“I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it,” said the Lord Jesus in Matthew 16:18. The completion of the New Testament and 2,000 years of church history have served to confirm the power and accuracy of His words. Who but the Lord could have designed a strategy whereby […]
When faith murmurs, and unbelief revolts, and men challenge the Supreme to break that silence and declare Himself, how little do they realize what the challenge means! It means the withdrawal of the amnesty; it means the end of the reign of grace; it means the closing of the day of mercy and the dawning […]
God is glorified by revealing Himself, and the Son of God glorified the Father by making Him known. So those who are taught and led by the Spirit of God glorify Him by acknowledging His attributes, and by adoring Him as He declares Himself in His works and His ways, recorded in the Holy Scriptures, […]
God must reveal Himself, His greatness, grace, and glory, or with all our fancied knowledge we must remain in ignorance of Him. How varied are the opinions of men as to His character. One man speaks of Him as though He were a cruel tyrant, more than willing to crush the creatures of His hand. […]
The Englishman, Thomas Newberry (1811-1901) could thank God for a mother and older sister who were both spiritually atuned and able to communicate the gospel clearly. Through their consistent Christian testimony, he was tutored in the holy Scriptures from childhood. At an early age he was born again by the incorruptible Word of God, which […]
Our word ‘preach’ represents several words in the Greek New Testament, two of the main ones signifying ‘to proclaim as a herald’ and ‘to tell good news.’ What, then, has led to the timid announcements about the ‘speaker’ for next Sunday–a word so full of insignificance–instead of the use of the robust and scriptural ‘preacher’? […]
God created man for His own glory, and fitted him for communion with Himself. This is intimated by His visiting our first parents in the cool of the day. He doubtless taught them to hallow the beginning and end of each day with worship. When man fell, his heart became alienated from God, and the […]
When the National Geographic magazine published an article entitled “Ballerinas in Pink” about flamingos in their October 1957 issue, they little realized what a significant impact it would have on the Western world. On the lawn and garden industry. On our definition of words like “tacky”–at least in some minds. It was from photos published […]
In the epistles–Romans through Jude–the word “feast” or “feasts” is mentioned only four times. Three of these references evidently refer to collective gatherings that include the saints of God. There is significant teaching relevant to these three references. A feast in scripture is not an orgy of eating. Rather, as God ordained a feast, it […]