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 […]
“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength” (Isa 30:15). After “Abijah rested with his fathers” (2 Chron 14:1), his son Asa ascended the throne of Judah in Jerusalem. Happily, “Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God, for he removed the altars of […]
“So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: ‘Rise up, O Lord! Let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee before You.’ And when it rested, he said: ‘Return, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel’” (Num 10:35-36). Regarding these beautiful verses, Adam Clarke writes: “Unless the […]
“His name shall be called Wonderful” (Isa 9:6). Arno C. Gabelein writes: “No mind can fathom, no heart can grasp, no pen describe, how wonderful the Savior is. The express image of God’s Person, how wonderful His condescension: the Creator of the angels made lower than the angels! Wonderful is He in His incarnation, resting […]
Our Lord is stronger than the strong man (Lk 11:21-22); He can toss him with one finger (v 20)! As with the devil at Calvary, what Jeroboam thought would be his greatest victory was his ultimate defeat. “Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time; and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied […]
Read More… from November 26, 2024 — It’s A No-Go For Our Foe
A cabin boy tossed overboard and rescued stated something wonderfully true about the Captain of our lives. […]
“I have waited for your salvation, O Lord!” (Gen 49:18). The great value of this verse is seeing it in context. It is a plea in the midst of Jacob’s prophecy regarding the future of his sons. They are not bright prospects, but in the middle he prays this prayer. We know how the story […]
“He who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death” (Jas 5:20). When workmen began a year-long $500,000 renovation in 1994 on the Washington monument in DC, they didn’t expect to find graffiti. But that’s exactly what they found. Graffiti from the 1800s discovered when workers removed some […]