Joseph Scriven, the author of “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” was born in Dublin in 1820 and moved to Canada when he was 25. Although born in wealth and refinement, he chose a humble path of service for Christ after the drowning death of his fiancée the eve before their wedding. One day […]
Like a soft breeze blowing through wind chimes, the Spirit stirred the hearts of the psalmists. Before we get too far into our studies, this might be a good place to pause and notice the author of the Psalms. Would it surprise you if I told you it was the Lord Himself? But you already […]
The MYSTERY of CHRIST’S MYSTICAL BODY: Christ’s singular Headship and His many-membered Body are mysteriously bound together. Ephesians 5:25-32 says, “…Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, […]
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith…” (Jas 1:5-6). Wisdom from above locates the diamonds in the dirt. It shows us what is of eternal value in a world of […]
When asked to write a comment in someone’s album, C.H. Spurgeon would often write: “E’er since by faith I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.” Early in his ministry at the Tabernacle he said: “I received, some years ago, orders from my […]
Two battles are fought at Zion’s Hill. The first time, He’s crushed (Isa 53:4); the next time, they will be. Psalm 2 is a thriller! The first scene (vv 1-3) is a battle diorama of sorts, like a boy playing with toy soldiers. “The kings of the earth set themselves…against the Lord and against His Anointed [Messiah]” […]
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The MYSTERY of CHRIST INDWELLING OUR BODIES: Christ’s redemptive death for me and resurrection life in me are mysteriously bound together. “…I became a minister…to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make […]
“Remove falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches—feed me with the food allotted to me [just what I need]” (Prov 30:8). Samuel Chadwick tells of a time when A.T. Pierson visited George Müller: “One night when all the household had retired, Müller asked Pierson to join him in prayer. He […]
“So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in Your word” (Ps 119:42). In the spring of 1947, a Bedouin was searching for a lost goat near the shore of the Dead Sea at Qumran. He threw a stone into a cave which contained not his goat but jars […]