“God, be merciful to me a sinner!” (Lk 18:13). Only a person’s sins rightly introduces himself to God. This was graphically illustrated at the funeral of Empress Zita, the last of the Hapsburgs. The procession stopped at the closed church doors. A member of the funeral party knocked, and was asked from within, “Who goes […]
Death and resurrection [have] even been muttered in conversations between…the vegetables. —C.S. Lewis From Job 14:7 to verse 22, we are taken on a nature hike. Job first asks us to look at the wonder of life in a tree. “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout […]
JESUS RAISED UP: “Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high” (Isa 52:13). The word for “exalted” means to be raised up; the word for “extolled” means to be borne up; but to be “very high” has no movement in it. God’s Servant has reached the pinnacle; […]
“Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are” (Jn 17:11). After telling the story of the martyrdom of Perpetua the Roman matron, and the slaves Revocatus and Felicitas, in the beginning of the third century, Professor Henry M. Gwatkin says: “There is something […]
“The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds” (2 Cor 10:4). The believer has a fearsome enemy but remarkable weaponry. The word panoplia is used twice in the NT. In Luke 11:22, the Lord described His ability to defeat the strong man, taking away his panoply in […]
How does a Christian man creatively bring the gospel to 700 million people at one time? Listen on to find out — and allow your mind to stretch to consider how many redeemed sinners will be in Heaven! […]
No man can dream dreams lofty enough to touch the fringes of God’s ultimate plans for us in Christ. When assessing humanity, perspective is essential. The experts say we’re halfway between the subatomic particles and the supernovas. When David came to Goliath, the giant asked, “Am I a dog?” (1 Sam 17:43), to be chased away with […]
JESUS the FAMILY MAN: “I and the children whom God has given Me” (Heb 2:13). William Grimshaw (1708–1763) was ordained many years before he was saved. A “blind leader of the blind,” he was eventually brought to Christ through the death of his wife. Then, “with a slice of bread and an onion for his […]
“Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord…” (Ps 119:108). Hosea calls them “the calves of our lips” (14:2). Why the NKJV changes the Hebrew par (meaning “calf” or “young bull”) to “sacrifice” is beyond me. A similar idea is found in Hebrews 13:15, “Therefore by Him let us continually offer the […]