The very first thing we read about Nicodemus in the Gospel according to John is that he was “a man of the Pharisees” (3:1). This is the second time the Pharisees are mentioned in this Gospel, and it calls to mind the occasion when they are first mentioned. In chapter 1:19 we read of a […]
I noticed the above motto in a home recently and I thought, in these days of stress and perplexity when the machinery of human affairs is so sadly out of kilter and the whole world seems to be wearing the garb of despondency, that it is well to remember the sun and a few other […]
God is a God of order, and this is clearly seen in His creation (1 Cor. 14:33). Usually, when we think of order, we think of the order of arrangement. This thought is found in the New Testament word “world” (kosmos), which means “an orderly arrangement” (John 1:10). The placing of the members in the […]
The Church of God, next to the Cross of Christ, is the greatest thing God ever wrought. It is the nearest and dearest thing to His heart. In the opening chapters of the book of the Acts, it has pleased the Lord to preserve for us the activities of the early Church, and it is […]
Modernists have not written very charitably of the prophet Jeremiah and the reason is not far to seek. Jeremiah has given us their portrait in divinely faithful terms: “An assembly of treacherous men! And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for […]
John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) remains an enigma, known yet unknown, warmly loved by some, bitterly denounced by others. To this day his gravesite receives a regular pilgrimage of his devotees, while others are still rummaging through his closets, searching for skeletons. He is both credited and accused for his teaching on the church and prophecy. […]
It all began in 1964 in Chile, while Joseph Tremblay was a missionary in the Congregation of the Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate, and ended in Canada in 1966. What happened between these two dates? The salvation of his soul! God had been seeking him for a long time. For his part, he really wanted […]
Is the Lord’s Supper the apex of the week for you? Is it supposed to be? What makes the Lord’s Supper different from other activities of the Church? Some suggest that the difference lies in the fact that at other meetings we come to get, but at the Lord’s Supper we come to give. That […]
Of all the subtle changes that have wrought havoc in the Church in this century, none has been more damaging than its professionalization. The world’s business methods and management principles have found a welcome there. What concerns me more is the attempt to rationalize this new marriage by suggesting that Babylon’s rules of business are […]