My property is blessed with beautiful trees. But trees get old, like us. We became concerned about one, more than 100 feet high, leaning lovingly towards our house. Time to take the old oak down. I called my friend, Joseph Lampkin, 85 years young. He’s fair-priced, prompt, and efficient. He has a few younger men […]
THE END. That’s how a book concludes. But with “the end of the Lord” (Jas 5:11), He’s just getting started! There is just one reference to Job in the New Testament. James, more than likely the half-brother of our Lord, wishes to remind God’s people about Job two millennia after he was born. James has been exhorting […]
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Php 4:6-7). Worry? Why worry? What can worry do? It never keeps a trouble from overtaking […]
On the last day of September 1816, Robert Moffat sailed from London for South Africa. Proceeding to Namaqualand on the west coast, he there acquired the Dutch language. While residing with a Boer farmer, he was asked to conduct a “service” in the house. Moffat requested that the master call his servants. “Do you mean […]
Christian faithfulness isn’t heroics or theatrics. It’s the dogged commitment to not give up on God. If you were going to pick three outstanding Bible characters, who would they be? Here are the three the Lord identifies. He says: “‘When a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; […]
“With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!” (Ps 119:10). Webster defines “wandering” as “to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal.” To everyone else around us, we may seem to be focused and disciplined. But the Lord knows that a life aimed at anything […]
Whatever you know of God’s truth, do it. That is what the disciples were told in John 2:5, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” Above all, it is what the Lord says, “You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you” (Jn 15:14). We never read of purifying our souls in hearing […]
Job’s unanswered questions lead him to one unquestioned answer: The Lord knows, and that’s enough. You’ve doubtless heard people say that the theme of the Book of Job is “the mystery of suffering.” Well, if it’s a mystery at the beginning, wrenching a “Why?” from Job’s lips, it’s still a mystery to him at the […]
“Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.…Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you…” (Ps 55:17, 22). The Lord doesn’t just sustain your burden when cast on Him; He sustains you! Adrian Rogers writes: “The greatest problem we face is not […]