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 […]
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, […]
The gospel is “so great salvation” because of— • its Divine Source, for it is “the gospel of God” (Rom. 1:1). • its Matchless Provision, for it is “the gospel of His Son” (Rom. 1:9). • its Prophetic Claim (Rom. 1:16), for it is “the gospel of Christ [Messiah]” promised before. • its Universal Availability, […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Christ loved the Church,” and in His love Did for her die, that she above Might be the partner of His throne. But she is not the fruit alone That from the “Corn of Wheat” doth grow, Which He on Calvary did sow. Think of the souls before the flood Who trusted in the Living […]
1. It was the fulfillment of a multitude of specific prophecies: “These things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled” (Jn. 19:36). The number of prophecies, time period between prophecy and fulfillment, improbability of them happening in the natural course of events, and the specificity of the details gives the lie to the idea […]
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 […]
To ask the question is to answer it—nothing is too hard for God! And yet, as we consider the darkness of Islam and the seeming impossibility of penetrating the Arab culture it engenders, it certainly does seem hard. Yet it was no different 70 years ago when an English couple, Charles and Pearl Marsh, married […]