Hinduism, the indigenous religion of India, has 900 million adherents worldwide. Although there are many subdivisions, they generally believe in One Supreme Reality (Brahman) who is manifested in many gods and goddesses. They believe that humans are in bondage to ignorance and illusion, but are able to escape. The purpose is to gain release from […]
There’s an African proverb: “If a donkey kicks you and you kick back, you’re both donkeys.” Having already accused his “friend” of being loquacious, vacuous, hypocritical, and ignorant, Zophar feels he needs to make things clearer so Job doesn’t miss the point! God is looking for people like you, Job: “If He passes by, imprisons, and […]
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CHRIST’S DRAWING POWER: “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself” (Jn 12:32). It was prophesied by Isaiah concerning Christ: “There shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an Ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek” (Isa 11:10). What a picture! […]
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Cor 9:15). François Coillard (1834-1904) was a French missionary of Huguenot descent who bravely labored for the Lord in southern Africa. Semoindji Stephen, a young convert from the Zambesi, traveled with him on one of his journeys to Europe. Once when they were visiting the Guinness […]
“She out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood” (Mk 12:44). A woman told me she had lost half her oil fortune in the recent economic downturn. “Can you tell me how to get it back?” she asked. “No, but I can tell you how to keep the other half.” […]
Pride can lift us up. It can also take us right into the ground. If you have crashed, it’s time for a checkup from the neck up. […]
“Like a fluttering sparrow…, an undeserved curse does not come to rest” (Prov 26:2, BSB). In this first round of talks, do Job’s friends save the best till last? Hardly. Zophar’s comments are thankfully the shortest, but they are also the toughest to swallow. He feels no obligation to fortify his statements with the supernatural (as […]
CHRIST the COMFORTER: “May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself…comfort your hearts”(2 Thess 2:16-17). Bob Greene (Chicago Tribune, Aug 1987), tells the following. Douglas Maurer, age 15, of Creve Coeur, MO, was diagnosed with leukemia. The doctors told him that he would have to undergo chemotherapy, that he would go bald and his body would most […]
“Those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same” (Job 4:8). But the striking thing is this: we are not only the sowers; we are also the field of harvest! Carlyle wrote: “One cannot do a mean thing or think a base thought without becoming like the thing he thinks or does.… A miser […]