Struggling & Seeking: Psalm 34
"The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good" (Ps. 34:10). One might have pardoned David at such a moment in the wilderness of his life if some cloud of doubt...
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Whatever Became of Preaching?
Preaching has a place in Christianity which it has in no other religion. If it is true that preaching is the product of the church, it is also true that the church is the product of preaching. For the church...
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Avram, Abraham, Ibrahim
My latest issue of Christianity Today (May 20, 1996) includes an ad for a new book by Peter Kreeft entitled "Ecumenical Jihad." One segment of the copy reads: Peter Kreeft argues that we need to change our current alignments. We need...
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The Friend of God
To Abraham there came a divine call to leave his country for the land that would be shown him. Why could he not have done God's work just as well at home? The answer to that takes us into the...
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Abraham the Widower
Genesis 23 tells of Sarah's death, giving her age at the time, and where she died. It appears Abraham was not at home (v. 2), and that her death was sudden--there is no account of the ailment, or how long...
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Faith Believes God
The progenitor of both the Israelites and the lshmaelites emerges from the shadows of ancient history as the friend of God. Called from his native country, he established the principle that man's relationship to God was through faith and consequent...
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The Separated Life
God called Abraham from the city of Ur in Chaldea, situated on the banks of the Euphrates. Archaeologists have recently brought to light wonderful discoveries there and have shown that it was a mighty civilization. From a luxurious life Abraham,...
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The Intercessor
Three times over in the Bible, and each in an entirely different context, Abraham is called "the friend of God" (2 Chron. 20:7; Isa. 41:8; Jas. 2:23). In 2 Chronicles 20:7, King Jehoshaphat prayed to the Lord in a time...
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Victory and Defeat
In Genesis 14 we trace the blessedness of the path of faith in answer to the call of God, and how our steps can slip unless held by the power of the Lord. In Chapter 13, we see the renunciation...
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