“The SPIRIT of CHRIST” (Rom 8:9). The Venerable Bede (c. 672–735) was an author, teacher, and scholar. His work, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, gained him the title “The Father of English History.” In writing about Pentecost, he said, “The Law was given on the fiftieth day after the slaying of the lamb, […]
“You have granted me life and favor, and Your care has preserved my spirit” (Job 10:12). After all he had gone through, this is Job’s testimony. He could have added, “My body is ravaged, my family is decimated, my wealth has evaporated, and my friends criticize me, but “Your care has preserved my spirit.” He […]
George Hucklesby shows the simple but effective method used by the one who led him into full assurance. After hearing a gospel message, a kind lady asked him if he was sure of being saved. No, he was not. “Would you like to be saved now?” she asked. “Yes,” he responded, but wondered how that […]
How could just two verses from the German Bible, memorized in his childhood, help the downed airman in Nazi territory? It’s both “living and powerful,” as he found out that night. […]
In an unexpected way, the grim waves of words crashing against Job drove him into the arms of God. “Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your consolation [Heb, tanhûm, meaning “comfort” or “solace”]” (Job 21:2). Thus begins Job’s sixth speech. The sentence is brimming with irony. Aren’t these “friends” there to comfort him? Instead, he finds […]
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JESUS RULER OF ALL: We are told that God “will manifest in His own time, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords” (1 Tim 6:15). What a discovery that will be to the unbelieving world, that Jesus is “the ruler over the kings of the earth” (Rev […]
“I called on the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me…” (Ps 118:5). The Clapham Sect, prominent evangelicals, united to seek the abolition of the slave trade and press gangs, the reform of the penal system, improvements in the care of the mentally ill, the regulation of factory conditions, and the promotion of schools in […]
Two great sins are marked out in Scripture by other sinners being threatened with having “their portion with hypocrites” (Mt 24:51), and that God “will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers” (Lk 12:46). Who can say which is greater? Certainly the Lord reserved His most scathing words for hypocrites. As He said, “Woe to […]
There was no “tooting your own horn” in those days. This is more like Zophar on his shofar! Happily, we’ve come to Zophar’s last speech. Calling it a speech may be too kind. It’s a verbal onslaught. In his first speech (Job 11:1-20), Zophar at least offered the possibility that Job was a good man […]
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