What a world of worry ours is! Worry is driving people mad and is largely responsible for the alarming increase of mental illness and suicides. Trouble, anxiety, vexations of mind characterize our life, and worry seems to be the most common and natural thing to do. Yet it is the most useless, unnecessary, and harmful […]
The Lord has given many opportunities to minister to all kinds of people since last September. The list of the dead does not accurately reflect the many casualties of that day and the destruction it left in its wake. For many, the reality has just recently struck. We have had a number of rescue workers […]
Dawn Robinson moved from the open spaces of rural Georgia to Bible college, then on to California, and finally to the fast-paced life in New York City. She found a job with the financial firm Morgan Stanley on the 61st floor of the World Trade Centers. Soon, Dawn found opportunities to witness to Cassie, her […]
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb…” (Rev. 7:9). The question as to whether this is a vision of the Church of Jesus Christ or other groups of believers is a […]
There are seasons in life when everything seems to be shaking. Old landmarks are crumbling, venerable foundations are upheaved in a night, and are scattered abroad as dust. Guiding buoys snap their moorings, and go drifting down the channel. Institutions which promised to outlast the hills collapse like a stricken tent. Assumptions in which everybody […]
There are two things I know for sure: 1) life is simple, and 2) life is definitely not simple. The one statement is as fundamentally true as the other. Let me explain. Physical life is sustained in the following way: you get up in the morning, perform your necessary ablutions, have a good breakfast, and […]
Nothing focuses the soul on what is truly important as much as the thought of leaving this world behind. Sometimes the more things we have, the harder it is to die. But what exactly will we be leaving here? 1. Material Things: The subtitle verse, found in 1 Timothy 6, is a warning passage about […]
“Hold fast” is a word which occurs twelve times in the Scriptures, three times notably in the messages to the seven churches: (1) “Hold fast till I come” (Rev. 2:25). That is a long, powerful, and permanent grip. However dark the days and difficult is the path, “hold fast till I come.” (2) “Hold fast […]
In a house the writer used to visit the following question hung on one of the walls, “Can God?” and underneath for the answer, “See Genesis 1:1—Rev. 22:21,” comprising the whole Bible. We might well give a similar answer if asked what we believe. But for convenience sake the following truths “most surely believed among […]