“I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they […]
It would be impossible to overstate the importance of faith because “without faith it is impossible to please [God]” (Heb. 11:6a). Given the eternal consequences, we can see why it is important for us to understand faith clearly. As is often the case, in seeking to understand what faith is, it is helpful to consider […]
Joseph is one of the most beautiful Old Testament characters. There are many features about him that reflect the excellence of the person of Christ that cannot be overlooked. For example, his being sent by his father to his brethren, the suffering he endured among them and at the hands of the Gentiles, and his […]
Even in the worst of storms, the Captain of our souls still gets us to the mountain top. While there is no record of Noah’s failure in Hebrews 11, as we come to Genesis 9 we learn the sad lessons recorded there. The man who started so well and continued so faithfully, finished his course […]
Hebrews 11 is faith’s Hall of Fame—the great cloud of witnesses to the life of faith. This chapter describes, defines, and demonstrates faith. Verse 1 is the description, while verse 13 gives the definition. Faith can be defined by three verbs found in verse 13: “assured,” “embraced,” and “confessed.” Being assured of faith has to […]
The writer of the book of Hebrews tells us that Rahab did not perish with the other citizens of Jericho. Spiritual minds bow in wonder at the God of infinite mercy who reached down to lift her up to the very lineage and genealogy of the Messiah. Faithful Rahab is a shining example to every […]
Two men bore the name Enoch in the early history of mankind. One was the third from Adam in the line of Cain (Gen. 4:1, 17); the other was “the seventh from Adam” in the line of Seth (Gen. 5:3-24; Jude 14). But their characters were very different. One had a memorial raised to him […]
Like Joshua. He lived all out for the Lord. He lived a fruitful and successful life. There is much to be copied in a life like his. Joshua had a Heart for God “So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the […]
A recent exposé in Newsweek (a secular publication, no less!) documented the increasing worldwide persecution of Christians, specifically in the Muslim world: A fair-minded assessment of recent events and trends leads to the conclusion that the scale and severity of Islamophobia pales in comparison with the bloody Christophobia currently coursing through Muslim-majority nations from one […]