CHRIST the LORD: Both Mark’s and Luke’s accounts include the story of a widow of whom the Lord said: “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her […]
“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the […]
“Love,” said George Herbert, “is a man of war.” Christ’s suffering therefore was not passion merely; it was action to the highest degree. Our Redeemer stood alone in the universe as the visible exponent of love. Earth rejected Him. Hell assailed Him. Heaven forsook Him. Of the people there was none with Him: He trod […]
Last Saturday I headed to Jackson for a hospital visit. It was a glorious day as I traversed the verdant hills of the Mississippi countryside. But my mind was momentarily preempted from the beauty by the name of a friend of mine. Not long ago, Larry had his wife of many years swept from his […]
Astronomer Johannes Kepler spoke of discoveries “as though I had thought one of God’s thoughts.” Having briefly addressed the “singularity,” as modern scientists call it—when time, space, and matter began to exist—the Lord visits the unexplained wonders of gravity and the world appearing to hang on nothing. Then He speaks of the limits He set […]
CHRIST the REAPER: “He who reaps…gathers fruit for eternal life” (Jn 4:36). This the Lord told His disciples just after the harvesting of the woman at Sychar. When Dr. A.T. Pierson asked George Müller if he had ever asked God for anything that had not been granted, he replied, “Sixty-two years, three months, five days […]
“But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, ‘Give us a king to judge us.’ So Samuel prayed to the Lord. And the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you…’” (1 Sam 8:6-7). A striking example of a special prayer category: the ones we wish […]
James, the 7th Duke of Hamilton, was born at Holyrood Palace, the son of the 6th Duke of Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth. He succeeded to his father’s title of Duke of Hamilton at the tender age of two. He was educated at Eton and died of tuberculosis aged 14 at Hamilton Palace, the family’s […]
We use the words “I wonder” to mean, “I’d like to know.” But it should mean, “I’d like to worship.” The Lord begins His science class with the less complicated inanimate world (Job 38:4-38). I say this tongue-in-cheek. There’s nothing simple about gravity—the wonder of earth’s “foundations fastened” to nothing, God having “laid its cornerstone” on empty space (v […]