“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the Word, to speak the mystery of Christ…that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak” (Col 4:2-4). Sometimes we shrink from witnessing because we’re afraid of looking stupid; […]
One fact Job will teach us: You won’t really know God is all you need until God is all you have. Because the Bible is arranged as a progressive revelation—“precept upon precept” (Isa 28:10)—we may miss one of Job’s most significant contributions. Although no date or chronologies are given, Job seems to be the first book […]
JESUS the FRIEND of ENEMIES: “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you” (Mt 5:44). Mitsuo Fuchida, the Japanese commander who led the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, sat […]
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Cor 13:14). Only the Lord knows how many times this request has been borrowed to pray over the people of God. And no wonder! It is marked by succinctness, being just […]
In Good News is for Sharing, Leighton Ford recounts: “I was speaking at an open-air crusade in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Billy Graham was to speak the next night and had arrived a day early. He came incognito and sat on the grass at the rear of the crowd. Because he was wearing a hat and […]
Would you drive a car if, every time you went out in it, you got lost? Some folks get lost every time they open the Bible. What they need are some landmarks. […]
God’s mysterious questions are more worthwhile than man’s professed answers to life. You can’t avoid the cosmic battle between good and evil. You are the battlefield. The book of Job may appear to be exceptional in the way the conflict is engaged, but—one way or another—we all find ourselves in the enemy’s crosshairs. G.K. Chesterton opined that […]
CHRIST SUPREMELY ABLE: “‘Do you believe that I am able to do this?’ They said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord” (Mt 9:26). “…He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them” (Heb 7:25). “Now to Him who is able to […]
“O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty like You, O Lord? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, You still them” (Ps 89:8-9). Here’s an idea that can change our whole perspective on life. The same God rules the raging of, and speaks His stillness […]