Japan, like other countries resistant to the gospel, has been called a missionary graveyard. It is meant metaphorically now, used to describe a country where missionary dreams of mighty exploits for God often withered, where hope can die an untimely death, and where prayers seem to go unanswered. Of course there have been times in […]
We have no higher calling in the church today than to worship the Lord our God. Our very existence, in large part, is to proclaim the excellencies of Him. This worship manifests itself in our attitude and acts of reverence. The Hebrew word for worship means “to bow down, or prostrate oneself.” Giving of finances […]
The Lord’s last word to the disciples was to take the witness of His death and resurrection to the uttermost parts of the earth. This witness is to be dynamic and abundantly evident, shining as floodlights into the darkness of men’s hearts. As we see this brilliant beam from the book of Acts we must […]
Golgotha, a Greek rendering of the Hebrew gulgôleth, means simply “the skull.” Some suggest it was the place where David brought the head of Goliath after his victory in the vale of Elah (see 1 Sam 17:54), thus giving it this name. If so, it is a fitting picture of his Greater Son who also, […]
What happens when those traveling down the highways and byways of life have little interest in coming into a church building to hear the gospel? One idea might be to take the gospel to them—out on the highways and byways. That’s exactly what the saints from the Tavistock Bible Chapel (in southwestern Ontario) have been […]
The role of the cross in devotedness: There is a drawing and compelling power in the lavish gift of Christ’s life that stirs thinking believers to “follow the Lamb” wherever He leads. “Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto […]
The amazing character of Christ’s decisive achievement at Calvary is indicated in Scripture, particularly in the Epistle to the Hebrews, by the various ways in which we are told that (as soon as by His obedience through suffering unto death he was “made perfect,” (Heb. 2:9-10, see vv. 7-9) He was immediately hailed and acclaimed […]
It has been said that “God moves behind the scenes—and moves the scenes that He is behind.” How true this is! Man may think that he is an independent agent in this world, but behind all his machinations is the sovereign Architect of the universe who “worketh all things after the counsel of His own […]
The theme for this issue of the magazine is “What Happened at Calvary” and of course tremendous things did happen there on that day. However, it is also interesting to note that there were things which did not happen. These, just as the others, were under the supreme control and guidance of God. Let us […]