CHRIST the TESTATOR of the NEW COVENANT: “This is the covenant that I will make with them…Their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more” (Heb 10:16-17). Sheila O’Gahagan, a factory girl, broken in health, was advised to spend time at the shore. But she knew she had a deeper problem—her sin. Sitting near […]
“Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church” (Acts 12:5). Do you wonder what those prayers sounded like? Some have thought these first-century Christians didn’t really believe the Lord would deliver Peter from prison because, when he suddenly showed up at the house and “they […]
If the Bible is rooted in history, that presents a problem: how can you trust the accounts of Jesus when we now know that history is simply propaganda written by the winners? This is an increasingly popular view, especially in academia. Postmodernist historian Greg Dening argues: “History is something we make rather than something we […]
CHRIST the SON of GOD: “And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God” (Jn 1:34). While the title “Son of God” is the official way in which the Lord Jesus is designated as the true expression of God in the flesh, there are many variants of this that show the […]
“The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself” (Prov 11:25). There may be one thing better than praying for prosperity, and that is following God’s plan for it. The divine principle of prosperity is simple: You only get to keep what you give away. If you hold […]
Ira Sankey tells of an incident in Brooklyn, NY. “A fine-looking young man came into the inquiry room. I asked him if he was willing to accept Christ as his Savior. He bowed his head in his hands, while his whole frame shook: “Jesus will not accept me.” “Why not?” “For the last eight years […]
It’s an old wag’s line: denial isn’t just a river in Egypt. But sometimes we deny the Egypt-like influence of the world around us. In the end, this world is nothing but a graveyard. With the Egyptians of old, it all ended in the world’s fanciest graves. But we have been set free from all […]
No animal at the same time could be a sweet savor, and non-savor, offering. But Christ is all in all! In our meditations on Psalm 40, we briefly considered the Sinner’s Plea (vv 1-3) and the Saint’s Praise (vv 4-5). We now move to the heart of the psalm. Without this, there would be no help, no hope. Here […]
CHRIST the only DOOR: “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved” (Jn 10:9). Charles Berry, an English Congregationalist preacher, for some time served in the milltown of Bolton, Lancashire. One evening he was accosted by a young girl on the street, her cheeks wet with tears. “You a minister?” […]