Curious visitors to the Old City of Jerusalem will find an unadorned opening in the northern wall about 500 feet east of the Damascus Gate. The low entry leads to a massive series of caverns, approximately 330 feet wide and 650 feet deep. You have entered what is often called Solomon’s Quarries. What is this […]
I was having a Bible teaching series in Vancouver, BC, and was staying at Scott and Ruth Banford’s home. One morning, I was out enjoying their beautiful gardens. They had an old Japanese gardener who kept the place picture-perfect, including a greenhouse filled with exotic orchids. Just then, I saw two men approaching. I guessed […]
If frequency counts for anything (it does), the command to “love one another” is one we should carefully consider. It is recorded nearly a dozen times in the New Testament. Interestingly, three of the key New Testament apostles record it in their epistles, each emphasizing a different facet. Paul says that our love should be […]
“Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.” Proverbs 16:24 The theme of “one another” reminds us that our fellowship together should be interactive. This requires communication, and the Bible sets forth three ways to speak to one another. BY THE SCRIPTURES “Comfort one another with these words” […]
Some people hardly cast a shadow in passing. But concerning Joshua we read: “Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua…” (Jos. 24:31). We live in a materialist society obsessed with simple facts and giving precious little time to weighing the deeper meanings that […]
Our Lord knew the value of table conversation. He knew people were more relaxed and open to receive spiritual food as they ate physical food. Perhaps one of the most neglected ministries within the church and among the lost is hospitality. Some believers decline to use their homes in ministry because they do not believe […]
“Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creature’s will.” —Alexander MacLaren “But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7) […]
Conflict at Philippi was inevitable. As we see from Acts 16, the church there consisted of Jewish business women, Roman soldiers, and a teen girl who had been delivered from a demon and likely had some emotional scars. Their dramatic testimonies produced a fervor for the gospel that was indicated by Paul’s letter to them. […]
The familiar time-proven quatrain says it well: To live above with the saints we love, Oh, that will be glory! But to live below with the saints we know That’s another story! It is true that when we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be! The day will break, the […]