“Let my cry come before You, O Lord; give me understanding according to Your word” (Ps 119:169). Five times in this monumental psalm (vv 34, 73, 125, 144, and here) David prays, “Give me understanding.” The state where I live has a commonly heard refrain: “Stay in school!” They tell young people that it is […]
Does the Bible allow for the theory of evolution? Josh McDowell writes: “We must first understand what we mean by the term evolution. If it is defined as simply change—as the development of an infant to an adult or a change within a kind, such as dog or cat—then this would pose no problem. This […]
CHRIST the HEALER: “Were there not ten cleansed?” (Lk 17:17). H.P. Liddon writes: Misfortune makes strange associates, and of these lepers one was a Samaritan. Illness, too, will make men think of God who have never thought of Him before. Conscious of their misery, they stood afar off; and yet—even if nothing came of it—they […]
“Forgive Your people who have sinned against You” (1 Ki 8:50). On April 30, 1863, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a National Day of Fasting, Humiliation & Prayer: “We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have […]
Yale-educated evangelist R.A. Torrey (1856–1928) worked with D.L. Moody in his early years and became superintendent of what became Moody Bible Institute. He served as a chaplain during the Spanish-American War and World War I. Following this, he held gospel series worldwide, which were greatly blessed. Following this, he was led to found the Bible […]
CHRIST the PERFECTIONIST: “Assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled” (Mt 5:18). F.B. Cowl tells the story of a friend of Michaelangelo’s seeing him at work on one of his statues. Some time later […]
“Cursed be the man before the Lord who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates” (Josh 6:26). What a strange petition! The destruction of Jericho, gateway to the conquest of Canaan, was at the same time a […]
“My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God” (Ps 84:2). William Davidson (1848-1929), Scottish professor of logic at the University of Aberdeen, wrote: “Human nature in its entirety postulates God. Man’s intellect, dealing with the systematic interpretation of the universe, demands Him as the ultimate explicatory term: He is the supreme unity […]
What does it mean to “walk in the steps of the faith” of Abraham? He believed God could bring into existence things that at that moment only existed as words in a promise! That’s the kind of faith that subdues kingdoms, works righteousness, obtains promises, and whips a few lions in the process. Repost […]