“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? […]
“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 […]
When others unjustly start name-calling, what do we do? We call on the name of the Lord! Psalm 7 is the second Biographical Psalm, and is titled “A Meditation of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.” I hope I’m not spoiling it for you, but those words would hardly […]
CHRIST UNSEEN: “…Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory” (1 Pet 1:7-8). J. Sidlow Baxter, in his devotional, Going Deeper, quotes the words of F.B. Meyer: “The great painters of Christendom covered the walls of picture […]