CHRIST the SIMPLE ANSWER: “‘How can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way…’” (Jn 14:5-6). Frederick Baedeker received permission to distribute Bibles in the far-flung prisons of Tsarist Russia. At one near the Black Sea, he had given Bibles to the general population, when the guard told of a murderer […]
“When Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and His people Israel” (2 Chron 31:8). Under good king Hezekiah, temple worship had been restored. Now the people needed to give generously to provide for the Lord’s work. When the king visited the place where they were gathering the supplies, […]
The remarkable conversion of British thinker C.S. Lewis is described in his own words: “To find their way, atheists must make sense out of a random first cause, denounce as immoral all moral denunciation, express meaningfully all meaninglessness, and find security in hopelessness.…You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, […]
“What matters beating wind and tossing billow If only we are in the boat with Thee?” —Amy Carmichael Forgive me if this is simply a flight of fancy, but in the first part of Psalm 93, I seem to see the Lord rising from His throne in regal majesty, His garments billowing out like the […]
CHRIST the COMPLETER, as seen in John 17. In the Lord’s prayer to His Father, seven times He declares to have accomplished what He set out to do. He said, “I have glorified You on the earth” (v 4), that is, He had displayed the glories of His Father while on this planet. Then He […]
“I am Yours, save me; for I have sought Your precepts” (Ps 119:94). What better plea can we offer in our times of need? “I am Yours.” When the Lord saw the goings-on at the base of Mt Sinai, He said to Moses, “Go, get down! For YOUR people whom YOU brought out of the […]
How can people in this century take the idea of the virgin birth seriously? Interestingly, the most detail regarding the birth of Christ is given by a medical doctor, in the Lord’s biography by Luke. Often people argue that first century peasants believed in the miracles because they didn’t understand the scientific explanations behind events. […]
Do you ever talk like this? “Well, I never! I never thought I’d see the day. I never thought you’d do that.” Anyone interested in Hebrew poetry will find Psalm 93 a fascinating study. Early on, we thought about various kinds of parallelism. Much of it falls into two main categories. Synonymous Parallelism, often with “and” as […]
CHRIST the WORTHY ONE: “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power” (Rev 4:11). Walk worthy of the glory to which you have been called by God: “You know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you…that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His […]