“Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You” (Jn 17:1). We know from our daily lives that there are two distinct ideas about time: the passage of time and a point in time. The Greeks had the same idea. Chronos gave its name to chronological time, and kairos […]
I was standing with some Christians in a small antiquities shop hard by the ancient pool of Siloam. The clerk, a Muslim, had been spoken to about the Lord Jesus, and in defense had launched into his own “personal testimony” of his conversion to Islam, a borrowed rendition from previous Christians who had witnessed to […]
The poor lost world, when they hear the gospel, can join the prodigal and say, “There’s bread enough and to spare in the Father’s house, and I perish with hunger.” No need! Come home! The banquet is ready! […]
The difficult paths of believers and unbelievers may seem similar. But Job says there are big distinctions! In pressing home his arguments, in this section (Job 27:13-23) Job tries to draw a careful distinction between his own case, and judgment brought on a wicked man by the Lord. I found my studies here akin to […]
Read More… from October 3, 2025 — Can You Spot The Differences?
CHRIST MANIFESTED: “This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory” (Jn 2:11), that is, began to unveil His blessed character as revealing the Father. “The life was manifested,” life as God intended it to be, “and we…declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was […]
“My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed, and in Your book they all were written” (Ps 139:15-16). How well do people around us really know us? How well do we know […]
How do you respond to someone who says: “I’d like to be a Christian but I don’t think I can live that kind of life”? Robert J. Little responds, “Christians are not expected to live the Christian life in their own strength. No one could do this. Part of the experience of conversion to Christ […]
Under a cloudless azure sky, my friend Sandy and I were sitting in a 13’ Boston Whaler. It was riding on a gentle swell in the turquoise Caribbean, far out beyond sight of land. He and I had come to preach the Word to a little settlement on Man-O’-War Cay, the last land before the […]
Hypocrisy in our day uses the best of Christian beliefs to disguise the worst of Christian behavior. Having breathed in the atmosphere of heaven for a while, Job decides to return to earth and plead his case once more (Job 27:1-12). The three-man jury have already made up their minds, but Job isn’t quite ready […]
Read More… from October 2, 2025 – Hypocrisy & Honesty Don’t Mix