What should we do when we have a build-up of bad feelings? Let it all out? Try to hold it in? The Choir Master to whom Psalm 39 was committed was appropriately named Jeduthun, which means “Praising.” Psalms 62 and 77 were also placed in his hands. He was one of three Chief Musicians selected […]
CHRIST our VERY PRESENT HELP: “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24). Thomas Guthrie writes: “If the world is growing less in your sight, it shows that you are retreating from it, rising above it, […]
“Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness” (Ps 119:36). Longing or lusting. The Lord’s truth or the world’s things. A heart inclined to God or enslaved by Mammon. As the Lord Jesus said, “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else […]
Hasn’t the New Testament been changed since it has been repeatedly recopied throughout time? This is key. As F.F. Bruce explains, “The historical ‘once-for-all-ness’ of Christianity which distinguishes it from those religious and philosophical systems, which are not specially related to any particular time, makes the reliability of the writings which purport to record this […]
“The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to his foes.” —G. Keith Psalm 38 reflects the difficult challenges in the life of a committed believer. Although included with the Penitential Psalms, one half is about the bitter consequences of his own sin, but the other half […]
CHRIST OVER ALL: “Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God” (Rom 9:5). “The same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him” (Rom 10:12). “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation” (Col 1:15). John Wesley was walking along a country lane with a […]
“The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen” (Rom 16:20). Under your feet, sister? Under your feet, brother? Yes! This was the first promise of salvation, but it was the Seed of the woman, the virgin-born Champion, who was to bruise […]
On that tragic Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School near Denver, CO, two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, massacred 12 students and one teacher, injuring 21 other students. One of those who died that day was Rachel Scott, age 17. Some time before, she had written: “I have no more personal friends […]
CHRIST in ALL the SCRIPTURES: “He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself” (Lk 24:27). “I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible. If a person neglects the Bible, there is not much for the Holy Spirit to work with. We must have the Word,” […]