This story in the life of Josiah is another reminder that holiness and happiness are good friends. Josiah was just eight when his 24-year-old father Amon was murdered by his servants. The conspirators were executed, and the child-king was placed on the throne. His father, during that short tenure, had worked hard for the devil, […]
CHRIST INCOMPARABLE: “No one is holy like the Lord, for there is none besides You” (1 Sam 2:2). More than 2000 years ago, a man was born contrary to the laws of nature. He lived in poverty and was raised in obscurity. He received no formal education but this man’s life has changed the course […]
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my [thoughts, KJV]; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Ps 139:23-24). Being accountable to the Lord is vital for every serious Christian. Even a little fudging on the accounts can lead to […]
Buddhism, founded in India by Siddharta Gautama (the Buddha, or Enlightened One) in 520 bc, has 360 million adherents. Beliefs differ: Theravada Buddhism is atheistic; Mahayana is more polytheistic. Buddha taught nothing is permanent. Life’s purpose is to avoid suffering, gain enlightenment and release from the cycle of rebirth, or at least attain a better […]
“If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God.” —D.L. Moody Manasseh made a clean sweep of the land. “He took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house […]
CHRIST UNSEEN: “…Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory” (1 Pet 1:7-8). J. Sidlow Baxter, in his devotional, Going Deeper, quotes the words of F.B. Meyer: “The great painters of Christendom covered the walls of picture […]
“Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law” (Ps 119:18). The current term to “be woke” or “stay woke” refers to a need for awareness about conditions around, especially injustice. But the idea is an old one. We need to be sensitive about holy living: “Awake to righteousness, and do not […]
Faith is often needed not only for spiritual efforts but for financial provision as well. In dark days, when funds were low for the China Inland Mission, Hudson Taylor received a letter from George Müller: “My chief object is to tell you that I love you in the Lord; that I feel deeply interested about […]