What a wonderful experience it would be to have the Lord Jesus as a guest in your home! This was the case for Abraham in the Old Testament and for Martha, Mary, and Lazarus in the New. The Lord also went into the home of the two He met on the road to Emmaus, at […]
On the human level, the situation in the home of Zacharias and Elizabeth was not unique. Many families longed for children. We can recall two similar cases: Abram and Sarai, and Elkanah and Hannah. But in both families, as with Zacharias and Elizabeth, divine intervention enabled the impossible to happen, resulting in the births of […]
It has been said that water is life. Although not literally true, liquid water is an absolute necessity for life because the chemistry of life happens in water. Without water there is only the dry dust of death. It is hard to overstate the importance of water to life. In the ancient world, settlements sprang […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The place was Jerusalem. The time was the first celebration of Pentecost after the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, a mere seven to ten days after He returned to the Father (Acts 1:9-11). At this time and place, a remarkable event occurred: the church was born, the same church about which the Lord had spoken […]
The of the outstanding aspects of the gospel is its simplicity. To understand that salvation is simply a matter of acknowledging our need of Christ and looking to Him through faith alone to remove the penalty of sin and to make us citizens of Heaven is nothing short of amazing. Well can we sing the […]