The historical elements of the gospel are found in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ “for our sins” and the multitude of witnesses that join the documentary evidence of Scripture (1 Cor 15:3-9). The doctrinal elements of the gospel are found in Acts 20:21, “repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” […]
CHRIST the SOUL-WINNER (Prov 11:30):John Pitezel and his wife served the Lord in n. Michigan from 1844 to 1846 on the edge of Keweenaw Bay. They longed for a breakthrough with the Indians but saw only opposition. Once, while evangelizing a mining crew many miles distant, he knelt praying. He was interrupted by Black Swallow, […]
“I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him…” (1 Cor 1:4-5). N.D. Hillis writes: “One of the great pictures in the French Academy of Design assembles the immortals of all ages.… Delaroche places Intellect on […]
“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Cor 6:2). Dawson Trotman writes: The very first trip that I ever took on United Airlines was on a twelve-passenger Boeing plane. It was about a three-hour trip and I wanted to share Christ with someone, but it wasn’t until the […]
“Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other” (Isa 45:22). Strange as it may seem, we’ve come to the end of Old Testament history. The following books (Job–Malachi) overlap the previous books (Genesis–Esther) with rich layers of Hebrew poetry and prophecy. The only […]
CHRIST OUR INSPIRATION to WORK HARD: “He who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father” (Jn 14:12). Titus 2:14 declares that Christ “gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and […]
“But Daniel purposed in his heart…” (Dan 1:8). The door of history pivots on a relative handful of decisions. Here we read about young Daniel’s choice to guard himself from defilement. His resolve set him apart from the crowd, equipped him for God’s use, and changed the direction of world empires. When Don Calhoun made […]
To the writers of [the New Testament Epistles] this present life was only an incident. It was lived, with a due sense of responsibility, as a preface to sharing the timeless life of God Himself. To these men this world was only a part, and because of the cumulative result of human sin a highly […]
Let’s get something straight. God gave us minds and expects us to use them. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37) Some famous atheists have said that God is anti-intelligence because He forbade Adam and Eve from eating from the tree […]