They can be blue or white, yellow, orange, or red. I should be able to see about 3,000 of them on a clear, dark night. But astronomers tell us that there are more than 200,000,000,000,000,000,000 (200 billion billion) stars, more than 40 billion per person on our little planet-home. There was a day that scientists, […]
It’s a gray day here in Michigan . . . again. November brought just 27% of possible sunshine, which is about average for November. December and January are about the same kind of months. That means it will be gray for 73% of the time. Not good advertising for Michigan to you folks who live […]
The first memory of Gennesaret is appropriately connected with a fishing-scene. It must have been now about the end of November or beginning of December, when the sultry heat of summer had disappeared; when the trees were either bared of leaves or seared with autumnal tints. Our blessed Lord had recently returned to His native […]
One of the most picturesque places in all the world is the little town of Bethlehem nestling in the Judean hills. A visit is a never-to-be-forgotten experience. Not far away are the shepherds’ fields where wondering men heard a wonderful message centuries ago. How often we enjoyed singing the Christmas carols in the same fields […]
The reins of life are never rightly held until Jesus has been glorified. When the Spirit of God has entered in His fullness and power, the problem of guidance will at once be raised; this is seen and solved in the incident of the colt which our Lord found and claimed. The facts are clear […]
If the man at the pool of Bethesda learned anything (John 5), it was certainly the lesson of his utter helplessness. For others at that pool there had been healing on the principle so popular with men, that God helps those who help themselves. For in mercy an angel stirred the water, and man had […]
Following the prologue of John’s Gospel comes the first main division from 1:19 to the end of chapter 12. This narrates the public testimony of Christ by word and work. The narrative begins by resuming the witness of John the Baptist at Bethabara where he was baptizing. John had by this time drawn the attention […]
On the Eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, on the farther side from Jerusalem, and about two miles from that city, lies the village of Bethany. Today it is known as El Azariyah, the Town of Lazarus; sometimes it is called Betania. A dusty street or two; a few small dwellings; and a fragrance […]
Behold, we count them happy which endure. John Bunyan (1628-1688) the Puritan preacher from Bedford, England, was one of these happy men. He grew up in poverty, his father being a tinker (mender of utensils). He says, “Notwithstanding the meanness and inconsiderableness of my parents, it pleased God to put it into their hearts to […]