“The friendship of the world is enmity with God” (Jas 4:4). Salvation means the end of hostilities, unconditional surrender to Christ. The resounding victory by Lord Nelson in the Battle of the Nile secured British dominance over the French fleet in the Mediterranean. When French Admiral Blanquet arrived on board Nelson’s flagship, the Vanguard, to […]
There’s wisdom in the adage, “Do your giving while you’re living; then you’re knowing where it’s going.” The old preachers had a saying: God is neither enriched by withholding nor impoverished by giving. This is certainly true with the infinitude of heaven’s resources, but it can also practically be true in our lives. Solomon noted, “There […]
Read More… from November 7, 2024 — Then Whose Shall These Things Be?
“I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead” (Rev 3:1). What’s in a name? Obviously a great deal! When we take the name believer, it ought to mean we agree with God, and that we act on it. When we claim to be saints, our lives […]
Shintoism: The indigenous belief of Japan, from shen-tao, meaning “the way of the gods.” A very ancient concept based on the superiority of the Japanese people to all others. Japan is “the country of the gods and its inhabitants are descendants of the gods.” At the heart of their beliefs is kami, a mysterious creating […]
One of heaven’s ‘remarkabilities’? Both the queen of Sheba and I will feel at home there! Let’s linger a little longer with the queen of Sheba as she says goodbye to Solomon. Why? Because the Lord Jesus made the link Himself in Matthew 12:39-42. He drew a remarkable comparison between two seeming opposites. In the […]
Read More… from November 6, 2024 — We’ll Never Say Goodbye To Our King!
“Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom 15:5-6). If I were to give a rustic but reliable paraphrase of this two-fold name […]
Vaughn Shoemaker (1902–1991) was a widely-published American editorial cartoonist. He won the Pulitzer Prize not once but twice for his work, and is remembered for creating the character John Q. Public. During World War II, he had the dubious honor of having his cartoons criticized by the German Reichsmarschall Herman Goering, founder of the Gestapo […]
“Everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one.” —A.W. Tozer The report of Sheba’s queen visiting Jerusalem in 2 Chronicles 9 closely follows the account in 1 Kings 10. We won’t duplicate our earlier commentary, but if we made an outline of the passage, the headings might look like […]
Read More… from November 5, 2024 — The Half Has Not Been Told