“All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies” (Ps 25:10). David is still on the run! Having been anointed by Samuel as Israel’s king many years before, recognized as Israel’s champion in the Valley of Elah, and effectively doing the work of the king in […]
CHRIST, LORD of CREATION: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth” (Mt 28:18). Only the miracle of creation and divine maintenance preserves our planet and its wonderful adaptations and provisions for the propagation of human life. Within our earth itself wind, wave, lightning, storm, flood, drought, avalanche, earthquake, fire, heat, […]
“I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful to me according to Your word. I thought about my ways, and turned my feet to Your testimonies. I made haste, and did not delay to keep Your commandments” (Ps 119:58-60). David’s prayer for mercy is among five statements of personal action. The first four […]
“No man in the world today has such power as he who can make his fellow men feel that Christ is a reality.” So wrote Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933). What does the Bible say? “To His saints…God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which […]
Heaven’s perspective is always better than earth’s. Our eyes stop at the horizon; God sees all the way to forever. “Leah was unloved” (Gen 29:31). A lonely woman, living in a household with her younger sister who is more beautiful and the object of her husband’s affection. Used as a bartering chip by her father for […]
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We are “as sheep in the midst of wolves,” so we need to be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Mt 10:16). Another Biographical Psalm, Psalm 56 was penned at the same time as that described in Psalm 34. This title reads, “To the Chief Musician. Set to ‘The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.’ A Michtam of David when […]
CHRIST TRIUMPHANT: “Behold! My Servant whom I uphold…He will not fail nor be discouraged” (Isa 42:1, 4). Pengwern Jones, fellow missionary to India and biographer of John “Praying” Hyde, wrote the following concerning a message Hyde gave about Christ’s victory at the cross: “To all appearances, the struggle was over and His life had come […]
“O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps” (Jer 10:23). The headlines of the UK’s Daily Mail article announced: “Imam discovers worshippers at his mosque in Turkey have been praying in the wrong direction for 37 years.” According to […]
J. Budziszewski abandoned the Christian faith in his youth. His explanation is telling: “At the bottom of all atheism is self-deception…Self-deception means playing dumb. It means pretending to ourselves that we don’t know what we really do; it means playing at being ignorant though we are really in the know. I suggest that we human […]