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 […]
In this graphic, soul-stirring section of the book of Isaiah there is enshrined one of the most needed messages for today. Chapter 40 deals with comfort, and presents the God who is incomparable in His strength and sympathy. The content of the chapter is magnificent for its richness of revelation in the development of the […]
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 […]
“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 […]
It is capable of demonstration that every great expansion in Christian history has been a product of some type of re-thinking of fundamental ideas. It is necessary to remember that too frequently old truths, losing their vitality, have become a hindrance to the progress of the gospel. Not the least hindrance to the gospel has […]
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 […]
The Bible, or parts of it, is translated in more than 2,200 languages and dialects. The complete Bible is available in over 370 languages; the New Testament is published in 960 languages. Ninety-six per cent of the world population can read the Bible. In French we have a wide range of versions, from the much […]
The Scripture gives us total guidance for salvation and how, though sinful, we may get to heaven. It also teaches us salutary lessons for our welfare, and the Lord’s glory, while we are on the upward path. I have learned from the Bible that our God may allow what seem to be disasters in our […]
This story begins with a young man who knew it all. I knew what was best for me, and how I should live my own life. I was going to enjoy those things in which I gloried. Thus, I wasted much of my high school years in drugs and alcohol. I left home a month […]