The apparently interminable genealogies of the early chapters of the first book of Chronicles are suddenly broken by the abrupt reference in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 to the prayer of Jabez. Apart from this solitary mention, nothing is known of Jabez, but the character and life of the man can well be judged from the record […]
It was a quiet day in Herr Schmidt’s grocery shop, but outside it was pouring. The time was soon after the Second World War. It seemed just an ordinary autumn day. Herr Schmidt was looking along his shelves and noting what he needed to get to restock them, when the doorbell rang while he was […]
Both words for “worship” in the New Testament, proskuneo and latreuo, are used of worship rendered to the Father and the Son [proskuneo, in Jn. 4:23-24; Rev. 4:10, to the Father, and in Lk. 24:52 to the Son; laltreuo in Phil. 3:3; Heb. 9:14; (God), and Rev. 22:3; (the Lamb)]. When worship is offered to […]
The planning committee for our small campus group was intently discussing the upcoming school year. There was an earnest desire to see students won for the Saviour. There were only a few of us, but what was that to the Lord? We had been given a small amount of money to finance our activities, and […]
This is an era of change. Nothing seems stable or stationary. Verities are tossed about like vanities. Not only customs but convictions are to be subject to modifications and variations. Not a few who are older in years begin to ask whether anything which belonged to a century ago is thought fit to survive. Among […]
Richard Baxter (1615-1691) is legendary as a preacher, revivalist, and personal soul-winner. His classic couplet was: “I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men.” If we asked, who was the most forceful personality among the Puritans, or who was the most voluminous writer or who was the […]
Evangelical churches are a flurry of words, announcements, promotions, songs, specials, anecdotes, jokes, antics, and sermons (some good, many not so good). How refreshing to rediscover the Lord’s Supper or what is commonly called the “breaking of bread.” It is a special time and so very foreign from typical, or denominational Christianity. There are many […]
We had been invited by a family to spend a weekend with them. We arrived in time for supper and had an enjoyable time around the meal. After eating, the Bible was brought out, read and commented on. Then “Hymns of Worship and Remembrance,” the one used at the remembrance meeting of the assembly, was […]
The question has been raised in recent days: “Should we pray for the lost?” This was in response to an article in Interest magazine entitled “Don’t Pray for the Lost.” It has been the position of this magazine to simply minister encouragement to the saints without wasting valuable space refuting what may be unprofitable or […]