Holidays can be excellent, though often difficult, opportunities to reach out to relatives and friends who don’t know the Lord. Lonely people, international students—these were the kind of people, Jesus said, to invite to a “feast.” We should ask those who cannot recompense us, or invite us back (see Lk 14:13-14). I recall a life-changing […]
Whatever these creatures are, they’re giants to us. To God? He might consider them some of His pets. In the battle for Job’s heart, the struggle that’s been raging since Chapter 1, this is the final round. It’s the clash of wills in the heart of every person throughout history, since the gauntlet was first […]
JESUS the DOVE MAN: “And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, ‘You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased’” (Lk 3:22). An old anonymously written book called “This is the Way” tells about a Bedouin guide who traversed […]
“For the Father Himself loves you…” (Jn 16:27). Can we say that the whole human race had become Fatherless in the Fall? I think so! There was a Father, of course, like the prodigal son had a father, but we had fled the home. Modern society’s problem today is the opposite. The National Fatherhood Initiative […]
It is sometimes assumed that our Lord’s use of the title “Son of Man” is meant to emphasize His humanity. But is that true? William Lane Craig writes: “‘Son of Man’ is often thought to indicate the humanity of Jesus, just as the reflex expression ‘Son of God’ indicates His divinity. In fact, just the […]
We all know what it’s like to be humbled by a virus we can’t see, and that doesn’t even know it humbled us! It’s impossible for Job to even begin to do any of the tasks the Lord gave him. Can he act like God, flexing His mighty arm? Can he speak like God, thundering […]
JESUS the POOR MAN: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich” (2 Cor 8:9). Solomon may not have been thinking about the Messiah when he wrote: “There was a little city with […]
“Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; and let Your judgments help me” (Ps 119:175). Here’s a good reason for old age! A very godly woman I knew was sister Grace Pell, from Grand Rapids, Michigan. She taught me valuable lessons about being real in prayer. She said once, “I have learned to […]
My father worked in advertising before giving his full time to preaching the Word. He had opportunity to help a young man with his first employment, who eventually rose to a key post in Mercedes-Benz Canada. Meanwhile, my father had ventured into preaching, a virtual unknown. One of his first series was a few weeks […]