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August 10, 2026 — How Long, Lord?
The whole world awaits the restoration of the rightful Heir to the throne. Come, blessed King! Like the distinction in the New Testament between the ideal position of the believer in Christ and the less-than-ideal condition of the believer still in this evil world, in Psalm 89 Ethan gives both the glorious description of the Davidic Covenant and the…
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August 10
CHRIST the PARADOX: “As deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things” (2 Cor 6:8-10). Explain it, if you can: “it is…
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August 10 Petition Mission
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.… For each one shall bear his own burden” (Gal 6:2, 5). Alexander Smellie, chronicler of the Scottish Covenanters, tells of one of Christ’s noblemen imprisoned by Claverhouse on lonely Bass Rock. The motto on his coat of arms read, Sub pondere cresco: “I grow…
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August 10
Dr. Gerald McKibben comments on the current argument that the degree of similarity between the DNA of men and chimpanzees supposedly proves the evolutionary link between humans and apes: “God used DNA and RNA as the backbone of His genetic blueprints for all organisms, from one-celled ones to the great blue whale. He did not…
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August 9
OUR ABSENT but RETURNING LORD: “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13). “Blessed” here could be translated “happy,” and—knowing what we know about the promised return of our Champion—we ought to be a happy people! In fact, our hope is linked with joy, for…
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August 9 Petition Mission
“He cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees” (1 Ki 18:42 KJV). Elijah’s first prayer is not the kind of request we want to make. He called on God to stop blessing His people until they returned to Him. It took three-and-a-half years until they finally fell to their…