On the night before He went to the cross, the Lord invited His disciples to join Him in celebrating the Passover feast. He had arranged all the details for this memorable evening in the privacy of a borrowed room, aglow with warm lamplight. At the very outset of the meal, the Lord revealed the yearning […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shortly before He went to the cross, the Lord Jesus spent time with His disciples in what has come to be known as the Upper Room Ministry, recorded in John 13-17. Several disciples asked questions of the Lord, but the one that drew forth the longest and most detailed answer focused on a difficult subject […]
The Noahic Covenant and the Post-Flood World Noah’s life straddles the pre- and post-flood worlds. Its duration spanned an epoch of violence which was so brutal that it merited the severest divine judgment since Adam’s fall. Yet the darkest times offer opportunities for the light to shine more brightly (Jn. 1:5). The twin attributes of […]
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Perhaps you’ve heard the familiar quotation, “The family that prays together, stays together.” While there is no biblical statement along this line, we have both scriptural direction and example as to the importance of prayer in the assembly. In the Acts of the Apostles, we read, “These all continued with one accord in prayer” (1:14). […]
On occasion, we read something in the Bible which is so amazing that if it were not written in the very Word of God, we would not believe it. In Jeremiah 2:2, we see God recalling the early days of Israel’s love for Himself as we read, “I remember the devotion of your youth.” What […]
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 […]
Why are we here? Where are we going? What is the purpose of life? People have long struggled to answer these questions. One of the wonderful things about the Bible is that, in its pages, we have rock-solid answers. Thanks to the Word of God, there are children all around the world who can answer […]