“According to Thy manifold mercies Thou gavest the saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies” (Neh. 9:27). We are sometimes inclined to ask, “Of what use is the book of Judges? What lessons is it intended to teach? To what period does it answer in the history of the salvation of […]
By the grace and mercy of God, I became a Christian just before my twentieth birthday. Until then, most of the teaching about God and Jesus Christ that I had heard was from the Catholic churches I had attended near my home in Stamford, Connecticut. One very noteworthy event that occurred during the days when […]
If ever there was a case which we might have thought would have repelled Infinite Goodness and Infinite Purity, it is that described in Luke 8. No leper-house more loathsome or polluted than this! Joined to his filthy idols–the trail of the serpent in every chamber of imagery–Christ might well have said, “Let him alone!” […]
The history of Samson is one of sin and sadness, folly and failure. Yet, in spite of this, we do well to remember his noble qualities. He was a man of faith (Heb. 11:32). He delivered Israel from the Philistines and ruled as a judge in Israel for 20 years. Furthermore, he was a man […]
It is evident there is a renewed interest in worship. At many conferences and assemblies you will hear a series of messages on the subject, usually at the specific request of elders or others. This renewed interest is nothing but a positive, spiritually healthy sign. The Breaking of Bread is the primary public expression of […]
Paul the Apostle states: “They measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise” (2 Cor. 10:12). In other words, human standards of measurement are away off. The cosmic view of our world helps to realign our thinking, as David noted when he viewed heaven’s lighthouses on the shoreless seas of interstellar […]
The usual concept of power which enlightened men have held through the centuries is undergoing an enforced revision. Men have always looked for power in the prodigious, but many are learning today that it is not found there. Power resides rather in the small and insignificant. The infinitesimal microbe has spread greater devastation than all […]
The mysteries of the seed have always intrigued me. There, latent in a little bit of tissue, is the life of a great tree. Seeds that lie dormant for many years often keep this potential and, when planted, send down their roots and push a slender shoot up to drink in the sunlight. Soon what […]
In our English language some of the tenderest, sweetest and most endearing, yet most elusive words are diminutives. Webster’s Dictionary tells us that ‘Charley’ is the diminutive of ‘Charles.’ Her Majesty the Queen might call Prince Charles, ‘Charley,’ but we may not do so: it is too intimate, too endearing a name, for a stranger […]