Author: Bill Nicholson
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November 6 Petition Mission
“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 […]
November 6
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 […]
November 6, 2024 — We’ll Never Say Goodbye To Our King!
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 […]
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November 5 Petition Mission
“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 […]
November 5
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 […]
November 5, 2024 — The Half Has Not Been Told
“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 […]
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The Lottery Ticket Lady
The lady rushing to buy her lottery ticket was not expecting this! Christian, you’re more rich than you know. […]
November 4 Petition Mission
“Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people…. And may the Lord do what is good in His sight” (2 Sam 10:12). Here is a rare bright spot in Joab’s life. David’s army was surrounded by Syrians to the north and Ammonites to the south. Joab enjoined his two divisions to […]