“Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness” (Ps 143:1). H. P. Barker tells a story about a poor woman who was being pressed by a tradesman to pay an account which she knew she had already settled. In that case he demanded that […]
When the verse says, “Faithful are the wounds of a friend” (Prov 27:6), it probably means surgery, not savagery! When I see my little grandsons parrying and thrusting with their toy weapons, I think of the proverb, “The words of the reckless pierce like swords” (Prov 12:18, NIV). If Job’s three friends have come to comfort him, they are […]
Read More… from August 27, 2025 — One Letter Between Words & Swords
“The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor 10:4-5). One of our mighty weapons in the battle for the rescue […]
Death and resurrection [have] even been muttered in conversations between…the vegetables. —C.S. Lewis From Job 14:7 to verse 22, we are taken on a nature hike. Job first asks us to look at the wonder of life in a tree. “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout […]
“Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are” (Jn 17:11). After telling the story of the martyrdom of Perpetua the Roman matron, and the slaves Revocatus and Felicitas, in the beginning of the third century, Professor Henry M. Gwatkin says: “There is something […]
How does a Christian man creatively bring the gospel to 700 million people at one time? Listen on to find out — and allow your mind to stretch to consider how many redeemed sinners will be in Heaven! […]
No man can dream dreams lofty enough to touch the fringes of God’s ultimate plans for us in Christ. When assessing humanity, perspective is essential. The experts say we’re halfway between the subatomic particles and the supernovas. When David came to Goliath, the giant asked, “Am I a dog?” (1 Sam 17:43), to be chased away with […]
“Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord…” (Ps 119:108). Hosea calls them “the calves of our lips” (14:2). Why the NKJV changes the Hebrew par (meaning “calf” or “young bull”) to “sacrifice” is beyond me. A similar idea is found in Hebrews 13:15, “Therefore by Him let us continually offer the […]
“I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12). Henry B. Gibbud, evangelist and superintendent of several rescue missions on the U.S. East Coast, liked to tell of the poor lad who attended a school in the lower East Side of New York City. He was very fond of […]