CHRIST the HORN of SALVATION (Lk 1:69): Dear Christian, rejoice today in the fullness of our provision as expressed in 1 Peter 1:3-6. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…”—we have a SHARED life, inextricably linked forever with the Godhead. “…who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again…”—we have […]
“And now, O Lord, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as You have said. So let it be established, that Your name may be magnified forever” (1 Chron 17:23-24). Homer Lea (1876–1912) was rejected by the American military for health reasons. […]
David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and explorer of Africa, visited Cambridge on December 4, 1857. To the student body he said: “People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. Can that be called a sacrifice which is simply paid back as a small part of a […]
What a picture! The ostrich’s wings can’t fly, but that doesn’t keep her from lifting up in pride. It’s estimated there are roughly 10 to the power of 80 atoms in the universe. From quarks and neutrinos to the massive supernovas, all came from the hands of our Lord (Jn 1:3). He also fashioned the […]
CHRIST the SUPREME OFFERING: “Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God” (Eph 5:2). Leonard Sheldrake tells a story from the days when a plastic coin called a mill was used with purchases during rationing. One rolled at his feet at a bus stop, and he […]
“And now for a little while grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage” (Ezra 9:8). What a prayer! Judah […]
“Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” (Jer 23:29). Christian apologist Bernard Ramm writes about the Bible and its critics: “A thousand times over, the death knell of the Bible has been sounded, the funeral procession formed, the inscription cut on the […]
When we domesticate animals for our benefit, we diminish their ability to fend for themselves. There’s another lesson among God’s menagerie. Job had once owned a large number of animals—“his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys” (Job 1:3). Imagine that—11,500 animals for service across his […]
CHRIST with the MIGHTY NAME: “And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong” (Acts 3:16). The infidel gives grudging proof to the power of Christ’s name by using, not the names of the founders of the world’s great religions, but only that Name when he curses. John wrote the purpose […]