TV commercials from the 1960s included some by Imperial Margarine. Mom and Dad are gathered with their family around the dinner table. I know, ancient history, right? Mother has purchased a new spread for their bread. Not butter—margarine fit for a king. When hubby takes his first bite, with trumpet fanfare, a crown suddenly appears on […]
The way to transfer treasure to heaven is to invest in people who are going there (see 1 Thess 2:19). Money! It’s a necessity to function in society, but it’s hard to make, hard to keep, hard to invest, and hard to lose. And if it doesn’t leave you during your lifetime, you’ll leave it […]
CHRIST the HOME-MAKER: “We will come to him and make Our home with him” (Jn 14:23). George Matheson writes: “In the life of the pre-Christian world, it may be said generally…that progress was sought by leaving home.…The man conquered the world by…ignoring, if not suppressing, the domestic feelings.…But the conception which Jesus formed of human […]
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear…. We love Him because He first loved us” (1 Jn 4:18-19). A Christian, having become seriously ill, was attacked by “the accuser of our brethren” and began to doubt, because of the little love in his heart for the Lord. A friend responded, […]
Edward and Anna Scott arrived in India in the fall of 1862. Settling in the northeast state of Assam, they threw themselves into the work of God. However, after seven years, Scott felt the Lord calling him to take the gospel into what is now Nagaland. The Naga were brutal head hunters. Before a man […]
If “the redemption of their souls is costly” (Ps 49:8), who can calculate the waste of a soul lost forever? As we read Psalm 49, we may have come upon the Preacher’s text. Was Solomon reading this as he penned Ecclesiastes? There he warns: If our Creator is ignored, all will be “vanity” (Eccl 2:1). The psalmist wants a […]
CHRIST who MEETS OUR NEEDS: “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Php 4:19). Riches in glory by Christ Jesus? For me? Then what need can Christ meet in your life today and, by this, glorify Himself? An author tells of waiting in his car […]
“Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord—Your salvation according to Your word. So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in Your word” (Ps 119:41-42). How true this is! The Lord’s saving mercies become an apologetic to convince others of the truth of the Word and the […]
I had a long wait leaving Prescott, Arizona, but finally the right man came along. “I don’t know why I stopped,” he said. “You’re the first man I’ve ever picked up.” “Perhaps the Lord had something to do with it,” I replied. When I asked if he would like to be saved and know it, […]