Why the Right Side?
Right or wrong. Right or left. The two uses of the word “right” may be confusing. But thankfully, in the story of catching 153 fish, the right side was the right side. And therein lies a great lesson worth catching too. […]
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July 25, 2025 — Living On The Hedge
A hedge might be called the evidence of God’s sovereign care. But what if the hedge is breached? A hedge is a living wall. It may be decorative, but still it walls some things out and other things in. Sometimes a hedge is grown from a thorny plant, like a privet, to more effectively impede […]
July 25
CHRIST the LIFE of LIFE: “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God” (Gal 2:20). The promise of life, the only life worth having, is in […]
July 25 Petition Mission
“We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other” (2 Thess 1:3). An 1871 painting by John Everett Millais titled Victory O Lord! hangs in the Manchester Art Gallery. It powerfully depicts […]
July 25
Captain Gustav Stearns was an army chaplain with the 127th Infantry of the U.S. Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. Wounded in battle, honored by General John Pershing for gallantry in action, in one day he buried 51 soldiers under shell-fire. He preached to over 4,000 wounded soldiers on one occasion, and was […]
Dead Right
James Calvert was born January 3, 1813, the son of a tenant farmer. As a boy, he was apprenticed to a printer, skills he later used in preparing the first Fijian Bible. When he, his wife Mary, and two others left for the Fiji Islands in 1838, they were putting their lives on the line. […]
July 24, 2025 — Don’t Dance With Destruction
“My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Ps 73:26). For twenty-four verses, Job pours out his lament. It’s too late to unbirth himself or wish he were stillborn. So now he turns his thoughts to the welcomed relief that death would bring to his tortured […]
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July 24
CHRIST the RESCUER: “For He rescued us from the domain of darkness…” (Col 1:13). C.I. Schofield, editor of the well-known reference Bible notes, was born into a God-fearing home, but his mother died while he was a baby. As a young man, he served during the U.S. Civil War, and then practiced law in St. […]
July 24 Petition Mission
“And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.…Lord, do not charge them with this sin’” (Acts 7:59-60). This statement of grace shown to Stephen’s persecutors may sound similar to what the Lord Jesus said at Calvary: “Father, forgive them…” But there is a clear difference. Christ’s […]