A Thorn in the Flesh
The expression "a thorn in the flesh" is known to nearly every man and woman to signify some kind of irritant, often identified as some person who is the source of irritation. If the Apostle Paul, who put the expression...
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If Or Therefore
How strange to Martha and Mary must have appeared the lack of the Lord's response to their earnest appeal, "Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick"! But for us the record furnishes an illustration of the working of divine...
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Tundra
A spongy mass. We stop, crouch down, and really look at it for the first time. It is a dense tangle of vines, leaves, berries, tiny flowers, moss, and lichen. Delightful variety. Fellow saint, have you stopped lately for a thoughtful...
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No Exaggeration
It is not difficult to exaggerate human things. They are, by nature, so small that one can almost unsuspectingly cross the line. It's so easy that we have invented a score of words to describe the phenomenon. The poet calls...
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Christ is All
The central theme of the Colossian epistle is found in chapter 3:11: "Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all." The apostle seems to sweep aside...
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Why the Savior Came
It is perfectly natural for us to ask the question: "Why was God manifest in the flesh and dwell among us?" We seek for an answer to satisfy both mind and heart. To Fulfill Scripture In the first place, we find that...
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The Deity of Christ
We Christians believe that the One who died for us on Golgotha is truly God as well as truly Man. This doctrine is one of the foundation truths of Christianity. When Pliny wrote to the Emperor Trajan in the second century,...
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Behold Your King!
The hour is early, but not too early for the wicked Caiaphas to be abroad. He slept little, if any, the previous night, and now has dawned the day for which he has lived for full three years. Before the...
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Thinking of Christ
Let us consider why all men ought to think of Christ; common thoughts of many about Christ; and thoughts true Christians have about Him. Why All Men Ought to Think of Christ All men ought to think of Christ because of the...
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