CHRIST the COMFORTER: “May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself…comfort your hearts”(2 Thess 2:16-17). Bob Greene (Chicago Tribune, Aug 1987), tells the following. Douglas Maurer, age 15, of Creve Coeur, MO, was diagnosed with leukemia. The doctors told him that he would have to undergo chemotherapy, that he would go bald and his body would most […]
“Those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same” (Job 4:8). But the striking thing is this: we are not only the sowers; we are also the field of harvest! Carlyle wrote: “One cannot do a mean thing or think a base thought without becoming like the thing he thinks or does.… A miser […]
The Psalms are often used as Messianic proofs in the preaching of our Lord and His disciples. Christ said to His own, “Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms” (Lk 24:44). Risto Santala (The Messiah in the OT, p. 108) writes: “The New […]
Whatever does returning soda pop bottles have to do with the return of the Lord? […]
Let’s enjoy all the good things given to those who trust. And in return? Let’s set our love on Him (Ps 91:14). We now turn to the second half of Psalm 91 (vv 9-16). After a personal ratification of his trust in God (vv 1-2) and a practical exhortation for others to trust Him (vv 3-8), we now have […]
Read More… from August 13, 2026 — When Satan Quotes The Bible
CHRIST IS CALLING: “The Master has come and is calling for you” (Jn 11:28). Peter deeply appreciated the Lord’s calling on his life and made it a theme of his letters. He tells us that we have every reason to “proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” […]
“Your fruit is found in Me” (Hos 14:8). At the end of Hosea’s prophecy, this ray of hope shines on beleaguered Israel. From the opening command in Genesis, “Be fruitful,” to the scene in the Jerusalem Above, where a tree grows “which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month” (Rev 22:2), God […]
“Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean” (Lk 5:12). Bruce Olson was raised in a Lutheran family in Minneapolis. He heard sermons on the need for change, but never about the power to change. One night at age 14, he prayed, “Lord, everything is messed up around me. And its messed up […]
Some call the first verse of this psalm the believers 9-1-1 call. Safe in the secret place, under His shadow. As we noted in the previous psalm penned by Moses, no title divides these two psalms. As well, one theme links the two. Psalm 90 begins, “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. […]