Ignorant formal Christianity – (J. C. Ryle, “What Is Needed?” 1895)
I am convinced that one of our grave defects today, is a most serious diminishing of the good old custom of private reading of the Bible. Between the growth of Christian periodicals and books, I have ...
“I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.” -Psalm 77:11, 12
Tomorrow, on Monday, May 30, our nation celebrates Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a ...
Tomorrow is Memorial Day. Offices and banks are closed, and our mail carriers won’t deliver our mail. But this coming Thursday there will also be a special day but given no notice, even in our churches. It is the least remembered of any special days in the Christian ...
The End of the World – A Summary
The Bible makes a distinction between three worlds. 2 Peter 3 reveals the First Heavens and Earth destroyed by the flood, the Present Heavens and Earth that will be destroyed by fire at Christ’s Second Coming and the New Heavens and Earth that will ...
“Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.” -Revelation 8:5, ...
The Rev. Billy Graham still gets in the news but most recently it was because of his hospitalization in Asheville, NC. The latest news says that he has been sent home but his recovery is expected to be slow.
We don’t hear much about this man anymore, except perhaps that he is ...
The Israel of God In light of last week’s sermon (and this week’s) on Abraham I thought this article by Robert Reymond would be helpful in explaining the biblical concept that, “The church of Jesus Christ is the present-day expression of the one people of God ...
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are ...
The violence in Mexico just seems to get worse. Too much of the time we fail to connect this with our friends in Monterrey. Andres Garza, who with his wife Ruth, has spoken at two of our missions conferences, wrote in February to say that because of the violence in Mexico, the MTW Team ...
Happy Mother’s Day
While reading, I came across this devotional on Proverbs 1:8 by James Smith (written in 1861). It is entitled the “The Law of your Mother”:
“Do not forsake the law of your mother!” Proverbs 1:8
A mother’s influence is great; a ...