“Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mk 14:38). A steamboat was stranded in the Mississippi River, and the captain couldn’t get her off a sandbar. Eventually a rough-looking fellow came on board and said, “Captain, I understand you’re looking for a pilot to […]
David Gooding comments on the repentant thief: Personally he had never thought much of kings, had never felt like obeying any of them. But a King who would pray forgiveness for the very men who were spiking His hands and feet to a cross…you could respect a King like that. He wouldn’t mind being in […]
My father tells a story from the war years and a thrilling illustration of the believer’s arrival in Heaven. (repost) […]
“He who is not content with what he has, would not be content with what he would like to have.” —Socrates There are three lessons in God’s science class about behemoth. The first is an internal lesson. You see how the creature is described: “his strength is in his hips, and his power is in his stomach muscles…the […]
THIS SAME JESUS: “This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11). “He is coming! He is coming!” cried the prophets, wrote the poets, illustrated the sacrifices. And, in the fullness of time, He did. Then the message […]
“You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up” (Deut 6:7). British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whatever her failings, was not afraid to speak the truth. In a speech delivered […]
“How good is a timely word!” (Prov 15:23). My brother-in-law, Bob, who was a public school teacher, spent a great deal of time with special needs students. Many of them were deeply damaged by issues in the home. One 11-year-old girl seemed to be in trouble much of the time. One day, in exasperation, he […]
I know. A few of you did your Christmas shopping during last January’s clearance. Your gift wrap—featuring Santa in Hawaiian shirts—was 75% off. For good reason! The majority of us, however, still like shopping closer to the event, with the sparkling lights, jingling bells, and festive camaraderie. As an old timer who’s shopped for almost […]
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.” —Francis de Sales We now come to two unfamiliar but remarkable creatures. Behemoth is a land animal (Job 40:15-24); Leviathon is a sea creature. The word behêmôt is the plural form of an unused root, probably meaning “mute,” perhaps the origin of the […]
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