Singing joyfully to the Rock, or doubting and complaining at Massah and Meribah? Some choice! Although untitled, Psalm 95 is referred to by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews as belonging to David (Heb 4:7). It is the first in a series of songs of festal joy, but not without a solemn warning, […]
CHRIST the DOER: “I always DO those things that please Him” (Jn 8:29). If we are to follow Christ, we will also be doers. As He said, “If you know these things, happy are you if you do them” (Jn 13:17). We do well to follow the advice of Mary, “Whatever He says to you, […]
“Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust” (Ps 16:1). Here’s a prayer to offer on behalf of our young people, especially those at college. William MacDonald writes: “Every day you may sit under the instruction of unregenerate men and women who have no love for your Savior or your Bible. At […]
Want to help advance the gospel? Evaluate needs: see your area as a mission field; map population centers; identify people groups. Assess opportunities: pray for “open doors” (Acts 14:27; 1 Cor. 16:9; 2 Cor. 2:12; Col. 4:3); observe where people gather; look for vulnerabilities (Lk. 4:18) as entry-ways to the good news; observe and develop […]
“In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul” (Ps 94:19). Amazing! When dividing a poem, we’re always in danger of dissecting the butterfly to see how it flies—and then it doesn’t fly anymore. Still, I think it’s helpful to see the various movements directing us through the psalm. Psalm 94 appears […]
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CHRIST the SIMPLE ANSWER: “‘How can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way…’” (Jn 14:5-6). Frederick Baedeker received permission to distribute Bibles in the far-flung prisons of Tsarist Russia. At one near the Black Sea, he had given Bibles to the general population, when the guard told of a murderer […]
“When Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and His people Israel” (2 Chron 31:8). Under good king Hezekiah, temple worship had been restored. Now the people needed to give generously to provide for the Lord’s work. When the king visited the place where they were gathering the supplies, […]
The remarkable conversion of British thinker C.S. Lewis is described in his own words: “To find their way, atheists must make sense out of a random first cause, denounce as immoral all moral denunciation, express meaningfully all meaninglessness, and find security in hopelessness.…You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, […]
“What matters beating wind and tossing billow If only we are in the boat with Thee?” —Amy Carmichael Forgive me if this is simply a flight of fancy, but in the first part of Psalm 93, I seem to see the Lord rising from His throne in regal majesty, His garments billowing out like the […]