The Name
As you enter the Old City of Jerusalem by way of the Zion Gate, you may notice an inscription, written in the days of Suleiman, stating that the gate was constructed in 1541 AD. The wall here is pocked with...
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El Shaddai: The All-Sufficient God
"And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it" (Gen. 28:12). The Lord alludes to this passage in John...
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The Two Chief Names of God
There are many names for God; no one name could express all that He is, in Himself. The study of them is not only most illuminating but should lead us into intimate fellowship with Him. By it we enter into...
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Don’t Forget God
There is one word of God which runs through the Scriptures like a sad and poignant refrain: "My people have forgotten Me." "Forgotten" is an intense and awful word. It surely expresses the final issue in human alienation from the...
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What is His Name?
The title "Lord" was originally used by the disciples as a mark of respect, and in fact the word is sometimes translated simply as "Sir" (Jn. 20:15). Steadily, however, the apostles began to appreciate the greatness of their Master and...
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God’s Precious Thoughts
"How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!" Psalm 139:17 Will you meditate with me on the eternal value of God's thoughts? The Spirit of God, writing by the psalmist, describes His...
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My God
Seven times Paul speaks of God in a deeply personal way. It was from the lips of the Saviour Himself that such a revelation came: "My God and your God." Like the sunshine, I can enjoy this relationship all myself,...
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Those Seed Calendars
When our northern climes are still held firmly in the embrace of winter, the brightly colored, lavishly illustrated seed catalogs arrive. As much as the melting snow (though we know we may still be in for a few hearty blizzards)...
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Paul as an Example
It seems strange at first to hear the apostle say, "Be ye followers of me." He was the humblest of men, prostrate in the dust of humility, hiding always behind the cross, and even at the close of life classing...
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