Author: Bill Nicholson
Posts by Bill Nicholson
April 8, 2025 — Marriage Mayhem
In Christian marriage, we don’t seek for our partner to meet our needs, but to share Christ’s bounty. Jesus called it “the doctrine of Balaam” (Rev 2:14). What was it, and why should it be an issue still in the Church Age? Marriage was the first divinely-ordained institution, and so the first attack-point of the enemy. The […]
April 8
CHRIST our SCAPE-GOAT. The Septuagint translates the verses about the azazel or scape-goat as follows: “Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord, and offer it as a sin offering; but the goat on which the lot of the sent away one fell shall be presented alive before the Lord […]
April 8 Petition Mission
“Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise” (Jer 17:14). This world has all sorts of disease and danger. At the spring of them all is the selfish pride that brought the universe to moral collapse. When Paul called himself the chief […]
April 8
George Whitfield, who preached more than 18,000 times, was one of the most widely recognized public figures in colonial America. During the Great Awakening of 1740, he was addressing a large open-air meeting from the words, “And the door was shut” (Mt 25:10). A young man in the audience, standing not far from the preacher, […]
The Charred Briefcase
This story about a missionary who died before arriving on the mission field is a good reminder that God is not limited by our circumstances in accomplishing His eternal purposes. […]
April 7, 2025 — Unholy Matrimony
Balaam-like, Satan can’t curse God’s people, but he can turn the blessing of marriage into a battlefield. Do you recall Ezra’s purpose in coming back to Jerusalem? “Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel” (Ezra 7:10). And do you remember […]
April 7
CHRIST OUR SHILOH: Christ is the PEACE-BRINGER for He is the promised Shiloh, “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between His feet, until Shiloh come; and to Him shall the gathering of the people be” (Gen 49:10). He is the PEACE-MAKER, for He “made peace through the blood of His […]
April 7 Petition Mission
“Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; and in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by” (Ps 57:1). Richard Cecil (1748–1810) was a leading British Evangelical and friend of John Newton. Wishing to teach his daughter trust […]