Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen. Luke 24:5, 6a This is the day which t he Lord has made. So spoke a psalmist in the Old Testament. This is the day which is sometimes called a feast day for the church. It is t he day […]
When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. Matthew 27:19 It is always extremely difficult to properly evaluate or even understand the sufferings of the Man […]
And what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe, according to the working of his great might which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly places. Ephesians 1:19,20 Paul is overwhelmed! So much so that he […]
According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world. that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Ephesians 1:4 How elated Paul is! He seems to be overwhelmed with some special, happy thought and experience. Listen. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus […]
A New Year lies ahead! What will it bring? What will we experience, if we may live, in the months and days of this year? Such questions arise in our minds and souls, accompanied often with feelings of anxiety and fear. What will happen in the world, in the church, in our own denomination, in […]
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to enroll themselves, every one to his own city. And Joseph also went up . . […]
And Gideon made an ephod thereof and put it in his city, even in Ophrah, and all Israel played the harlot after it there, and it became a snare unto Gideon and his house. Judges 8:27 What a giant of faith this man had been! With his small band, without any equipment for warfare, he “risked” his […]
Do we know what it means to be children of the Reformation? Really? Are we true children of the forefathers of this great reformatory movement? Do our children know what the Reformation was all about? Are they taught these important parts of history? The Reformation gave three especially important blessings. In the first place it […]
And he said unto them, Why are ye of little faith? Matt. 8:26a Storms, upheavals, catastrophes, adverse conditions, sicknesses and troubles are common in life. The result is another list of words and experiences: unrest, fear, turmoil, perplexity, suspense and anxiety, and many more. Above them all the Christian can hear, if he listens very […]
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. II Kings 5:14 People must know that there is a prophet of God in Israel. That’s what […]