If you read my column, you know I’m not talking politics. I like God’s unchanging truth, not the fickle fortunes of men. Petroleum isn’t the only kind of oil in the world, after all. A thousand years before Christ, David penned the following: “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together […]
Jehovah (Yahweh) is referred to as the El above all elohim (Ps 95:3). But isn’t there just one God? Clearly one of the main messages of the Hebrew Scriptures is this: There is only ONE God. Most famous is the Jews’ daily prayer called the Shema. It begins, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!” (Deut 6:4). Other […]
JESUS, BLESSER of CHILDREN: “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 19:14). James W.C. Fegan, raised in a Christian home, was saved in his youth. Soon after engaging in open-air evangelism, he became aware of the plight of hundreds of boys […]
“How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?” (Ps 119:84). The long wait! When it seems you’ve had your hope deferred one too many times, when those who mistreat you do it again, seemingly without repercussions, ask yourself: How long has Jesus waited? Recorded 3,500 […]
Paul speaks of men “who suppress the truth” (Rom 1:18). John Blanchard writes: “Although countless scientists today hold to divine creation, Colin Patterson is right to claim that in many cases, ‘post-Darwinian biology is being carried out by people whose faith is in, almost, the deity of Darwin.’ If God is a non-starter, evolution seems […]
The devil’s lie is that God’s commands impede our happiness; they are, in fact, His portals to blessing. Psalm 81 is a duet! The first five verses are sung by the psalmist, but verses 6-16 are sung by God Himself, with the psalmist joining in on the last verse. Let’s celebrate God, he says! “Sing aloud […]
CHRIST OUR COVERING: “As many of you as were [immersed] into Christ have put on [enduo, been clothed with] Christ” (Gal 3:27). Christ covers the well-dressed saint with glory (His revealed character) to illuminate the darkness: “Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light” (Rom […]
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He spoke with His mouth to my father David” (2 Chron 6:4). Signor Prochet of the Waldensian Church tells of a long drought in north Italy. One little congregation arranged a special meeting to pray for rain to save the crops. […]
J. Hudson Taylor, gospel pioneer to China, though raised in a Christian home, remained ignorant of what it meant to become a true believer. He tried to “make” himself a Christian, but after failing in his attempts, he grew skeptical. He writes: “The inconsistencies of Christian people, who, while professing to believe their Bibles, were […]