My father and I were both fascinated by the printing process. How ideas from one mind could be spread to others through black marks on a page intrigued us. That’s how we ended up at McCormick Place in Chicago for an international print exhibition. One company featured their gold stamping machine. A salesman was handing […]
Heaven! “Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there” (Rev 21:25, BSB). Early in the believer’s life we make our way to Gate 8, “the Horse Gate,” where “the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house” (Neh 3:28). Out from this gate went soldiers to face the […]
CHRIST, DEATH’S CONQUEROR: “Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him” (Rom 6:9). Circus hand Alfred Mace was a most unlikely young man to be listening to William Carter preach that night in a Brixton theater. “But just about midnight,” he writes, “I joined […]
“Men always ought to pray and not lose heart” (or “faint,” KJV) (Lk 18:1). H.G. Bosch quotes a missionary commenting on this verse: “My concordance shows the root meaning of the word ‘faint’ is ‘to cave in.’ What causes a ‘cave-in’? It is weakness on one hand and pressure on the other. What causes a […]
One of the most important lessons in the book of Acts is this: there’s room for everyone on the team. Not all could preach like Peter, but Peter first had to be brought to Jesus, and was, by his otherwise retiring brother, Andrew. Matthew arranged a dinner for the local tax office and invited Someone […]
Where can we find Wisdom? “At the openings of the gates in the city she speaks her words” (Prov 1:21). We began our journey around Jerusalem’s ramparts, learning lessons about the progress of faith from the first four gates: salvation at the Sheep Gate; testimony at the Fish Gate; obedience at the Old Gate; and humility at […]
CHRIST the HEIR: “His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things” (Heb 1:2). This passage in Hebrews includes the fulfilled prophecy from Psalm 2, “The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.” But the psalm continues: “Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations […]
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God” (2 Cor 1:3-4). This […]
How can you believe a Bible that is full of contradictions? Josh McDowell writes: “Certain passages at first glance appear to be contradictory, but further investigation will show that this is not the case.” McDowell points out that different descriptions may be complementary, not contradictory (see one or two blind men, Mt 9:27; Mk 10:46). […]