One of the most common sports-related injuries today is dislocated joints. Though I’ve never experienced such an injury, those who have tell me it is very painful and that it renders the affected limb useless until the dislocation can be corrected. The repair is usually rather quick, though not painless. It can be made tolerable […]
The Bible does not need to reveal the fact that man is a sinner. But it discloses just how grim is the prognosis. Observe the names of sins. In Numbers 15, a distinction is given between “sins of ignorance” and “sins of presumption.” The Psalmist prays (Ps. 19) that he may be “cleansed” from the […]
Some evangelical believers regard formal learning with suspicion and doubt. Part of this may be a fear of the unknown. To the person with no education after high school, university training may seem quite foreboding. To many, a man with a PhD may be very intimidating. Consequently, some delight in demeaning education–especially theological education with […]
The following story is true. Only the name has been changed–to protect the guilty! Harold is an avid reader. Whether the Bible, a newspaper or book, you could always find him in his favorite chair in the living room reading. In the early years of their marriage, his wife would often make the mistake of […]
John Foxe (1516-1587), born in Lincolnshire, England, was an English church historian whose massive and unanswerable work, The Acts and Monuments, nerved all of England against the Church of Rome. John entered his training at Brazenose College, Oxford when just sixteen–in the same year that Henry VIII’s Church of England made its breach with Rome. […]
The words of the Apostle Paul to Timothy are telling: “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Tim. 4:12). Apparently, Paul had reason to believe that there might be some who, because of their advanced […]
I grew up in a passionately evangelistic assembly where we were taught the railroad track view of divine sovereignty and human freedom. I deeply admired the brethren who taught me the Word and consider it one of the best Bible schools I could have attended. These men took every word of the Bible seriously. They […]
Edward Perronet (1726-1792) penned what is today called the National Anthem of the Church: “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name.” Edward and Charles Perronet, sons of Vincent Perronet, an Episcopal clergyman, who preached fifty years at Shoreham, England, joined forces with the Wesleys in 1846. Charles Wesley refers to him as a companion and […]
God’s grace does not encourage licentiousness. We glory in the fact that we are saved by grace alone, apart from human works (Eph. 2:8-9). But God’s grace leads us away from the world culture in which we live to a life of godliness. One’s life proclaims his faith. “For the grace of God that brings […]