“My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed, and in Your book they all were written” (Ps 139:15-16). How well do people around us really know us? How well do we know […]
How do you respond to someone who says: “I’d like to be a Christian but I don’t think I can live that kind of life”? Robert J. Little responds, “Christians are not expected to live the Christian life in their own strength. No one could do this. Part of the experience of conversion to Christ […]
Under a cloudless azure sky, my friend Sandy and I were sitting in a 13’ Boston Whaler. It was riding on a gentle swell in the turquoise Caribbean, far out beyond sight of land. He and I had come to preach the Word to a little settlement on Man-O’-War Cay, the last land before the […]
Hypocrisy in our day uses the best of Christian beliefs to disguise the worst of Christian behavior. Having breathed in the atmosphere of heaven for a while, Job decides to return to earth and plead his case once more (Job 27:1-12). The three-man jury have already made up their minds, but Job isn’t quite ready […]
Read More… from October 2, 2025 – Hypocrisy & Honesty Don’t Mix
CHRIST the LOVER of WHOEVER: “Whosoever believes in Him should not perish” (Jn 3:15): Mary McLeod, 15th of 17 children, was the daughter of ex-slaves so poor the children pulled the plows. When a mission school opened nearby, Sam McLeod asked God to help him select one child to go, all he could afford. Mary […]
“Now while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very bitterly” (Ezra 10:1). This hardly seems the path to popularity! Confessing? Don’t you lose your status and […]
D.L. Moody paid nine visits to the Civil War battlefront. One evening past midnight, he was called to visit a dying soldier. “He said, ‘I wish you to help me to die.’ ‘I would help you if I could,’ replied Moody. ‘I would take you on my shoulders and carry you into the kingdom if […]
“The ways of creation are wrapt in mystery. We may only marvel, and bow our head.” —Albert Einstein Finding his friend unable to help him in his distress, Job turns his eyes upward. He describes for us the Creator. Everything is within His purview. You cannot escape Him, even in the grave. “Sheol is naked before […]
CHRIST the OUTPOURING: “He poured out His soul unto death” (Isa 53:12). When Christ “emptied Himself” (kenoo, Php 2:7), who received the outflow of this fullness? We know the answer: “of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace” (Jn 1:16). If we can truly hear what Paul tells the Ephesians, we should […]