Sovereignty masterfully plays the world’s greatest love song on the broken strings of countless human hearts. The growing world population had originally stayed together until the debacle at Babel, during the lifetime of “Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided” (1 Chron 1:19). This generation was not only scattered, but also subjugated by the worship […]
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“All power is given to Me in heaven and earth” (Mt 28:18). The word power (exousia) is also translated authority, right, liberty, jurisdiction, and strength. It includes the ideas of the liberty of doing as one pleases; physical and mental power; influence and privilege; the power of government, of judicial decisions and the authority to […]
“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself’” (Mk 12:30-31). Of course this is not a petition to be prayed. […]
“…sinners, of whom I am chief” (1 Tim 1:15). We were preaching at 6 a.m., in Exeter, England, near the castle. A young woman was passing by and just heard the sentence, “The greatest sinner in Exeter is welcome to the Lord Jesus Christ.” It was a message from God to her soul. She went […]
There doesn’t seem to be much meat on the bones in chapters 1-9. But bones can teach us, too. As we turn to the first chapter of 1 Chronicles, we might suddenly feel like forensic scientists called to a crime scene. There lies the skeleton—a bare-bones look at the human race—Adam’s family from Seth to […]
There’s no question there are many questions about the events that unfolded in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. What was the shooter’s motive to kill the former President? How did the Secret Service allow him to get a rifle onto a roof with a straight shot to the President? There’s more. Supposedly Crooks’ parents called […]
George Goodman writes: “The gospel must be preached with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven (1 Pet 1:12). This is why such blessing attended the preaching of Peter on the day of Pentecost. He was filled with the Spirit and spoke as the Spirit gave him utterance (Acts 2:4). The preacher must be one […]
Bible blessings don’t come to the most observant, but the most obedient—but observing helps! 1 Chronicles covers roughly the same period as 1 and 2 Samuel; 2 Chronicles lines up with 1 and 2 Kings. But the books of Samuel and Kings record history in real time, going forward. The Chronicles are looking back from […]
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