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; James 2:23). In 2 Chronicles 20:7, King Jehoshaphat prayed to the Lord in a time...
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God’s Will and Present Loss
The desire to have divine guidance is not limited to Christians. Down through the centuries, man has tried to invoke wisdom and help from whatever gods they worshiped. Behind this universal desire to have help from above in making decisions...
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Tour a Model Home
I had been asked to attend a conference on the south shore of the breathtaking Lake Geneva which lies between the Alps of Switzerland and France, like a blue ribbon uncertain which range should receive first prize for its surpassing...
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The Neglected Parable
Uplook Magazine, January 1992 Written by F. W. Boreham
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Teaching the Children
The difference between a lecturer and a Christian who is teaching their children is this: the lecturer has as his first aim the imparting of knowledge; the parents have as their first aim to introduce their hearers to a living...
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The Lord’s Time
The day in which we live is an age of speed. The craze for speed gets into the blood and the death rate increases. On the contrary, nature's processes move slowly and steadily to their conclusion. But man can't wait....
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Is Bigger Really Better?
Uplook Magazine, January 1992 Written by James G. McCarthy
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Long Live the King!
On several trips to the land of Israel over the past few years, I have been privileged to have as my guide a gracious and well-informed Jew, named at birth Philip Halperin. Philip was the name of one of the...
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Marvellous Names
The use of a name, whether for a person or a thing, is to indicate and identify them. Thus the name, whether in itself expressive and significant, or merely artificial and meaningless, comes inevitably to signify that in which the...
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