First
It has pleased the Lord to teach me a truth, the benefit of which I have not lost for more than fourteen years. The point is this: I saw more clearly than ever that the first great and primary business...
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Details DO Matter
When Solomon was set to build the temple, a suitable dwelling place for the all glorious God, he explained the details of his plan: Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for...
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Missionary Graveyard
Japan, like other countries resistant to the gospel, has been called a missionary graveyard. It is meant metaphorically now, used to describe a country where missionary dreams of mighty exploits for God often withered, where hope can die an untimely...
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Forbidden!
Golgotha, a Greek rendering of the Hebrew gulgôleth, means simply “the skull.” Some suggest it was the place where David brought the head of Goliath after his victory in the vale of Elah (see 1 Sam 17:54), thus giving it...
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Calvary: The World’s Sacrifice
It was the great day of the feast. The capital was crowded. The streets overflowed with Jews and proselytes, gathered from far and near. For days the city had been surging with excitement. The tide of party passion had been...
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Calvary’s “Non-Events”
The theme for this issue of the magazine is “What Happened at Calvary” and of course tremendous things did happen there on that day. However, it is also interesting to note that there were things which did not happen. These,...
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The Story Behind the Story
It has been said that “God moves behind the scenes—and moves the scenes that He is behind.” How true this is! Man may think that he is an independent agent in this world, but behind all his machinations is the...
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What Happened at the Cross?
1. It was the fulfillment of a multitude of specific prophecies: “These things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled” (Jn. 19:36). The number of prophecies, time period between prophecy and fulfillment, improbability of them happening in the natural...
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