“Cursed be the man before the Lord who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates” (Josh 6:26). What a strange petition! The destruction of Jericho, gateway to the conquest of Canaan, was at the same time a […]
The Lord is the expert at non-verbal communication. On occasion, Jesus said something like: “I couldn’t help overhearing what you were thinking” (see Luke 5:22). But He hears a lot more than that! […]
“My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God” (Ps 84:2). William Davidson (1848-1929), Scottish professor of logic at the University of Aberdeen, wrote: “Human nature in its entirety postulates God. Man’s intellect, dealing with the systematic interpretation of the universe, demands Him as the ultimate explicatory term: He is the supreme unity […]
God is a perfect Gentleman. If you don’t want Him, He’ll withdraw so as not to impose on you. I recall a talk at our dinner table when I was a boy. The topic was H.R. Palmer’s hymn, “Yield Not to Temptation.” My father said he didn’t think one line was true: “Each vict’ry will […]
The great monotheistic religions of the world all trace their history to the little region east of the Mediterranean that still dominates world news. One of the uniting features of all three beliefs—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—is their conviction that we are not left to our own religious inventiveness because GOD HAS SPOKEN. How did He […]
“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 […]
“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God…in whom I will trust” (Ps 18:2). Asa, “because the Lord had given him rest” (2 Chron 14:6), took advantage of the lull in hostilities. “Therefore he said to Judah, ‘Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the […]
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 […]