CHRIST our HIGH PRIEST: “We do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses” (Heb 4:15). The Lord Jesus is “a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man” (8:2). “He always lives to make intercession” for His own people and so is “able […]
“Hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know” (1 Ki 8:39). Eight times in his prayer, Solomon uses the phrase “hear in heaven.” Why? Because he had earlier asked and answered the question: “Will God indeed dwell on the earth? […]
Anthony Cetola, a young shepherd living south of Rome, jumped at the chance to emigrate to the United States. He found a night-shift job in East Orange, New Jersey and a bed at the YMCA. He had heard the Protestants might try to brainwash him, so was reluctant to accept the tract offered him on […]
When all earthly hope is gone, never forget the God of Hope. Don’t give up as long as God is on the job. We’re told to pray for all people everywhere. Say, wouldn’t that include your unsaved loved one? […]
“Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us” (1 Cor 5:7). Purge out leaven…since you are unleavened? Here is the heart of Christianity: believe what you read; possess your possession; become what God says you are; […]
“Jesus is not a footnote to Adam and his Fall; the Fall…is a footnote to the purpose of God in Christ.” —B. Kruger Sometimes it’s good to end exactly where you started if you can’t make any improvements. David thinks so in Psalm 8. He begins and finishes with these words: “O Lord, our Lord, how […]
CHRIST INCOMPARABLE: “No one is holy like the Lord, for there is none besides You” (1 Sam 2:2). More than 2000 years ago, a man was born contrary to the laws of nature. He lived in poverty and was raised in obscurity. He received no formal education but this man’s life has changed the course […]
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my [thoughts, KJV]; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Ps 139:23-24). Being accountable to the Lord is vital for every serious Christian. Even a little fudging on the accounts can lead to […]
Buddhism, founded in India by Siddharta Gautama (the Buddha, or Enlightened One) in 520 bc, has 360 million adherents. Beliefs differ: Theravada Buddhism is atheistic; Mahayana is more polytheistic. Buddha taught nothing is permanent. Life’s purpose is to avoid suffering, gain enlightenment and release from the cycle of rebirth, or at least attain a better […]