The riches you hold in your hands are inferior to the treasures of truth you store in your heart. Don’t you find these chapters exciting! Not so much? Well, think of this. There’s room for everyone on the team! Imagine if the only job openings in Jerusalem were for the king and high priest. Our […]
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“Look upon me and be merciful to me, as Your custom is toward those who love Your name” (Ps 119:132). The Lord has a long history of coming to the aid of His friends. They are described as “those who love Your name.” What exactly does that mean? His name is descriptive of His character. […]
It is indifference, not honest opposition, that is the enemy of salvation. Multitudes who have taken God’s Word in hand to disprove it have been won by its winsome power and light. One example is Christian Gerson (1569-1622), a Jewish scholar who bought a copy of Luther’s translation of the New Testament for eight schillings. […]
“… making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are […]
“All things were created by Him, and for Him” (Col 1:16). Albert Einstein recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe: “I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts—the rest are details.” […]
“I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment” (Lk 16:27-28). What a strange request! A call to evangelize—from hell! I’m reminded of the small community of Delburne, Alberta. There’s […]
Lionel Fletcher tells of gospel work at 20 years old. One night a blacksmith came to cause trouble. Toward the end, he made his move, “strode to the front, threw himself on his knees, and for the first time in my life I saw a man in the grip of deep conviction of sin.” The […]
The gatekeepers were to the city what mothers are to the home (Titus 2:5)—Gk, oikouros, home guards. We’re impressed with the priests and their ministry. We’re grateful for the assistance of the Levites. We delight in the contributions of the musicians. But gatekeepers, David? Is this the job of a king, to be arranging gatekeepers? But […]
Would you think a blaspheming thief was a step from salvation? Or a persecuting Pharisee? Or your neighbor or relative? Maybe all of them! […]