“Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.” –Psalm 23:6 One outstanding characteristic of a Christian is his desire to be home with his Lord at the end of this earthly pilgrimage. No, this longing is not an unhealthy […]

“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.” –Psalm 23:5 These words bring a notable shirt in the imagery of this Psalm upon which we have been meditating. In the first four verses the Psalmist uses the picture of the […]

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. –Psalm 23:4 With the vivid “green pastures” and “still waters” the Psalmist has painted a beautiful word picture for our minds. But these words arc […]

In our busy lives we need pauses and parentheses . . . The busyness of our lives has taken its toll on our spiritual lives . . . but we will not rest until we are drawn into God’s shady, green glen of refreshment . . . He maketh me to lie down in green […]

“Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 Is there any other Psalm as well known as this twenty-third? Though some three thousand years have passed since it was written by the sweet singer and Shepherd-king of Israel, David, it has not been forgotten. And who can forget this Psalm which brings comfort, […]

A Christmas Meditation “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory” (I Tim. 3:16). Here is the master-truth of Christmas. God was manifested in the flesh! This […]

Some years ago the villagers in Domo d’Ossala, in Italian Switzerland, built a mimic Calvary as a symbol of their religious devotion. A series of little chapels, with pictures and images depicting the scenes of our Lord’s Passion, was constructed along the way that led to Calvary. The first showed Christ before Herod; the second, […]

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.” (John 12:24) One of the hardest things for modern man to accept is the Christian claim that once, and once for all, at a definite […]

One of the most amazing things about the Christmas story found in the Gospels is the simplicity with which it is told. Luke, for example, does not attempt to embellish the story in any way to remove anything that might distract from the sentimentality of his account, nor does he add some things that might make […]

“If I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the offense of the cross ceased.” Gal. 5:11 The word here translated “offense” is the Greek “skandalon,” which first meant the trigger of a trap or snare, then an occasion of stumbling. Our word “scandal” is derived from it. The offense of the cross is the […]