Do you know the names of the two Bible characters that Scripture says, “walked with God”? They were Enoch (Ge 5:22) and Noah (Ge 6:9). Very likely, other Bible characters walked with God, but these are the only two specifically identified. Enoch, Noah’s great-grandfather, walked with God for no less than 300 years. Noah walked […]
In years past, while door knocking, I have been run to the street more than once by unfriendly dogs. I remember on one of those occasions, the owner called out, “He is just a pup. He won’t hurt you.” However, that old pup was determined to have me for lunch because the owner did not […]
If you have ever read any of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, you know of the unbelievable tortures that Christians have endured down through history for the cause of Christ. Many are so horrible that it makes me shutter to even think about them. Christians in Communist and Muslim countries are enduring torments even today. Recently, […]
What is God like? He is not a big, cuddly teddy bear. Nor is He an angry tyrant. He is not a soft pushover. Nor is He a vengeful bully. God is love, but He is also holy. He is totally pure and absolutely just. God has taken note of every sinful act and harsh […]
If God’s compassion toward you was just like your compassion toward others, how would you fair? According to Webster, compassion is “a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; sympathy; or pity.” Each day, I read one of the Psalms. Tuesday, I read Psalm 78. In this Psalm, the psalmist reviews […]
Isaiah was ministering to Israel at a time when the nation was decaying within. Many in Israel were carnal and living in sin. As a result, they were troubled on every side. Isaiah urged them to return to the Lord. Here in Isaiah 40, he urged them to renew their view of God’s greatness. Then […]
Abraham Kuyper said, “He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.” That is a wise statement. We all know what happens if we leave a rotten apple in a box of good apples. All the surrounding apples will soon become rotten too. The good apples never improve the rotten one. Likewise, the kind […]
Asa, the king of Judah, was the great-grandson of Solomon “Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as did David his father.” [See Chart] He removed the idols his fathers had made, 1Ki 15:11. He removed Maachah, his mother, from being queen because she worshipped idols. When millions of Ethiopian […]
How many of you have a close relative who does not know Christ as far as you can tell? __ How many of you have a distant relative without Christ? __ Without asking, I know that each of us has neighbours who do not know the Lord. We ought to be burdened for their salvation. […]
The author of this Psalm, who was likely David, was going through a deeply distressing and depressing time. Spurgeon suspects that it was during the days when David fled from Absalom, his son, who attempted to take the throne from him. He was very low. Depression threatened to overwhelm him. Very likely, each of us […]