“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 […]
CHRIST OUR DAYSMAN: Job longed for there to be a go-between, a “daysman between us, that might lay his hand upon us both” (Job 9:33). In the story of infidel turned Bible scholar B.H. Carroll, he writes: “I had turned my back on Christianity and had found nothing in infidelity; happiness was gone, and death […]
“So Jesus…asked him…‘What do you want Me to do for you?’ He said, ‘Lord, that I may receive my sight’” (Lk 18:40-41). If the Lord asked you today, “What do you want Me to do for you?” what would you say? We couldn’t do better than this poor fellow. It’s of note that the last […]
Here are some prayer pointers regarding the gospel: 1. Ask the Lord for help in living a life that suits the gospel and “adorn[s] the doctrine of God” (Phil 1:27; Titus 2:10). 2. Ask the Lord for divinely arranged opportunities to witness (Col 4:3). 3. Ask Him for boldness for yourself and your fellow believers […]
This grandma knew that her gift was really more than just a gift… […]
Those who would attack God’s people might like to know beforehand that God is for us (Rom 8:31). It was all well and good to give Esther and Mordecai the house of Haman and the royal signet, but destruction was still approaching. Why? Any official decrees “cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, […]
CHRIST OUR BENEFACTOR: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you” (1 […]
“You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes” (Ps 119:68). In other words, “Lord, I love both who You are and what You do.” The Lord’s statutes are what give us the true measurement of the good. Clearly, what God does is determined by who He is, and He always acts consistently with […]
One treasure for which the heart longs is the security of unchanging love. It is the believer’s certainty that there is nothing that “shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:39). George Matheson, in spite of a deteriorating eye condition, graduated from Glasgow […]