A common house plant, Tradescantia Zebrina, is called “The Wandering Jew.” Do you wonder why? Driven from place to place through history, the Jewish people would find these words no idle threat: “They have said, ‘Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more’” (Ps 83:4). […]
JESUS, SPEAKING through CHILDREN: “Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise” (Mt 21:16). In 1880, James W.C. Fegan was on a camping trip in the country with some of the boys he had rescued from the city streets. They visited the home of Charles Darwin, who lived nearby, and […]
“…the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God…” (Acts 26:17-18). Let’s pray today that missionaries may experience a breakthrough. I was moved by James Gilmour’s journeys through Mongolia (1870-1890). He walked, not because he […]
“I have more understanding than all my teachers: for Your testimonies are my meditation” (Ps 119:99). “Moral relativism is a philosophical failure,” Francis Beckwith explains with a true story: “The teacher instructs her class, ‘This is the first day of class, and so I want to lay down some ground rules. First, since no one […]
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 […]