Song gives wings to the soul. We sing our sweetest to the One who put the new song in our hearts. It has to be one of the most descriptive—and delightful—sentences in the Chronicles: “And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord also began” (2 Chron 29:27). How could the burnt offering be described? […]
Sir Moses Montefiore was the most famous Jew in the 19th Century. Linked by marriage and business to the Rothschilds, he was knighted by Queen Victoria and renowned for his philanthropy. He had an aunt Lydia in Marseille who was a determined Jewess. One day she received a visit from J.P. Cohen, a Jewish believer. […]
Do you find yourself at a point in life when you have nothing but God? Then you’re right where He wants you. […]
“We pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20, KJV). Harry Ironside tells of visiting an emaciated hospital patient who was nearing death: “I told him I was anxious to know how he stood as to the matter of his soul’s salvation. ‘Oh,’ was the reply, ‘I’m all right as […]
Let others keep quiet about hell if they wish—I dare not. I see it plainly in Scripture, and I must speak about it. What would you say about the man who saw his neighbor’s house burning and never raised the cry of “Fire”? Call it bad taste, if you like, to speak about hell. Call […]
“And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him…But He answered her not a word” (Mt 15:22-23). It is evident that at no time in the progress of this experience did Jesus mean to refuse this woman’s plea. His cold silence was not denial. His apparent refusal was not […]
Didn’t Jesus receive a sinful nature through His mother Mary? Mary was not “immaculately conceived” in her mother’s womb. The Bible does not teach this; Mary knew she needed a Savior (Lk 1:47). Besides, this doesn’t solve the problem—it only moves it back one generation. Human reasoning will always leave us with Job’s question: “Who […]
“Making mention of you always in my prayers…that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus” (Phm vv 4-6). Rodney (Gypsy) Smith was born in a Romani tent in Epping Forest, northeast of London. He never attended one day of school, […]
The temple cleansed. The priests restored. The offerings sacrificed. The nation forgiven. It was rigorous work to restore the Lord’s house. They “brought out all the debris that they found in the temple of the Lord” (2 Chron 29:16), and it was carted off by the Levites. “They began to sanctify on the first day of the first […]