When Jeroboam led the ten tribes in rebellion against Rehoboam, he decided to set up his own religion in the north. He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem” (1 Ki.12:28, nkjv). God had commanded His people to go up to Jerusalem several times a year to […]
In the courtiers of King Saul, we are amazed first at the clearness with which they recognized demoniacal agency in the disconsolate condition of their master; then the frankness, combined, indeed, with the deepest respectfulness, with which they, regardless of the consequences which might arise to them from such a step, announced their opinion of […]
One of the simplest forms of construction is the fastening of two beams together. Men who have never mastered welding or masonry are able to drive nails through wood. Such was the cross.1 The promontory on which the cross was raised would blush to hear itself called a mountain. Although it is the north end […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]