share Christ with someone, but it wasn’t until the […]
CHRIST OUR INSPIRATION to WORK HARD: “He who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father” (Jn 14:12). Titus 2:14 declares that Christ “gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and […]
“But Daniel purposed in his heart…” (Dan 1:8). The door of history pivots on a relative handful of decisions. Here we read about young Daniel’s choice to guard himself from defilement. His resolve set him apart from the crowd, equipped him for God’s use, and changed the direction of world empires. When Don Calhoun made […]