In 2 Samuel 23:14-17, we read a lovely account of three unnamed soldiers of David who, upon hearing him breathe a desire for water from the well of Bethlehem, broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew the water, and brought it to David. They had no obligation to do so. No one would have […]
Perhaps you’ve heard the familiar quotation, “The family that prays together, stays together.” While there is no biblical statement along this line, we have both scriptural direction and example as to the importance of prayer in the assembly. In the Acts of the Apostles, we read, “These all continued with one accord in prayer” (1:14). […]
What a strange winter this has been! The winter of 2011-2012 will go down as one of the most unpredictable in years. In the American Northeast, we had a major snowstorm a couple of days before Halloween. Around six inches fell in New York, New Jersey, and parts of Pennsylvania. Close to a foot fell […]
For most of us, the word addiction has negative connotations. It brings to mind the excessive use of drugs or alcohol, or some type of anti-social behavior. But a family mentioned in the New Testament, the household of Stephanus, was addicted (1 Cor. 16:15-16). The KJV says that they were addicted to good works, while […]
Shortly before He went to the cross, the Lord Jesus spent time with His disciples in what has come to be known as the Upper Room Ministry, recorded in John 13-17. Several disciples asked questions of the Lord, but the one that drew forth the longest and most detailed answer focused on a difficult subject […]
Someone once wryly observed that even a broken clock shows the correct time twice a day. But there is more to this catchphrase than implying that even the unskilled or uninformed can occasionally be right by chance alone. Before the digital age, clock springs had to be wound, or weights repositioned by hand so that […]
There is a challenge to every aspect of divine truth, and we see it in 1 Chronicles 29. David is coming to the end of his life and preparing the way for his son Solomon to succeed him to the throne of Israel. Although it had been David’s exercise to build the temple, a habitation […]
The Noahic Covenant and the Post-Flood World Noah’s life straddles the pre- and post-flood worlds. Its duration spanned an epoch of violence which was so brutal that it merited the severest divine judgment since Adam’s fall. Yet the darkest times offer opportunities for the light to shine more brightly (Jn. 1:5). The twin attributes of […]
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