Read Psalm 49:14–20 For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him (Ps. 49:17) Here is an unsettling, yet nonetheless true, fact. Your house, your car, your bank account, your business, your ATV, your furniture, your photo albums . . . yes, even your smartphone: you cannot […]
Read Psalm 49:11–15 Truly no man can ransom another or give to God the price of his life. (Ps. 49:7) How much is your life worth to you? Once, when Julius Caesar was a young man, some pirates captured him and took him to a little island called Pharmacusa. They told him that they were […]
Jehovah’s Mighty Acts, Nathan J. Langerak. Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2019. 100 pages, hardbound. $24.95. His Friends and Servants, Nathan J. Langerak. Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2020. 95 pages, hardbound. $24.95. Both of these volumes are in a new set of Bible stories entitled Tell His Wonders, a title that comes […]
What Are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO, Mike Lindell. Chaska, MN: Lindell Publishing, 2019. Paperback. 325 pages. $19.99. Mike Lindell is quite familiar to us from his My Pillow television infomercials. Behind the inventor of this pillow is a most interesting story which he shares in this book. Dr. Ben Carson writes on […]
The Unknown Hour: Biblical Signs Warnings, Hope and Peace, edited by Gaylord Haan and Jerome Julien. Grand Rapids: Reformed Fellowship, 2020. Paperback. 248 pages. $18.95. It is far easier to fill a bookshelf with hyperbolic predictions and conspiracy theories about the end of the world from ostensibly Christian authors than it is to locate a […]
The Reformed theology of grace, as articulated in the Canons of Dort, informed and influenced the spirituality of the Puritans. These Canons of Dort, also called the Five Articles against the Remonstrants, consist of doctrinal statements adopted by the Synod of Dort in 1618–1619 against the Five Articles of the Remonstrants (conditional election based […]
Scriptural Preparation Revelation 13:11–18 James 3:13–18 Lesson Commentary We have established that the beast pictured in Revelation 13:1–10 symbolizes the authoritarian power to be found at the end of time. However, many questions remain. For example: How could anyone obtain so much power so quickly? What kind of force would be needed to subjugate the […]
Scriptural Preparation 2 Timothy 4:1–5 Psalm 106:34–39 Lesson Commentary The signs of the times will be seen both within and without the Church. As the Scriptures foretold, an unbelieving world of lawlessness will finally lead to a complete, visible collapse of the social structure of society. Likewise, these signs of change will be unmistakably found […]
Almost every letter that Reformed Fellowship receives from inmates tells us that they really appreciate receiving The Outlook and that they read the issues and pass them on to others. Out of that Reformed Fellowship sometimes make other contacts. One inmate receiving The Outlook simply states, “I want to thank you for writing to me […]
What is contentment? Now, before you read on to see what my definition is, please take a moment to think of (and/or write) your own definition. Now that you have a definition (you did think of a definition, right?) let’s talk about contentment. Consider Matthew 6:19–21 (English Standard Version): “Do not lay up for yourselves […]