Am I Teachable?
Occasionally I share in the responsibility of interviewing prospective candidates applying to our residency in Emergency Medicine. One of the most memorable characters was a young physician who entered the room, sat down, and without any prompting, began a monologue...
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Pitfalls in Bible Study
In most Bible-believing churches we are encouraged to read and study the Bible for ourselves. We know it is not sufficient to have a copy of the Bible in our homes. It must be read and studied and learned. Only...
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Bible Study Tools
Concordance: A concordance is the most basic of our study tools. It allows those of us with imperfect memories to find half-remembered verses. It also allows us to see how words are used in the Bible and to find a...
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A New Beginning?
“This month shall be unto you the beginning of months…” (Ex. 12:2). It wasn’t, of course. The beginning of months, I mean. The nation of Israel would have a calendar year quite unlike ours. Our New Year follows the pagan celebration...
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No Plan Like His Plan
The thing that strikes this author is the seeming audacity of Christ’s plan. If it were any merely human plan, we should call it audacity. This audacity is observable, first of all, in the fact that the plan is originally proposed...
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Hearing and Seeing the Lord
The sights and sounds of heaven. “I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth Thee; wherefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42:5-6). “They answered and said unto him: Thou...
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The Fellowship of Tears
God the Son has a face that has been wet with human tears. Jesus wept.” More wonderful words than these are nowhere to be found in Scripture. The verb translated “wept” is unique in its employment here, not found elsewhere. Literally...
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Christ the Wisdom of God
A devotional look at Proverbs 8 and 1 Corinthians 1:30 The Lord Jesus on several occasions told both His disciples and His enemies that He was the primary subject matter of the Old Testament scriptures (see Jn. 5:39, 46; Lk. 24:27,...
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