CHRIST the APPEARING ONE: “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:11-13). Christ […]
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness” (Ps 143:1). H. P. Barker tells a story about a poor woman who was being pressed by a tradesman to pay an account which she knew she had already settled. In that case he demanded that […]
Did religions evolve from polytheism to monotheism? Renowned Assyriologist Stephen Langdon writes: “In my opinion the history of the oldest civilization of man is a rapid decline from monotheism to extreme polytheism and widespread belief in evil spirits. It is in a very true sense the history of the fall of man.” And anthropologist Dr. […]
When the verse says, “Faithful are the wounds of a friend” (Prov 27:6), it probably means surgery, not savagery! When I see my little grandsons parrying and thrusting with their toy weapons, I think of the proverb, “The words of the reckless pierce like swords” (Prov 12:18, NIV). If Job’s three friends have come to comfort him, they are […]
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CHRIST the ESCAPE MASTER: “How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation…?” (Heb 2:3). I recall reading the account of seven prisoners of a Soviet camp near the Arctic Circle. After escaping the camp, they walked to India—through Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and over the Himalayas to safety. Walked a whole year, […]
“The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor 10:4-5). One of our mighty weapons in the battle for the rescue […]
“God, be merciful to me a sinner!” (Lk 18:13). Only a person’s sins rightly introduces himself to God. This was graphically illustrated at the funeral of Empress Zita, the last of the Hapsburgs. The procession stopped at the closed church doors. A member of the funeral party knocked, and was asked from within, “Who goes […]
Death and resurrection [have] even been muttered in conversations between…the vegetables. —C.S. Lewis From Job 14:7 to verse 22, we are taken on a nature hike. Job first asks us to look at the wonder of life in a tree. “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout […]
JESUS RAISED UP: “Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high” (Isa 52:13). The word for “exalted” means to be raised up; the word for “extolled” means to be borne up; but to be “very high” has no movement in it. God’s Servant has reached the pinnacle; […]