I had little interest in touring Bible lands. I’d seen too many slideshows by those with no idea what they saw, confessing, “I ran where Jesus walked.” I had zero desire to see old churches and hear imaginary tales. “This”—pointing to a rock indentation—“is Jesus’ footprint when He pushed off to go back to heaven,” […]
For 40 days Jesus “was with the wild animals” (Mk 1:13, BSB), yet they left no mark on Him. Man, however… Psalms 20 and 21 formed a couplet, but Psalms 22-24 are a triplet! Psalm 22 presents the good Shepherd who “gives His life for the sheep” (Jn 10:11). Psalm 23 portrays “that great Shepherd of the sheep” (Heb 13:20) who, […]
CHRIST our ONLY SAVIOR: “I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no savior” (Isa 43:11). “And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be Savior of the world” (1 Jn 4:14). “…There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must […]
“I have declared my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes. Make me understand the way of Your precepts; so shall I meditate on Your wonderful works” (Ps 119:26-27). My ways and His way — how eloquent! I try this road — and find it a dead end. What I think is a […]
Without question, fear of rejection is the Number One reason for lack of witnessing. But is it a good reason? We wouldn’t worry what people thought of us if we realized how little they did. And besides, what people think of you won’t matter a snap of the fingers, but what they think of Christ […]
“In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” (Jn 16:33, BSB). We noticed in our study of Psalm 20 that David presents the people as seeking help for their monarch. The nation is anticipating one of its many conflicts, and so make an impassioned prayer for the king (Ps […]
CHRIST is NEAR: “But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (Deut 30:14). Henry Law writes: “Here the gospel beams forth brightly. This is a picture with Christ in the foreground…For the Spirit, who thus speaks by Moses, interprets also by the mouth of Paul (see Rom 10:6-10). He […]
“Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!” (Num 23:10). There have been, in the annals of the long war against God, a cadre of enemies who have fought up close and personal. History has marked them out as especially dangerous because of their high privilege — and […]
Henry Morris and Martin Clark write: “…many of the principles of modern science were recorded as facts of nature in the Bible long before science confirmed them experimentally. A sampling of these would include the roundness of the earth (Isa 40:22), the almost infinite extent of the sidereal universe (Isa 55:9), the law of conservation […]