CHRIST the PRAYER INSTRUCTOR: “Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples’” (Lk 11:1). Sir Thomas Abney, knighted by William III, was one of the original Directors of […]
“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it” (Ps 127:1). The Hebrew words ben (son), bath (daughter), and beith (house) all come from the same root banah, “to build.” The West seems to have forgotten that families are the building blocks of a nation. And the notion that the Lord […]
In his remarkable account, Incidents of Gospel Work, Charles Stanley of Rotherham, England writes: “On one occasion I felt a distinct call to preach at a place I had only seen once. I did not know the name of the town, but I described it to a person from Staffordshire, who told me it was […]
The chattering classes are swooning these days over the meteoric rise of stocks and crypto, and talking about improving all eleven sectors of the economy, a system that groups all businesses into categories to aid investors in balancing their portfolios. Full disclosure: I’m neither an economist nor a businessman. I’m certainly not an investor, at […]
Lies are often confused with history. The real story is often written by unheralded heroes. If we don’t learn the blessing of hard work, we’ll not be able to enjoy the present, because we’re always waiting for the rest and retirement to come. Let me break it to you. We will have work projects forever. […]
CHRIST the CRUCIFIED ONE: “We preach Christ crucified” (1 Cor 1:23). “I am crucified with Christ” (Gal 2:20). Andrew Murray writes: The cross of Christ is His greatest glory. Because He humbled Himself to the death of the cross, therefore God has highly exalted Him. The cross was the event that conquered Satan and sin. […]
“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, who are kept by […]
Do you take the Bible literally? The answer, of course, is “Yes and No.” A good answer this question: We take the Bible in its plain and obvious sense, unless otherwise indicated. It may be better to say we take a literary approach to the Word of God. Like any great literature, there are different […]
Good leaders should not only talk but toil; not only toil but train; not only train but transfer. How safe is a house without doors or a city without gates? The walls are as nothing without them. When a cupbearer can rebuild a broken-down city, under constant threat, with volunteer labor, in 52 days, don’t […]