This commission relates primarily to the apostles, who were first in privilege as they were in suffering, but it applies to every believer today. Each Christian has been sent into the world for a definite object. The words “as” and “so” suggest some parallels between our Lord being sent by the Father and our being […]
The musty smell of a room too long away from sunlight gagged in Curioni’s throat. It reminded him that he too, had been a long time hidden from the reaches of the sun. It must have been two months now that he had been held captive in the castle of Capranio. He wondered if he’d […]
Slowly, very slowly, does this mighty truth grip us. “Redeemed,” “bought,” “ransomed,” are words familiar to us all, but how little we sometimes appreciate what flows out of them! In eternity we shall come to know and happily acknowledge what redemption means, and what it is to be “bought with a price.” In the meantime, […]
In the minds of most people, the last two words they would link together are “peace” and “Belfast.” I was born there on June 13, 1941, in the country of Northern Ireland. My parents trusted the Lord when I was nine years of age. But it would be many long years before I would find […]
It was any thirteen-year-old boy’s wildest dream. Two months off from school. Traveling through Central America with his dad. The Yucatan jungle. Army ants. Man-eating snakes. Exploration up the Belize River. Snorkeling off the second longest coral reef on the planet. Conch fritters. Fresh papaya. Man, that was livin’! I could hardly believe we were […]
This present period of time, from the Cross to the coming of the Lord, is looked at in two ways. It is a day to be followed by a night; it is a night to be succeeded by a day (Isa. 21:11-12). Speaking of His service as the perfect Servant of God, our Lord said: […]
Is the rapture of the Church the next thing on the divine agenda? Could it not be possible that the Great Tribulation will intervene? Does it really matter? Some go so far as to suggest a kind of prophetic agnosticism, saying that good men have differed on the subject, so there is no way we […]
My name is Carl Greer. I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, on July 6, 1952, but lived most of my life in southeast Louisiana. I grew up in a religious family that talked about God and prayed often. At a young age, I was baptized into a denominational church that my parents attended for a […]
There are seasons in life when everything seems to be shaking. Old landmarks are crumbling. Venerable foundations are upheaved in a night and are scattered abroad as dust. Guiding buoys snap their moorings, and go drifting down the channel. Institutions which promised to outlast the hills collapse like a stricken tent. Assumptions in which everybody […]