CHRIST the “CHIEF among ten thousand” (Song 5:10). Dr. A.T. Schofield tells the following: Some years ago I went down to the banks of the Severn to visit a poor girl dying of tuberculosis in a cottage of two rooms on the river’s bank. I found the river in flood, through which I waded, and […]
“I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications” (Ps 116:1). Well-known missionary to China, Rosalind Goforth, writes, “One day, when my grandfather was a small boy, he went to visit his cousins in the south of England, their home being situated close to a dense forest. The children, lured by […]
Charles Spurgeon tells the story of an old man who heard a young man preach. When he was asked what he thought of it, he was slow to answer. At last he said, “If I must tell you, I did not like it; there was no Christ in it.” “No,” answered the young man, “because […]
Some of God’s servants seem to have instant success. Others walk right into trouble. But God… Ezra’s task of sorting out the “holy seed” (Ezra 9:2) in the Israelite marriages—where “holy” doesn’t mean sinless, but separated from the nations for God’s purpose—was extremely difficult. It was compounded by the fact that it wasn’t just the common people who had […]
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CHRIST our COUNSELOR: “And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor…” (Isa 9:6). Do you need marriage or family counseling? Grief counseling? Financial counseling? Guidance or career counseling? Personal issues or anxiety counseling? I know Someone who specializes in all of these. Of Him it is recorded, “The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon […]
“He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still. And behold, I am coming quickly” (Rev 22:11-12). What a strange request from the Lord’s own lips! He will […]
In John 6:37 our Lord says: “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me.” Doesn’t God want all to be saved? Hebrews 2:9 reads, “that He (Christ) by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” 2 Peter 3:9 also says: “The Lord…is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should […]
In Christian marriage, we don’t seek for our partner to meet our needs, but to share Christ’s bounty. Jesus called it “the doctrine of Balaam” (Rev 2:14). What was it, and why should it be an issue still in the Church Age? Marriage was the first divinely-ordained institution, and so the first attack-point of the enemy. The […]