CHRIST the REMAKER: “…so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make” (Jer 18:4). As new creatures in Christ, we are welcome in Heaven, where He has “made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show […]
“And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the […]
George Goodman writes: “The gospel must be preached with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven (1 Pet 1:12). This is why such blessing attended the preaching of Peter on the day of Pentecost. He was filled with the Spirit and spoke as the Spirit gave him utterance (Acts 2:4). The preacher must be one […]
Weak hands and wobbly knees rob me of my doing and my going. Thank God for strengtheners! Job’s lament (Job 3:3-26) has hardly died on the air before Eliphaz responds. He wonders aloud if “weary” Job is up for what he has to say to him (4:2, 5). But then he recalls that there have been many […]
JESUS, SPEAKING through CHILDREN: “Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise” (Mt 21:16). In 1880, James W.C. Fegan was on a camping trip in the country with some of the boys he had rescued from the city streets. They visited the home of Charles Darwin, who lived nearby, and […]
“…the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God…” (Acts 26:17-18). Let’s pray today that missionaries may experience a breakthrough. I was moved by James Gilmour’s journeys through Mongolia (1870-1890). He walked, not because he […]
“I have more understanding than all my teachers: for Your testimonies are my meditation” (Ps 119:99). “Moral relativism is a philosophical failure,” Francis Beckwith explains with a true story: “The teacher instructs her class, ‘This is the first day of class, and so I want to lay down some ground rules. First, since no one […]
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Are you “able to comfort those who are in any trouble”? You can if you share the comfort of God (2 Cor 1:4). The taciturn man thinks you shouldn’t speak unless you can improve on silence. Job’s friends thought otherwise. Who were these men? James Gunn helpfully writes, “Eliphaz was a philosopher; Bildad a theologian; and […]