The world is up for grabs. Is China the next superpower? Will international cartels run the show? Maybe the machines will take over! Despots have always dreamed of worldwide conquest. The Assyrians under Nebuchadnezzar, the first true military superpower, stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf. Then came the Medo-Persians under Cyrus, his empire encompassing […]
How many different ways can God tell us we ought to read and value His Book? At least 176! When I think of contemplating Psalm 119, why does the chorus by Oscar Eliason come to mind, including the words, “Got any mountains you can’t tunnel through?”? I’m so glad the next line reminds us, “God […]
CHRIST the COMMISSIONER: As our Lord prepared to leave the planet, He sent His own on a mission of ultimate historical significance. The eternal destiny of the human race hangs in the balance. His commission, called “Great” for obvious reasons, would include four momentous ALLs. “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘ALL authority […]
“Direct my steps by Your word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me” (Ps 119:133). No starker contrast could be drawn. The Hebrew word translated “iniquity” means “to exert oneself in vain.” When one does this, says the psalmist, the emptiness of it all suffocates the soul. Imagine that! As the Lord said through […]
William Williams, in his fascinating account of pioneer work in Venezuela, called It Can Be Done, tells how it was done, how a handful of missionaries, in a country one sixth the size of the U.S., carried the gospel to every city, town, and village in one generation. Facing strong opposition from the priests, long […]
If Jesus, the Man of Joy, could sing with the shadow of the Cross on His soul, shall we not join the chorus? As we’ve seen in Psalm 118:5-21, Israel will be saved. Not all, sadly, for many will perish by siding with Anti-messiah. As the Lord said, “I have come in My Father’s name, and […]
CHRIST the ANTIDOTE to WORRY: Clearly there is a difference between legitimate concern and worry. Concern is taking seriously my responsibility; worry is taking God’s responsibility as if it were mine. The Lord said, “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you […]
“If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Gal 3:29). When I was a boy, Sgt. Preston of the Mounted Police, with his Husky, Yukon King, was the hero of a popular TV series. Quaker Oats sponsored the program. As a promotion, the company purchased 19 acres of […]
What are the most positive and most negative sentences in the NT? The first reads, “God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every (lit. all) good work” (2 Cor 9:8). In the Greek, the root word for “all” occurs five […]