The Psalms, a hymnbook of the heart-born melodies of the redeemed, is in some parts 3,500 years old. Yet even this is late in the history of song. Before Moses and his multitude of former labor-camp slaves sang on the far side of the Red Sea (Ex. 15:1), before the patriarchs hummed a tune as […]
The five so-called poetical books are not the only poetry in the Old Testament. There are stretches of unexcelled poetry in the writings of the prophets and mingled through the narrative sections of Scripture. In fact, the greatest amount of prophecy which was given the prophets by the Holy Spirit is in the form of […]
There is a difference between equality and sameness. Equality is a statement of value. God makes no difference between men and women when it comes to value. Paul makes that plain in Galatians 3:28: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are […]
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On board old sailing ships there were seamen whose job it was to measure the distance to the ocean floor as they drew toward shore. Their task was to “sound the depths.” Samuel Trevor Francis (1834-1925) explored another ocean. He sent out his measure, and then announced, “unfathomable.” Of Thee, then, and Thy love I […]
There is a saying, “Men’s evil deeds we write in brass; their virtues we write in water.” All the world knows of David’s adultery with Bathsheba. The unsparing honesty of God has set down in Holy Writ the whole painful story and the manner in which David engineered the death of Bathsheba’s husband. It was […]
From very early times the Jews arranged the canonical books of the Old Testament into three great groups, known as “the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings.” The Psalms belonged to the last division and often gave to it its name (Lk. 24:44). There is strong evidence that in the original order of the Writings, […]
Psalm 23 is pitched on a high personal note. No less than seventeen times do “me,” “my,” “mine” and “I” appear. It is David speaking of himself in personal relation to God, as a sheep to a Shepherd. His words can equally be the language of any true sheep about the “One Shepherd.” While it […]
I want to be used by the Lord,” is frequently expressed by people when they become new creatures in Christ. This book is the story of how the Lord granted my desire to see a new work begin in an unlikely setting–the cornfields of Iowa. The support of my wife, Carol and our five children […]
There was a day not so long ago when correspondents of assemblies knew exactly what to do with letters from workers that even hinted at asking for money. With a practiced flick of the wrist, they sent such “begging letters” on a journey that would join other rejected materials at the local landfill site. Such […]