It’s so 21st century! Sending propaganda through the media to ruin the reputation of others. The adversaries’ initial efforts to stop the temple project came to nothing, so they decided to bring out the big guns with a letter-writing campaign. Anyone seeking to understand Ezra 4 needs to be a little familiar with the kings […]
CHRIST our KEEPER: “Now to Him who is able to keep you…” (Jude 24). “The Lord is your keeper” (Ps 121:5). The word “keeper” means “guard,” “watchman,” “protector,” and “preserver.” How will He keep you? He can keep you from stumbling (Jude 24), keeping you as the apple of His eye (Ps 17:8). He will […]
“Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, ‘The Lord be with you!’ And they answered him, ‘The Lord bless you!’” (Ruth 2:4). What beautiful greetings for God’s people to share! It is still true that, in the month of April, you approach Bethlehem through fields of ripened grain. And it is […]
Warren Wiersbe, in his book, 50 People Every Christian Should Know, tells of an English merchant traveling in Scotland in the seventeenth century who “made this entry in his journal: In St. Andrews I heard a tall, stately man preach, and he showed me the majesty of God. I afterwards heard a little fair man […]
The enemy’s goal is distraction, division, despair. “But God is the strength of my heart” (Ps 73:26). Ezra 3 concludes as follows: “many of the…old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this temple was laid…Yet many shouted aloud for joy, so that the people could not discern the […]
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CHRIST the LAW FULFILLER and SUPERCEDER: “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes” (Rom 10:4). The Lord Jesus made it clear that the law was good, and He had not come to destroy but to fulfill it (Mt 5:17). Benjamin Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsfield, and British Prime Minister […]
“May the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all” (2 Thess 3:16). Abe Lincoln told a story about his circuit-riding days. Heading to the next court session, he and his companions had to cross many creeks swollen by the spring thaw. Although they had crossed […]
Reconciliation means “to be returned to favor.” This is necessary only on our side; God does not need to be reconciled. “All things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation” (2 Cor 5:18). In the same way, our message to sinners […]
“Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are” (Jn 17:11). When Solomon’s temple was built, David had already laid in store what was needed to start the project. But this time we don’t read of warehoused provisions, outstanding craftsmen to supervise, or skilled artisans […]