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October 17
CHRIST the UNYIELDING LOVER: “…having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end” (Jn 13:1). C.H. Spurgeon tells of traveling to visit an elderly farmer. The preacher was surprised to see that the barn had an unusual weather vane. Instead of a bird or an arrow or a ship,…
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October 17 Petition Mission
“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the hearts. To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice” (Prov 21:2-3). Perhaps you’ve heard the adage, “When all is said and done, more is said than done.” I’ve found these lines from the Proverbs…
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October 17
How were the books of the Bible selected? “Canonicity” refers to the standard used to include these writings. God determined canonicity by inspiring certain men to write the Bible. Norman Geisler and William Nix give the questions used by the early church to determine this: 1. Is it authoritative? Though the writers claimed no authority…
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October 16, 2026 — The Songs Of Degrees Or Ascents
It seems the richest psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs are written in times of trauma and triumph. Let’s scan the landscape. We’ve seen that Psalms 113–118 are the foothills rising up toward Psalm 119. Called the Egyptian Hallel, they were sung on Israel’s red letter days. Now on the other side of what we called…
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October 16
CHRIST OUR NEW OCCUPANT: “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him” (Jn 14:23). C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), in his classic, Mere Christianity, writes: “Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house.…
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October 16 Petition Mission
“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon” (Isa 55:7). Here is a practical petition for the lost around us. Why do they not turn? Maybe they haven’t been…