Impugning the Goodness of God
Genesis chapter 3 has been called the most tragic chapter in the Bible. Rightly so, because it marks a turning-point that has changed the course of human history, and for now ended any hope of...
View ArticleRewards and Losses
Or Salvation by grace is not inconsistent with variety of reward Robert Macdonald (l813-1893) It is thought by some that because persons and services find acceptance solely in Christ, and in...
View ArticleThose dark Providences: A New Year Message
“If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth” Ecclesiastes 11:3 The Authorised Version translators have helpfully summarised the first six verses of Ecclesiastes chapter 11 as...
View ArticleTemptation and Sin in the Thought life
By God’s grace, when a sinner is converted, everything changes. From the inside outwards there is transformation. This is expressed in 2 Cor.5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new...
View ArticleThe Spirit of Fear
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 2 Timothy is the last letter Paul wrote. It is his “farewell” to Timothy, who was to be...
View ArticleThe Day of Small Things
For who hath despised the day of small things? Zechariah 4:10. Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi are the last three prophets in the Old Testament. These men preached after the Jews returned to Jerusalem...
View ArticleDivine Chastening 2
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Job 5:17. Divine Chastening is one of the most important and blessed truths that we can...
View ArticleDivine Chastening 1
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Job 5:17. Eliphaz spoke these words. He was the oldest of Job’s three friends, which is why he...
View ArticleComfort: A word of encouragement for 2024
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 2 Corinthians 1:4 The word...
View Article“Little and little”
“And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little” Deuteronomy 7:22 In the book of Deuteronomy, the Lord is preparing Israel to enter the Promised Land of Canaan....
View ArticleMeditation
A Holy Exercise of the Mind The word “meditation” might well put the reader on guard. Meditation is usually associated with eastern mysticism and New Age religion, focussing on the human...
View ArticleWhen things go wrong
When Really, they are Right And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak...
View ArticleOur Identity in Christ
Much is said these days about identity and lifestyle. They have become buzz words for the wicked philosophy of our age. The world says, “I adopt the identity and follow the lifestyle that is ‘right’...
View ArticleTemptation and Sin
An extended review of The Hedonism and Homosexuality of John Piper and Sam Allberry: Turning the Grace of God into Lasciviousness By Enoch Burke. Castlebar, Ireland: Burke Publishing, 2020. 165...
View ArticleGo Forward
Crisis Counsel for the New Year By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. Hebrews 11:29 Exodus chapter 14 records Israel going through...
View ArticleRebekah: A life that speaks to us
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. Genesis 24:67 And Isaac intreated the...
View ArticleDrawn to Christ: The Ultimate Blessing for the New Year
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers. Song of Solomon 1:4 The Song of Solomon is a sacred allegory of our union and communion with Christ. Our heavenly...
View ArticleSanctification and our two natures
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. Roms.7:21 In the statement above are some truths that belong to every Christian’s experience. a] Paul has a good aim. “I would...
View Article“If the Lord will.”
There is a saying, “Man proposes, God disposes.” It probably derives from Thomas a Kempis but was used as the title of a poignant work of art painted by Edwin Landseer in 1864. It shows two polar...
View ArticleHeavenly Wisdom
“the wisdom that is from above” James 3:17 The wisdom of Solomon is proverbial. Scripture puts him as the wisest man in the world (1 Kings 4:29,34). The Queen of Sheba travelled a great distance to...
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