Christianity is sometimes treated as a “comparative religion.” All beliefs are basically the same, we are told. Man is good at heart, but has an innate desire to be even better. He can do it himself, but needs a generous incentive program to spur him on to full acceptance with God. Whether counting beads, feeding […]
Too often we are content to be on the receiving side, giving to God little in return. To avoid living in the shallows, Christian life ought to be an expression of giving as well as getting; of sharing as well as partaking; of sacrificing as well as glorying. “If, when ye do well and suffer […]
Rhythm seems to characterize all life as we know it. The tide ebbs and flows; day succeeds night, and night day; the seasons follow in rotation; storm and calm, sunshine and shower, cold and heat alternate. Rhythm accompanies all motion. “Win first, lose last,” was a saying among schoolboys playing at marbles. Fashions in thought […]
The mills of God grind slowly, But they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands watching, With exactness grinds He all. The writer of these words had learned a little of the God of Patience. It is no cause for wonder that perfect patience should be combined with almighty power, that the Almighty God […]
What is faulty in this logic? 1. All believers are priests. 2. This means that women are priests as well as men. 3. Therefore, women can perform the same priestly functions in the church that men do. The first statement is true. In this dispensation, every true Christian is a priest of God. Each believer […]
You may have heard someone say, “I don’t understand why God loves me.” You may have had this thought about yourself. There are many reasons revealed in Scripture why God sets His love on the human race. God’s Character The underlying reason for God’s love to us is that His very character is love. God’s […]
Coming out of the reformation in the 1560s, Scotland had a long and hard struggle with England. Covenanters were Scottish patriots and believers of the 1500s and 1600s. They entered into covenants (agreements) with one another to resist being forced into other forms of worship and church government. Admittedly, some issues were political and nationalistic, […]
As we approach the crest of a small rise, the game trail we have been following fades out. The top of the knoll is a small meadow, where obviously the caribou have been feeding. As we reach the crest, a panorama of several square miles of lush Alaskan tundra opens before us. The area is […]
That the Lord will come a second time is as sure in the Word of God as the fact that He did come the first time. But why must He come again? If we understand the solid reasons for His coming again, it will not only give us a more certain hope but also a […]