These words strike terror into the farmer who relies on the harvest so bills can be paid, shelter provided, and a family can be raised. Early in the season, a considerable investment has already been made. Sweat equity, some might call it. Others would undoubtedly consider the emotional equity involved. Not to mention the significant […]
The apostle John uses the phrase “as He is” several times in his first letter to Christians. It describes an affinity or oneness which is true of the individual believer in his or her relationship with the Lord Jesus. He has in mind something more fundamental than a similarity between the Savior and the saved, […]
John 6, and especially John 6:37, is considered by Calvinist scholars and Bible teachers to be among their most convincing texts. Calvinist author James White believes it to be the strongest Calvinist passage in the entire Bible. In his book, The Potter’s Freedom, he writes: John 6:37-45 is the clearest exposition of Calvinism in the […]
There are a number of infamous characters that show up in the pages of Scripture. Herod the Great thought nothing of killing Bethlehem’s infant sons in an effort to save his throne. Goliath blasphemed the Lord and taunted Israel before he met a well-placed stone with his forehead. The hands of Ahab and Jezebel were […]
Jacob had two wives, Rachel and Leah. Rachel was the wife that he really loved, but she was barren, unable to conceive. She was fearfully frustrated and pleaded with Jacob, “Give me children or else I die!” (Gen. 30:1). Later, Rachel did conceive and bore Jacob two sons. What impresses me is the intensity of […]
Appointed wrath vs. obtained salvation Often, the great epochs of God’s plan are described by the term “day.” For instance, the period of time in which we are living is sometimes referred to as “the day of grace” or “the day of salvation.” However, a time is coming that is called “the day of wrath […]
The Bible highlights two days—two today’s—in the history of Israel’s possession of the promised land. The first today reminds us of the time Israel stood on the very brink of blessing and refused to enter. “Today, if you would hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of […]
The Pharaohs of the Exodus In the last issue of Uplook, we took a look at the Pharaohs of Genesis. In this issue, we’ll start to turn our attention to the Pharaohs of Exodus. There is probably no Old Testament account about which more has been written, or more movies have been made, than the […]
In the flow of time, when parents become grandparents—as has just happened to us—and they are confronted anew with the awe-inspiring miracle that is new life, some pause to give thanks to God that the intricate choreography of human development and birth happens safely and automatically because of the careful and reasoned design of a […]