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You Never Know
This past Saturday was to be a big race at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Kyle Busch. The winningest driver in NASCAR history was preparing for it not by hurtling down a track at breakneck speed but by sitting in a racing simulator. Sadly, a case of pneumonia turned septic, and within hours he was dead…
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September 22, 2026 — The Praise Challenge
“In loftiest songs of sweetest praise, We would to everlasting days, Make all His glories known.” —S. Medley The next six psalms (113-118) are treated almost as one by the Jewish people, called the Egyptian Hallel (from halal, “praise”). This name is derived from the beginning of Psalm 114, “When Israel went out of Egypt.” Alfred Edersheim says…
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September 22
THE LOWLY JESUS: “I am…lowly” (Mt 11:29). Here are statements made by and about the Lord Jesus during His earthly sojourn that show His amazing humility. As to His career path, they said with derision, “Is this not the carpenter?” (Mk 6:3), but He explained, “I am among you as the One who serves” (Lk…
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September 22 Petition Mission
“I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies” (Ps 119:125). Verses 129-130 add: “Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them. The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.” The word “testimonies” is one of eight words used in this psalm to describe the…
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September 22
There is today a pale, pathetic, and unflinching interpretation of the blessed gospel, which guarantees salvation as “a financially and socially upgrading experience”; then it finalizes the offer by “a superlative bonus in eternity and comfort world without end.” How different was Paul’s concept of a disciple of Christ! Look at his vivid interpretation: “I…
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September 21, 2026 — Blessed By Fearing The Lord
We don’t naturally think that fear and delight would be in the same sentence (Ps 112:1). But they’re twins! Many of the psalms we have studied recently begin as Psalm 112 does: “Praise the Lord!” or “Hallelujah!” (v 1). But as noted, the psalmists not only tell us that we should praise the Lord, but how and why and…