CHRIST ONCE-FOR-ALL: Christ once coming into the world, once going to the cross, once entering the sanctuary, once saving every believing sinner—accomplishing infinitely more than all the offerings sacrificed by every priest in every religion in every land in every age! “Once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin […]
“In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul” (Ps 94:19). From behind the towering black clouds of world distress and personal difficulties, a solitary ray of light breaks through. Comfort comes directly from God’s heart to ours. What joy sweeps away the sadness when I realize that Jesus is my […]
Ira Sankey tells of his visit with D.L. Moody to Sunderland, in northeast England: “One evening at the conclusion of a very earnest gospel address, I was requested to sing a hymn, ‘Come Home, O Prodigal, Come!’ A deep hush prevailed, and just before its conclusion a cry was heard through the building: ‘Oh, father, […]
“The nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, and those nations shall be utterly ruined” (Isa 60:12). Throughout the centuries, many reasons have been offered to justify the eradication of the Jews. Haman’s argument to the king seemed innocuous—“their laws are different from all other people’s” (Est 3:8)—but under the surface, he despised one […]
CHRIST OUR DAYSMAN: Job longed for there to be a go-between, a “daysman between us, that might lay his hand upon us both” (Job 9:33). In the story of infidel turned Bible scholar B.H. Carroll, he writes: “I had turned my back on Christianity and had found nothing in infidelity; happiness was gone, and death […]
“So Jesus…asked him…‘What do you want Me to do for you?’ He said, ‘Lord, that I may receive my sight’” (Lk 18:40-41). If the Lord asked you today, “What do you want Me to do for you?” what would you say? We couldn’t do better than this poor fellow. It’s of note that the last […]
Here are some prayer pointers regarding the gospel: 1. Ask the Lord for help in living a life that suits the gospel and “adorn[s] the doctrine of God” (Phil 1:27; Titus 2:10). 2. Ask the Lord for divinely arranged opportunities to witness (Col 4:3). 3. Ask Him for boldness for yourself and your fellow believers […]
This grandma knew that her gift was really more than just a gift… […]
Those who would attack God’s people might like to know beforehand that God is for us (Rom 8:31). It was all well and good to give Esther and Mordecai the house of Haman and the royal signet, but destruction was still approaching. Why? Any official decrees “cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, […]