A visitor had been observing the meetings in our assembly for about six months. He had attended a number of different local churches in the area but found our gathering distinctly different. One Sunday morning, with a perplexed look on his face, he stated, “I don’t understand why the attendance is so good at the […]
Jesus told His own that we were to do greater works than He had done while on earth. Is that true? Of course it is. And it’s also true that the great works we do are done only when we are in vital union with the Lord Himself. As He put it, “Without Me, nothing.” […]
“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying […]
Shepherds determine the food that their sheep will consume. When succulent grass is at hand, not too many sheep will stray. However, we should not expect hungry sheep to remain committed to their shepherds if those shepherds are not committed to the needs of the sheep. The interests of the flock are best served when […]
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it” (Lk. 9:24) “If any man come to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be […]
“Remember those who have the rule over you, who have spoken to you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation, Jesus Christ…” (Heb. 13:7-8). The relationship between the prophet Elijah and his protégé, Elisha, affords one of the finest examples in Scripture of the biblical model of discipleship, and […]
We are told in Scripture that God specifically calls two things by their names—His stars (Ps. 147:4) and His sheep (Jn. 10:3). That’s not the only link between the first and new creations. Astronomers call it the Great Wall. And it’s not in China. Light from Earth would take 200 million years to reach it. […]
John 3:16 is the gospel in a sentence, twenty-five words that bridge the gulf between a loving God and lost humanity. Yet in this wonderful array of Bible words, preachers often stress the little word “so.” “For God so-o-o loved the world,” they intone. And still the question lingers: How could such a God love […]
The words “substitute” and “substitution” aren’t found in our Bible. But as the author shows, the idea is everywhere. A rifle is raised, its sights set on the most powerful man in the nation. Shots ring out and without hesitation Secret Service men pile on top of the president to take the bullets intended for […]