“I Was There”
Two lessons I learned from D.L. Moody’s first visit to England: Be all in and be all there. […]
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September 13 Petition Mission
“Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving” (Jonah 2:8-9). Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, was “discovered” in Copenhagen at the age of 9 when overheard singing to her cat. She rose to sweep all of Europe before her. When she sang at […]
September 13
How do you answer those who embrace the idea of reincarnation? Sometimes called the transmigration of the soul, it is an attempt to overcome the hopelessness of thinking there is nothing beyond death, while refusing to accept the Bible’s teaching as stated in Heb 9:27, “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after […]
September 13, 2024 — Mopping Up Operations
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. — Sun Tzu in The Art of War Imagine the scene. Thirty-two thousand chariots have rolled in “from Mesopotamia, from Syrian Maacah, and from Zobah” (1 Chron 19:6) to aid the Ammonites in their showdown with Israel. In a pincer formation, the Syrians formed one […]
September 12
George Hucklesby shows the simple but effective method used by the one who led him into full assurance. After hearing a gospel message, a kind lady asked him if he was sure of being saved. No, he was not. “Would you like to be saved now?” she asked. “Yes,” he responded, but wondered how that […]
September 12, 2024 — The Battle Against Ammon
All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye. —Alexander Pope David was able to make alliances with the surrounding nations and, for a change, peace settled over the Middle East. But not for long! Our chapter begins, “It happened after this…” (1 Chron 19:1). One of the kings that had […]
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September 11 Petition Mission
“I called on the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me…” (Ps 118:5). The Clapham Sect, prominent evangelicals, united to seek the abolition of the slave trade and press gangs, the reform of the penal system, improvements in the care of the mentally ill, the regulation of factory conditions, and the promotion of schools in […]
September 11
Two great sins are marked out in Scripture by other sinners being threatened with having “their portion with hypocrites” (Mt 24:51), and that God “will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers” (Lk 12:46). Who can say which is greater? Certainly the Lord reserved His most scathing words for hypocrites. As He said, “Woe to […]
September 11, 2024 — I’ll Take My Blessings Extra Large
Remember that every blessing is a burden, every skill a stewardship, every opportunity an obligation. With David’s ever-expanding kingdom, the burden of administration grew. The man who began caring for “those few sheep in the wilderness” (1 Sam 17:28) soon advanced to supervising “everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented” (22:2), […]
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