Summertime is usually a time for reflection and relaxation. A time when decisions are made to begin afresh with some good solid Bible study in September. Maybe you’ve even decided the book or the topic you’re going to dig into. So you are going to make that all too often neglected trip to the bookstore […]
In considering the richly gifted son of Jesse, we see him as shepherd, poet, minstrel, soldier, exile, and king. The history of David begins in 1 Samuel and ends in 1 Kings, and is characterized by some very bitter and trying experiences before he reached the place of exaltation. Self-control is one of David’s chief […]
Accurate teaching of the Word of God is vital for healthy, spiritual growth. In the Great Commission, our Lord commanded, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have […]
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the nations, believed on in the world, received up into glory (1 Tim. 3:16) These wonderful words may have formed part of an early Christian hymn. Inserted by the Apostle Paul […]
George Brealey (1823-1888) was born into a Christian home. But as a teenager, an unbelieving uncle introduced George to alcohol, profanity, and fighting. In 1841, one Sunday afternoon, George’s mother found her 18-year-old son in a saloon playing cards and drinking himself drunk with two others. Falling on her knees right there, she pleaded with […]
The Scriptures reveal to us many things the Lord has saved us for, and it is well that when we find them we should ponder them over in His presence, seeking the needed grace to be just what He wants us to be. We all have to confess that we come far short of what […]
“As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly” (1 Cor. 15:49). THE PURPOSE (ROM. 8:29) Those called according to His purpose are conformed to the image of His Son. It was the purpose of God in eternity to conform us to the image of His […]
Prophetically, the very first emotions of man recorded in the Bible (Gen. 3:7-10) are shame and fear. They were both the instant fruit of sin. And sin and shame and fear have been the unchanging problem of the human race ever since. We meet them in the daily papers, in the thronging mission fields, in […]
There has been considerable debate over the years concerning the actual site of Golgotha, Skull Hill. It would seem that the Lord, knowing the tendency of the human heart to adore just about anything but what it should rightly adore, has kept its location uncertain. The “traditional site,” which various religious groups shamelessly use to […]