“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 19:14). I was flying from Vancouver to California and sitting beside a woman who seemed impervious to all my efforts at witnessing. She spoke about her recent happy divorce, her pub crawls, her karma. […]
’Tis the set of the sails, And not the gales, That determines the way we go.” —Ella Wheeler Wilcox Job had passed the test. “In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong” (Job 1:22). How could one consider an even more daunting trial of his faith than that, especially because all ten of […]
Read More… from July 15, 2025 — Persecuted, But Not Forsaken
CHRIST the PROVIDER of “ALL THINGS”: “All things are yours…And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s” (1 Cor 3:21-23), for “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Rom 8:32). In fact, “His divine power […]
“The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth” (Ps 145:18). James M. Gray, an editor of the first Scofield Bible, was a close associate of D.L. Moody. Raised in a nominally Christian home, he did not know the Lord. One evening, while reading a book […]
Imputation means to reckon, or to put to one’s account. “And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.’ And he was called the friend of God” (Jas 2:23). A similar verse in Galatians 3:6 renders the word as “accounted to him.” We have the idea […]
A bird doesn’t sing out of duty or duress, but because it has a song within and must sing it. Crises don’t form character as much as they reveal it. If a man is full of selfishness and bitterness, when he is jostled by circumstances, that’s what comes out. If he is filled with the […]
JESUS is “THIS MAN.” The officers sent to arrest Jesus said, “No man ever spoke like this Man!” (Jn 7:46). The crowd observed, “All the things that John spoke about this Man were true” (Jn 10:41). The Jews marvelled, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?” (Mt 13:54). In one of […]
“Let the proud be ashamed, for they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; but I will meditate on Your precepts. Let those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies” (Ps 119:78-79). Two groups of people interacted with David: the proud — those seriously impressed with themselves; and the reverential — those seriously […]
“Jesus said, Take away the stone” (Jn 11:39). Sister Abigail tells the story of a girl she met called Annie. She had been treated roughly by her mother and, as a result, her spine was damaged and she was invalided. As she grew, she despised her mother for the damage she had done. Abigail took […]