A Shocking Truth
Have you ever touched a live wire before? Quite shocking, isn’t it? Did you know, Christian, that there’s a live wire within you? Find out what it is… […]
Author: Bill Nicholson
Posts by Bill Nicholson
February 24, 2025 — The Sweep Of History
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can,…to all the people you can….” —John Wesley Ezra continues the history of the Jewish people after the fall of Judah’s monarchy, but he is actually in the middle of a chain reaction of sorts. First in line is Jeremiah who, unlike the other […]
February 24 Petition Mission
“Then Jacob said, ‘O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac,…I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant…” (Gen 32:9-10). C.H. Spurgeon writes: “I have a dear brother in Christ, Mr. Curme, who is the mirror of […]
February 24
H.P. Barker was visiting the doors when he asked a man, “Are you able to say, ‘My sins, which are many, are forgiven?’” ‘Oh no, I don’t think anyone can speak positively on that.” “What place do you attend on Sundays?” He pointed to the parish church. “Why, sir, every Sunday you repeat in that […]
February 23
CHRIST our SHEPHERD: “I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own” (Jn 10:14). David, who well knew the characteristics of a good shepherd, describes in Psalm 23 the most convincing proof of such: contented sheep! As John Hooper (c. 1495-1555)—executed at the stake for his faith during […]
February 23 Petition Mission
“Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Your mercy remember me, for Your goodness’ sake, O Lord. Good and upright is the Lord…The humble He guides in justice, and the meek (KJV) He teaches His way” (Ps 25:7-9). At Wigtown, Scotland, on April 13, 1685, widow Margaret MacLachlan and […]
February 23
“Andrew…first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah.”…And he brought him to Jesus” (Jn 1:40-42). “One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, ‘There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish’…” (Jn 6:8-9). “Certain Greeks…came to Philip…saying, ‘Sir, we […]
February 22
CHRIST the PLANNER of the AGES: “God…in these last days did speak to us in the Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages” (Heb 1:1-2, Young’s Literal Translation). Paul speaks of the “purpose of the ages, which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Eph 3:11, […]
February 22 Petition Mission
“When [the enemies] heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed…they became very angry, and all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion. Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God…” (Neh 4:7-9). Anger is one of our chief enemies, often […]