Only heaven will reveal how much we owe them. All thinking men realize they depend on the ministry of women from cradle to grave. Therefore it is not surprising that He who was truly Man, although He came “not to be ministered unto but to minister,” was the object of the devoted ministry of women. […]
Don’t leave widows out of your social plans. Often when a husband dies, his wife is no longer invited out to dinner since it’s “a couple thing.” Then invite a couple of widows! Make sure that those who don’t have a husband in the assembly (single, widowed, unsaved husband, etc.) still have a voice in […]
Life is simple at the start. Breathe. Eat. Sleep. Cry. Leave the rest to your caregivers. But life doesn’t stay that way for long. It seems that the headlong rush of the twenty-first century especially lends itself to increasing complication. But the apostle Paul obviously saw the problem coming in the first century: “I fear, […]
In these days of growing uncertainty, there is a bright and certain hope! Do you think we’ll ever get caught up?” We were standing in the press room as brother Tim asked the question. The heady aroma of printer’s ink, coated stock, and cleaning fluid filled the place. The measured rhythm of the presses, punctuated […]
What is all the fuss about Jerusalem anyway? Is there a solution for this tortured city? I’m staying with friends in a very Jewish neighborhood in South Florida. A tabloid, the Jewish Journal, was dropped at the door and I took the liberty of glancing at it. Along with ads for kosher catering, fund-raisers for […]
This once was holy ground—and will be again. We know from what we are told in the New Testament that the temple that Solomon reared on Moriah was a type of the Lord’s present dwelling-place, a temple that He has been building through the energy of the Holy Spirit during the last 2000 years, that […]
Almost all the great cities of the world share certain characteristics. For example, they often sit astride great waterways. New York has its Hudson; London, the Thames; Paris has the Seine; and Cairo, the Nile. But what of Jerusalem? What did the Psalmist mean when he wrote: “There is a river, the streams whereof shall […]
And the return of the glory of Jehovah. In Isaiah 39:5-7, we have a striking announcement to Hezekiah of the seventy years’ captivity among the very people whose ambassadors he had tried to impress with the importance of his kingdom and the riches of his treasures. This announcement forms the threshold of the last great […]
This veteran evangelist in the Middle East describes his first impressions. The time is 9:30 am. It is just five hours since, rubbing from my eyes the dust of the Sinai desert, I gazed from the carriage window into the gray light of dawn to see for the first time strings of camels, fat-tailed sheep, […]