I was a young preacher, visiting with the old veteran Welcome Detweiler of Durham, NC. We were sitting in a diner as the waitress came to our table. After she had taken our orders, Mr. Detweiler said, “When you have a minute, I have a question.” Good move, I thought. It will stir her curiosity […]
The UNRESTRICTED CHRIST: “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Rom 8:32). With Christ, it’s all or nothing. When we are without Him, no matter how large our bank account, we are bankrupt. With Him, […]
“Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mk 14:38). A steamboat was stranded in the Mississippi River, and the captain couldn’t get her off a sandbar. Eventually a rough-looking fellow came on board and said, “Captain, I understand you’re looking for a pilot to […]
David Gooding comments on the repentant thief: Personally he had never thought much of kings, had never felt like obeying any of them. But a King who would pray forgiveness for the very men who were spiking His hands and feet to a cross…you could respect a King like that. He wouldn’t mind being in […]
My father tells a story from the war years and a thrilling illustration of the believer’s arrival in Heaven. (repost) […]
“He who is not content with what he has, would not be content with what he would like to have.” —Socrates There are three lessons in God’s science class about behemoth. The first is an internal lesson. You see how the creature is described: “his strength is in his hips, and his power is in his stomach muscles…the […]
THIS SAME JESUS: “This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11). “He is coming! He is coming!” cried the prophets, wrote the poets, illustrated the sacrifices. And, in the fullness of time, He did. Then the message […]
“You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up” (Deut 6:7). British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whatever her failings, was not afraid to speak the truth. In a speech delivered […]
“How good is a timely word!” (Prov 15:23). My brother-in-law, Bob, who was a public school teacher, spent a great deal of time with special needs students. Many of them were deeply damaged by issues in the home. One 11-year-old girl seemed to be in trouble much of the time. One day, in exasperation, he […]