December 23
It is sometimes assumed that our Lord’s use of the title “Son of Man” is meant to emphasize His humanity. But is that true? William Lane Craig writes: “‘Son of Man’ is often thought to indicate the humanity of Jesus,...
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December 22
My father worked in advertising before giving his full time to preaching the Word. He had opportunity to help a young man with his first employment, who eventually rose to a key post in Mercedes-Benz Canada. Meanwhile, my father had...
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December 21
It is a serious thing…to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and...
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December 20
Will and Peter Pell once were preaching at a conference in Hamilton, ON. At lunch, a woman asked if they would visit her unsaved brother in the hospital. When they arrived, the nurse told them the man had been in...
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December 19
“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or...
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December 18
In the book Two Pioneer Evangelists, the thrilling stories of Donald Ross and Donald Munro, is the following conversion account and the Holy Spirit’s convicting work: “One woman who attended gospel meetings held by Donald Ross in Annieshead [Scotland] was...
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December 17
“But the end of all things is at hand: therefore be serious, and watchful in prayer” (1 Pet 4:7). In his seminal book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman graphically paints a portrait of our times: “…in the age of...
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December 16
The prisoner had been known as “king of the garotters” for his history of strangling his victims. He seemed utterly without mercy. He had asked the chaplain to bring him a certain book to read, but the chaplain suggested the...
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December 15
Why did God, who professedly loves all His creatures, not give such overwhelming evidence of Himself that everyone capable of knowing such a God would find it impossible not to know Him? This is essentially the argument of J. L....
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