“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me.” Jonah 1:2 (HCSB) Do you remember the most vile and disgusting thing that has ever confronted you? Maybe you stepped in something. Maybe it was your child being extremely sick. Maybe it was …
The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai Jonah 1:1 (HCSB) What great truth and wonder is found in these first few words of Jonah: “The word of the Lord came.” Has the Lord spoken into your life with his purpose and majestic love? …
But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Messiah would suffer—He has fulfilled in this way. Acts 3:18 (HCSB) Where we begin a journey is often just as important as where we end up. In fact, often where we begin determines where …
The hour of my departure’s come,I hear the voice that calls me home;At last, O Lord, let trouble cease,And let thy servant die in peace. Not in mine innocence I trust;I bow before thee in the dust;And through my Saviour’s blood alone,I look for mercy …
How does one deal with doubts as they arise? As time goes by, do you waffle, or do you remember that God is not like us and that, where we are changeable, he is utterly unchanging; when we are sometimes like a weather vane, he is the same yesterday, today, and forever?
How blest is our sister, bereftOf all that could burden her mind!How easy the soul that has leftThis wearisome body behind;Of evil incapable, thouWhose relics with envy I see,No longer in misery now,No longer a sinner like me. This earth is affected no moreWith sickness, …
How will you be remembered? What do I mean? I mean, when your eyes close in death, how will those you’ve known remember you? Will it be with a warm smile of joy, sparked by the way you touched their life, or a glad it’s over expression because you are no longer causing trouble?
O Holy Saviour! Friend unseen,Since on thine arm thou bid’st us lean,Help us, throughout life’s changing scene,By faith to cling to Thee! Bless’d with this fellowship divineTake what thou wilt, we’ll not repine;For as the branches to the vineWe only cling to Thee! Though far …
Recently, someone sent me copy of a cartoon by Adam Ford, one of my favourite cartoonists. He is a Christian cartoonist. I’m sure there are other cartoonists who are Christian, but Ford’s work focuses on the Christian faith. The cartoon I received was entitled “Which Jesus …
Rejoice for a brother deceased;Our loss is his infinite gain;A soul out of prison released,And freed from its bodily chain;With songs let us follow his flight,And mount with his spirit above,Escaped to the mansions of light,And lodged in the Eden of love. Our brother the …
You’ve probably heard the saying that modern times call for modern solutions. On one level, that statement is true. You would not expect someone who only knows about typewriters to sort out a software glitch in a modern word processing programme. Likewise, you wouldn’t expect …
The church has waited long, Her absent Lord to see;And still in loneliness she waits, A friendless stranger she.Age after age has gone, Sun after sun has set;And still in weeds of widowhood, She weeps a mourner yet. Saint after saint on earth, Has lived, …
I have as yet to meet someone who doesn’t want to go to heaven. Many believe that hell isn’t real but they are sure about Heaven–it just has to be. But like hell, heaven is not just a word. It’s a destination. So what does …
O haste away, my brethren dear, And come to Canaan’s shore,We’ll meet and sing forever there, When all our toils are o’er. How sweet to hear the hallowed theme That saints shall ever sing,To hear their voices all proclaim, Salvation to the King. Around His …
Do you read the Bible methodically or are you a lucky dipper? Do you start at the beginning of a book and work your way through, or do you merely open the Bible and let your eyes alight upon the first thing you see and …