God will rebuild your ruins: “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” —George Eliot So the four-year project (c. 520–516 BC) was finished, although the elapsed time since their return was 20 years. One can only imagine how “the descendants of the captivity… celebrated the dedication of this house of God with […]
CHRIST OUR MAN: “A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a cover from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land” (Isa 32:2). H.J. Miles, in his poem, “What a Man!” says, When the blast’s o’erwhelming force […]
“Blessed of the Lord is his land, with the precious things of heaven, with the dew, and the deep lying beneath, with the precious fruits of the sun, with the precious produce of the months, with the best things of the ancient mountains, with the precious things of the everlasting hills,…and the favor of Him […]
We need to be up and doing: girding up the loins of our minds (1 Pet 1:13), stirring up our gifts (2 Tim 1:6), and offering up prayers and sacrifices (1 Pet 2:5). We should be stirring up one another (2 Pet 1:13), and building up one another (Jude 20), until we’re caught up to […]
Martin Luther came rather despondently to the breakfast table one morning. The menu? Humble pie, compliments of his wise wife. […]
Don’t be like those who never start serving because they’re always getting ready to get ready. King Darius had a vested interest in the temple reconstruction being continued and completed. In his reply to Tattenai, governor in Syria, he wrote, “Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and […]
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CHRIST ALL SUFFICIENT: “My grace is sufficient for you” (2 Cor 12:9). “One evening,” said C.H. Spurgeon, “I was riding home after a heavy day’s work, weary and sore depressed, when suddenly, as a lightning flash, came: ‘My grace is sufficient for Thee.’ And I said, ‘I should think it is, Lord,’ and burst out […]
“Remove from me the way of lying, and grant me Your law graciously” (Ps 119:29). J.C. Ryle opines, “Think about how much falsehood and deceit there is in the world! How much exaggeration! How many untruths are added to a simple story! How many things are left out, if it does not serve the speaker’s […]
People who habitually turn away the Savior’s invitation need to understand how precarious their situation is. John explains, “He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His […]