“Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word” (Acts 4:29). Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) was a controversial Congregationalist preacher who, from his pulpit, thundered against the liquor and gambling interests in his city, naming names. One evening, as he walked in the city […]
Evolutionary paleontologist Niles Eldredge confesses: “That individual kinds of fossils remain recognizably the same throughout the length of their occurrence in the fossil record had been known to paleontologists long before Darwin published his Origin. Darwin himself…prophesied that future generations of paleontologists would fill in these gaps by diligent search…120 years of paleontological research later, […]
Who but the Lord could use Richard Dawkins as a testimony? This story is like a stone skipping across the waves. Discouraged SS teacher? Doubting college student? Disheartened evangelist? Despairing mother or father? God says, “I’ve got this.” […]
I don’t doubt that America could use some economic, political, and societal changes for the better. What that would look like I’ll leave to others. But when Jesus was on the planet He rarely spoke about those large-scale changes. His plan encouraged radical INNER change. How serious is the human condition? Fatal, I’m afraid. So […]
The Israelites had faced nosy neighbors before. This time, it would cost Syria’s governor dearly. As we saw in the last episode, Tattenai, the Persian governor of Syria, on the other side of the Jordan, had heard about this building project. He came to see and inquire about it. When he had the facts, he […]
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CHRIST the LIVING WATER: “Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely” (Rev 22:17). William Gamble tells of an emaciated child who was brought from a poor neighborhood to a London hospital. On his arrival, the nurse gave him a glass of milk. Before lifting the glass to his lips, the little fellow […]
“Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah” (Ps 62:8). If we’re honest, we know it’s unjudged sin that keeps us back from the blessings God wants us to have in our lives and ministries. But what can we do about it? […]
It is a common attack on the Bible that the word “Trinity” is not found anywhere. True enough. But the truth of the Three-in-One God can be found often in Scripture. Here are a few verses from the New Testament that link, in a sentence or two, the three Members of the Godhead. Notice that […]
The note he left behind told the story. Life often hangs by a thread. […]