Two friends of mine, Gentile believers in the Lord Jesus living in Israel, shared the excitement of the impending birth of their firstborn. I inquired as to the due date of the child. The proud father-to-be replied, “The doctor said the child is due December 25.” I lamented, “The poor child will only receive one […]
Many of us cringe if someone starts talking about being loyal to tradition. We think of formal churches with their ornate ritual and Gothic architecture, the priestly garb of their ministers, and the lack of spontaneity in their services. But how does Scripture use the term? The word “tradition” is a translation in the New […]
“The first century following the death of the Apostles produced few Christian writers, few men of learning or note. For the most part, the Christians of those days were concerned about living Christianity and they found in the Scriptures all that was necessary to their salvation and edification.”1 However, during the second and third centuries, […]
When Christians hear “Grand Rapids,” they think Zondervan or Radio Bible Class or Children’s Bible Hour. But where was the first Zondervan book typeset? And where did M. R. DeHaan bring his early manuscripts to be checked before airing them? Who first produced a Bible course for The Wordless Book in Arabic? The Reason Why […]
No period in Church history…presents a darker picture than Christian Europe at the close of the tenth century. The degradation of the Papacy, the corrupt state of the Church within, and the number and power of her enemies without, threatened her complete overthrow. Besides the Muslims in the East, and the pagan Northmen, a new […]
This past week I was visiting in the Iron Range of the Minnesota northwoods at Storybook Lodge Christian Camp. Each day at meal-time, in an effort to shrink the growing evidence of my lack of exercise, I took a four-mile walk along the highway towards the little town of Biwabik. At the junction of the […]
The high priest in ancient times needed to have compassion for the people with whom he worked. The Scripture states, “He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also beset by weakness” (Heb. 5:2, NKJV). He must have compassion; the margin states “deal gently.” The Greek verb […]
Charles Frederick Hogg (1859-1943) used his outstanding gifts to raise the standards among the Lord’s servants and the church in general. Born into a godly family in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the year that revival swept the country, he was converted at the age of nineteen. Soon he was preaching on the streets of that […]
Where shall we find another whom we can compare with Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, in the love that she bore to her dead children, and the dead children of her lord? Of all the mothers that were ever in Israel, she has obtained first place in the book of life for constant and enduring […]