We are “as sheep in the midst of wolves,” so we need to be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Mt 10:16). Another Biographical Psalm, Psalm 56 was penned at the same time as that described in Psalm 34. This title reads, “To the Chief Musician. Set to ‘The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.’ A Michtam of David when […]
Heaven’s perspective is always better than earth’s. Our eyes stop at the horizon; God sees all the way to forever. “Leah was unloved” (Gen 29:31). A lonely woman, living in a household with her younger sister who is more beautiful and the object of her husband’s affection. Used as a bartering chip by her father for […]
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CHRIST TRIUMPHANT: “Behold! My Servant whom I uphold…He will not fail nor be discouraged” (Isa 42:1, 4). Pengwern Jones, fellow missionary to India and biographer of John “Praying” Hyde, wrote the following concerning a message Hyde gave about Christ’s victory at the cross: “To all appearances, the struggle was over and His life had come […]
“O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps” (Jer 10:23). The headlines of the UK’s Daily Mail article announced: “Imam discovers worshippers at his mosque in Turkey have been praying in the wrong direction for 37 years.” According to […]
J. Budziszewski abandoned the Christian faith in his youth. His explanation is telling: “At the bottom of all atheism is self-deception…Self-deception means playing dumb. It means pretending to ourselves that we don’t know what we really do; it means playing at being ignorant though we are really in the know. I suggest that we human […]
JESUS the SUPREME COMMUNICATOR: “No man ever spoke like this Man!” (Jn 7:46). So said the mesmerized officers who had been sent to arrest Him. “So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth” (Lk 4:22). This the testimony of Christ’s fellow townsmen. What of the […]
“Let my prayer be set before You as incense” (Ps 141:2). William Cowper wrote: What various hindrances we meet in coming to the Mercy Seat! Yet who that knows the worth of prayer but wishes to be often there? Prayer makes the darken’d cloud withdraw; prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw, Gives exercise to faith […]
Complete faith in Christ is not only the gateway to Life but also the pathway of Living. “The just shall live by faith” (Rom 1:17). Russell Kelso Carter, author of “Standing on the Promises,” made a profession of faith in Christ at age 15, but in his words, “I made a common mistake; I didn’t […]
CHRIST our CONSOLATION: “Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; for my eyes have seen Your salvation” (Lk 2:29-30). Old Simeon, who prayed this prayer, was waiting for “the Consolation of Israel.” This is parakletos, the encourager, one who adds courage. In the days of the Scottish Covenanters, John Brown […]