Light of the pilgrim heart, Star of the coming day! Arise with morning beams, And chase our griefs away” (E. Denny). More than 25 centuries have rolled their course since the day Mordecai wrote “that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of […]
JESUS and the RESCUE MISSION: “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him…!” (Ps 22:8). These words were flung in mockery at the sinner’s Savior. The One who came on a rescue mission of monumental proportions had no one to rescue Him. But if He had been saved from the cross, sinners like Jerry […]
“What is man, that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart on him” (Job 7:17)? Considering the seeming infinitude of space, the psalmist asked a similar question, but with the opposite emphasis: “What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” (Ps 8:4). […]
Baha’i: founded in 1863 in Tehran, Iran as a breakaway from Islam. There are now 5-7 million adherents. They believe that the deity has revealed himself progressively through world religions, the last of these being Bahá’u’lláh, who united all religions—thus practicing any of these leads to the same end. Of course this is self-defeating. You […]
“Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord!” (Deut 33:29). “An English lord once rudely asked His valet if he knew One single act or fact that proved the Bible true; The art of disputation he had not learned to use, But, pointing to a passer-by, He said, ‘My […]
CHRIST ONCE-FOR-ALL: Christ once coming into the world, once going to the cross, once entering the sanctuary, once saving every believing sinner—accomplishing infinitely more than all the offerings sacrificed by every priest in every religion in every land in every age! “Once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin […]
“In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul” (Ps 94:19). From behind the towering black clouds of world distress and personal difficulties, a solitary ray of light breaks through. Comfort comes directly from God’s heart to ours. What joy sweeps away the sadness when I realize that Jesus is my […]
Ira Sankey tells of his visit with D.L. Moody to Sunderland, in northeast England: “One evening at the conclusion of a very earnest gospel address, I was requested to sing a hymn, ‘Come Home, O Prodigal, Come!’ A deep hush prevailed, and just before its conclusion a cry was heard through the building: ‘Oh, father, […]
“The nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, and those nations shall be utterly ruined” (Isa 60:12). Throughout the centuries, many reasons have been offered to justify the eradication of the Jews. Haman’s argument to the king seemed innocuous—“their laws are different from all other people’s” (Est 3:8)—but under the surface, he despised one […]