“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom” (Ps 90:12, KJV). Our days on this planet are so short that the psalmist described them this way: “You have made my days as handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You; certainly every man at his best state […]
“As having nothing, and yet possessing all things” (2 Cor 6:10). Sometimes we excuse our evangelistic inactivity because of a shortage of funds. But the poverty of the early Christians was an asset, not a liability. As J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) points out: “A religion which turned the world upside down, while its first preachers were […]
Imagine locating an unexploded bomb in a ruined building. What they found was even more alarming! It seems the temple had been severely damaged. This wasn’t the kind of job a little paint and putty could fix. Former kings had “destroyed” the place (2 Chron 34:11). As Hilkiah the high priest sifted through the rubble, what do […]
CHRIST our HIGH PRIEST: “We do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses” (Heb 4:15). The Lord Jesus is “a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man” (8:2). “He always lives to make intercession” for His own people and so is “able […]
“Hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know” (1 Ki 8:39). Eight times in his prayer, Solomon uses the phrase “hear in heaven.” Why? Because he had earlier asked and answered the question: “Will God indeed dwell on the earth? […]
Anthony Cetola, a young shepherd living south of Rome, jumped at the chance to emigrate to the United States. He found a night-shift job in East Orange, New Jersey and a bed at the YMCA. He had heard the Protestants might try to brainwash him, so was reluctant to accept the tract offered him on […]
This story in the life of Josiah is another reminder that holiness and happiness are good friends. Josiah was just eight when his 24-year-old father Amon was murdered by his servants. The conspirators were executed, and the child-king was placed on the throne. His father, during that short tenure, had worked hard for the devil, […]
CHRIST INCOMPARABLE: “No one is holy like the Lord, for there is none besides You” (1 Sam 2:2). More than 2000 years ago, a man was born contrary to the laws of nature. He lived in poverty and was raised in obscurity. He received no formal education but this man’s life has changed the course […]
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my [thoughts, KJV]; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Ps 139:23-24). Being accountable to the Lord is vital for every serious Christian. Even a little fudging on the accounts can lead to […]