“What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?” (Mt 7:9). Do you ask the Lord for little things—like daily bread? Jesus said we should, didn’t He? Is there anything too little to ask Him? Or to put it the other way around, is anything at […]
In the fourth century, the “golden-mouthed” Chrysostom of Antioch wrote: “I do not think of Christ as God alone, or Man alone, but both together. For I know He was hungry, and I know that with five loaves He fed five thousand. I know He was thirsty, and I know that He turned the water […]
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” —John C. Maxwell As we examine the list of those who accompanied Ezra back to Jerusalem, we should notice the arrangement. “These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me […]
CHRIST “the WISDOM of GOD”: “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God” (1 Cor 1:24, 30). Paul writes that “the world through wisdom did not know God” (v 21). James adds that earthly wisdom is “sensual, demonic” and manifests itself in envy, self-seeking, confusion and every evil […]
“He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely will be delivered” (Prov 28:26). A.W. Tozer writes: “The world has divided men into two classes, the stupid good people and the clever wicked ones.…In the Holy Scriptures things are quite the opposite. There righteousness is always associated with wisdom and […]
“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’” (Ps 14:1). Is the Bible being unkind or painfully truthful in making this statement? The story is told of a Christian and an atheist who were debating the question of the dependability of the Bible. The atheist asked, “Can you prove to me that an […]
If you have a heart for people, you’ll rejoice with Jesus over these amazing rescues. […]
“When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers…What is man that You are mindful of him?” (Ps 8:3-4). Knowing long before it was written that “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father” (Jas 1:17), Ezra declared: “Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who has put such […]