“In the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot), before Haman to determine the day and the month…” (Est 3:7). That’s not a prayer, you say! And you’re right, of course. No prayer is recorded in this whole book. In fact, God’s name isn’t even there (except perhaps in coded […]
If Christianity is so great, why are there so few Christians? Don’t underestimate how many the Lord will save. When Jesus said, “narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Mt 7:13-14), He was speaking about that generation of Jews, most of whom […]
Job is not only disturbed that he is being punished—and for what?—but that the wicked are not. Thank you for letting us take a side trip from the passage at hand to lift up our eyes past the evening news. It’s so refreshing, isn’t it, to look beyond the present distress and see the divine […]
Read More… from September 23, 2025 — Justice Delayed Or Justice Denied?
CHRIST the MOTIVATOR: “For the love of Christ compels us” (2 Cor 5:14). Dr Helen Roseveare, medical missionary to the Congo, met the Lord personally at the age of 20 during a student retreat. She gave her testimony on the final evening, and Bible teacher Graham Scroggie wrote Philippians 3:10 in her Bible, and told […]
“There is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” (1 Tim 2:5). Long before, Job wrote, “For He is not a man, as I am,… Nor is there any mediator between us, who may lay his hand on us both” (9:32-33). But the Great Bridge Builder had already planned […]
As a boy, I loved good Christian biographies. One day I found my father’s copy of Archibald Glover’s massive “A 1000 Miles of Miracle in China,” It is a must-read for serious saints. It tells the harrowing, miraculous story of some CIM missionaries fleeing the Boxers who were intent on killing “the foreign devils.” One […]
As much as possible, look up, not down; look forward, not back; look after others, not just yourself. It’s very difficult to see into heaven when you’re always looking down. Job and his friends spend a fair bit of time looking down, don’t they! So forgive a brief diversion. One of the repeated calls to […]
THE LOWLY JESUS: “I am…lowly” (Mt 11:29). Here are statements made by and about the Lord Jesus during His earthly sojourn that show His amazing humility. As to His career path, they said with derision, “Is this not the carpenter?” (Mk 6:3), but He explained, “I am among you as the One who serves” (Lk […]
“I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies” (Ps 119:125). Verses 129-130 add: “Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them. The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.” The word “testimonies” is one of eight words used in this psalm to describe the […]