“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” The Bible does not give us Mary’s life story. (The Bible doesn’t give any biographies.) But it does give us a brief account of some of her experiences. We are given a golden chain of unusual incidents and miraculous happenings that began […]
And when the Lord your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, to give you, with great and goodly cities, which you did not build, and houses full of all good things, which you did not build, and cisterns hewn out, which you […]
“I know that the Lord has given this land to you.” Joshua 2:8 It doesn’t sound quite right, does it, that the Christian church should listen to a prostitute? Of course, she was a converted prostitute, and it is her faith that God wants the Israelites to know about, in order that it may be […]
For this child I prayed . . . So I dedicated him to the Lord. I Sam. 1:27, 28. It was in the period of the Judges, in the Old Testament. It has been described as the period of the five R’s regarding Israel. Relapse into sin, Retribution (punishment), Repentance, Release and Rest At this […]
Even now, declares the Lord, return to Me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments, return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate. Joel 2:12, 13. It was exceptionally hot and dry in mid-western America, the “bread-basket” of the nation. In […]
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him—but God has revealed it to us by His Spirit. I. Cor. 2:9, 10a On Pentecost day there were no angels visibly present. Often we read of their presence in the life of Christ, in […]
And he led them ou t as far as Bethany and he lifted up his hands and blessed them. And it came to pass while he blessed them he was parted from them and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. Luke 24:50–52 Some experiences we never […]
“And when he had left speaking he said unto Simon, put out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answered and said, Master we toiled all night and caught nothing; but at thy word I will let down the net” (Luke 5:4, 5). “They (the disciples) went into the […]
“There they crucified him” (Luke 23:33). “The rulers even sneered at him” (v. 35). “The soldiers also came up and mocked him” (v. 36). “Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads” (Matt. 27:38). “In the same way the chiefpriests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him” (v. 41). “In […]
“The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first. He had ten thousand sheep . . . . And he also had seven sons and three daughters. After this Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children in the fourth generation. And so he died, […]