We can gather speed when we teach the next generation by sharing early what we learned late. In Psalm 102 we noticed the psalmist’s Upper Look (vv 1-2), seeking the Lord’s help. This is followed by a long Inner Look (vv 3-11) where he recounts how fleeting, lonely, and contentious his life has become. Then, at this point, like […]
JESUS the OFFERING for SIN: “When You make His soul an offering for sin…” (Isa 53:10). Who can fathom what it would mean for any man to bear the sin of another on his soul? But then think of all the sin of souls upon souls, nations upon nations, generations upon generations, wave upon wave […]
“Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live; and do not let me be ashamed of my hope. Hold me up, and I shall be safe…” (Ps 119:116-117). D.L. Moody tells the following: One time my little girl was teasing her mother to get her a muff, so one day her mother brought […]
Handley Moule (1841-1920) gives this insight into the words, “Of His fullness have all we received, and grace for grace” (Jn 1:16). “Quite literally, the words run: ‘Grace instead of grace.’ The image is one of perpetual supply; a displacement and replacement ever going on; ceaseless arrivals of all that is needed for the ceaseless […]
“Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down” (Ps 102:10, KJV). We have our ups and downs—but the last one’s UP! The heading provided for Psalm 102 by the Bible editors seems to contradict the inspired title. One reads, “The Lord’s Eternal Love.” The other says, “A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and […]
JESUS the TENDER-HEARTED: “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd” (Mt 9:36). Deep beneath the city of Rome are the Catacombs, a maze of corridors and burial vaults that, if strung together, would stretch out some 600 miles. […]
“Who can say, ‘I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin’?” (Prov 20:9). No one, of course. But millions can give testimony that the blood of Jesus Christ has cleansed them from all unrighteousness! Merely feeling sorry will not do. There is a great difference between remorse and repentance. One regrets […]
Who has heard of “engineer missionary” to Uganda Alexander Mackay? Against tremendous obstacles, he built 230 miles of road to Uganda from the coast, built several boats to traverse Lake Victoria, and translated Matthew’s Gospel into Luganda. He lived constantly under the threat of violence from Arab slave traders whom he resisted at every turn. […]
CHRIST the TRUE: “They said to Him, ‘Teacher, we know that You are true’” (Mk 12:14). The word “true” here means literally “not hidden.” Of course He had nothing to hide: “That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world” (Jn 1:9). He not only had nothing to hide […]