Like kudzu, the oriental vine creeping its way across the landscape of the southeastern U. S., statistics are crawling into every area of our lives. Nothing seems beyond reach. And it seems nothing can stop the thing. By definition, statistics deal with political facts and figures on the status of the state. Now statistics can […]
On a fine Saturday morning, he opens the door to what he expects to be a real adventure. He has in his pocket some hard-earned money and is ready to part with it for the learning he will find in the books he purchases. But upon entering, he is greeted with an array of gifts, […]
This list does not pretend to be an exhaustive index to good biographies. But they are books worth finding, reading, and recommending. The Bible tells us, “He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but the companion of fools shall be destroyed.” The closest we may ever get to many wise men is to […]
There are few men who have the record that is ascribed to Job, a “perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil” (1:8; 2:3). Job’s life proved this testimony true. We would expect such a man to have an unclouded sky. But few men have suffered as Job did. […]
John 20 is the resurrection chapter. The darkness of Calvary is gone, the battle against sin, against Satan, and against death has been fought to the finish, and the risen Lord stands upon the battlefield in the undisputed might of resurrection. The Sabbath is past, and all that was connected with the dim shadows of […]
How deeply touching are the words of our Lord Jesus: “My soul is exceeding sorrowful” (Matt. 26:38). We do well to meditate upon them, because while our hearts overflow with praise as we recall what He has done, our spirits are subdued; and while we exult in all the blessing that He has secured for […]
Some time ago in a dream of the night, I thought that I was visiting some Yorkshire villages, distributing gospel tracts and talking with the people in their homes. At the door of one of these cottages there stood a group of women chatting in the glorious sunshine of a summer afternoon. I gave a […]
Why would the twelve-year-old son of a Church of England clergyman join the British Navy? Of course, this was a different time, and people seemed to be constituted of sterner stuff. And besides, what twelve-year-old wouldn’t be filled with romantic notions of sailing the high seas? Leonard Strong (1797-1874) soon found out what it was […]
The two chapters, 2 Corinthians 8 and 9, contain a sevenfold description of the gifts bestowed by believers for the help of their fellow saints. That seven different terms are used here is an indication of the value which God sets upon the liberality of His saints, and of His appreciation of that which is […]