It’s easy to skip over a phrase like this, but better to trip over the truth and discover a treasure. Would you mind one more look at the Holy City? It’s described as “the city of our God, in His holy mountain. Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion on the […]
CHRIST the CRUCIFIED ONE: “We preach Christ crucified” (1 Cor 1:23). “I am crucified with Christ” (Gal 2:20). Andrew Murray writes: The cross of Christ is His greatest glory. Because He humbled Himself to the death of the cross, therefore God has highly exalted Him. The cross was the event that conquered Satan and sin. […]
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by […]
Do you take the Bible literally? The answer, of course, is “Yes and No.” A good answer this question: We take the Bible in its plain and obvious sense, unless otherwise indicated. It may be better to say we take a literary approach to the Word of God. Like any great literature, there are different […]
“Let me draw you a picture.” That’s what we say when we want to explain something clearly. God does the same when He gives us these special festivals that point to the greatest days in history. […]
Don’t expect to see the president while touring the White House. So let’s visit Zion instead. We haven’t finished with Psalm 48! The first half (vv 1-7)—before the Selah—is focused on the city. The second half (vv 9-14) brings us into the presence of the King. Verse 8 is the transition: “As we have heard, so […]
CHRIST the LIFE PRINCIPLE: “Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 6:11). Eternal life was the life which Christ exhibited on the human plane, and it is the same life, not a copy of it, which is manifested in our mortal flesh when we […]
“You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Ps 16:11). Together with Michelangelo and da Vinci, Raphael was one of the trio of artistic greats in the High Renaissance. Orphaned by age 11, he nonetheless began his career at that point, […]
It is feared that much Christian activity is attempted without the work resting on a solid foundation of prayer, holiness, Bible study and dependence on the Spirit of God. In his book “From Death to Life,” William Haslam tells how he was busy with the construction of the new church building were he served. But […]