“Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other” (Isa 45:22). Strange as it may seem, we’ve come to the end of Old Testament history. The following books (Job–Malachi) overlap the previous books (Genesis–Esther) with rich layers of Hebrew poetry and prophecy. The only […]
CHRIST OUR INSPIRATION to WORK HARD: “He who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father” (Jn 14:12). Titus 2:14 declares that Christ “gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and […]
“But Daniel purposed in his heart…” (Dan 1:8). The door of history pivots on a relative handful of decisions. Here we read about young Daniel’s choice to guard himself from defilement. His resolve set him apart from the crowd, equipped him for God’s use, and changed the direction of world empires. When Don Calhoun made […]
To the writers of [the New Testament Epistles] this present life was only an incident. It was lived, with a due sense of responsibility, as a preface to sharing the timeless life of God Himself. To these men this world was only a part, and because of the cumulative result of human sin a highly […]
Let’s get something straight. God gave us minds and expects us to use them. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37) Some famous atheists have said that God is anti-intelligence because He forbade Adam and Eve from eating from the tree […]
Light of the pilgrim heart, Star of the coming day! Arise with morning beams, And chase our griefs away” (E. Denny). More than 25 centuries have rolled their course since the day Mordecai wrote “that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of […]
JESUS and the RESCUE MISSION: “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him…!” (Ps 22:8). These words were flung in mockery at the sinner’s Savior. The One who came on a rescue mission of monumental proportions had no one to rescue Him. But if He had been saved from the cross, sinners like Jerry […]
“What is man, that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart on him” (Job 7:17)? Considering the seeming infinitude of space, the psalmist asked a similar question, but with the opposite emphasis: “What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” (Ps 8:4). […]
Baha’i: founded in 1863 in Tehran, Iran as a breakaway from Islam. There are now 5-7 million adherents. They believe that the deity has revealed himself progressively through world religions, the last of these being Bahá’u’lláh, who united all religions—thus practicing any of these leads to the same end. Of course this is self-defeating. You […]