Dan Biggar — Far Better
It’s better to be better than to be bigger. But it’s ideal to be a Biggar that’s better. Far better. Thanks for the memories, Dan! […]
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August 9 Petition Mission
“He cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees” (1 Ki 18:42 KJV). Elijah’s first prayer is not the kind of request we want to make. He called on God to stop blessing His people until they returned to Him. It took three-and-a-half years until they finally fell to their […]
August 9, 2024 — The Tribes Of Simeon & Reuben
“The genealogy is not listed according to the birthright.” Joseph got the blessing, but Judah got the scepter. Why would the tribe of Simeon (1 Chron 4:24-43) follow after Judah in the genealogies? That’s a good question. They lived along Judah’s southern border, on the desert’s edge. And why there? Recall the atrocity committed by Simeon […]
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August 9
“Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever…Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you” (1 Pet 1:23, 25). Michael Boland, in his introduction to John Flavel’s The Mystery of Providence (p. 11), tells the story of Luke […]
August 8 Petition Mission
“Your gentleness has made me great” (2 Sam 22:36). In urging Robert Southey to write a biography of John Wesley, Sir Walter Scott recounts the following: “When I was twelve years old, I heard him [Wesley] preach more than once, standing on a chair, in Kelso churchyard. He was a most venerable figure…. He told […]
August 8, 2024 — Judah Revisited
This section ends with those who “dwelt with the king for his work” (1 Chron 4:13). Able and available! We have the first record in 1 Chronicles of Judah the man in 2:1, where the sons of Israel are listed. Then 2:2-17 takes us from Judah to David and his immediate family. In the rest of chapter […]
August 8
The primitive churches were not mere assemblies of men who agreed to meet together once or twice a week, and to subscribe for the support of an accomplished man who should on those occasions deliver lectures on religion. They were men gathered out of the world by the preaching of the cross, and formed into […]
August 7, 2024 — The Royals
Jews have lived in almost every country on the planet. Yet only in Israel have they been self-governed. Turning the page to 1 Chronicles chapter 3, we realize we’re now tracing the royal bloodline, especially from verse 10 and following. It is, in fact, a table of contents for the rest of the Chronicles. It’s […]
August 7
Col. Robert Ingersoll, the apostle of agnosticism in nineteenth century America, once had the task of speaking at his brother’s funeral in Washington, DC. In the middle of his talk, he broke down and wept bitterly. Then, regaining his composure, he said: “Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two […]