Not In Despair

Why? He remembered the resurrection: “Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you” (II Corinthians 4:14). Paul served a living Saviour. […]

Valuable

We are bird-watchers. Beginning in the early fall, we stock our backyard bird feeder and watch the feathered drama there through the cold winter months. The beauty and temperament of God’s flying creatures amaze and […]

Developing Patience

Some groan because of trials. Paul chose to glory in them. Writing on this text, Dr. Kenneth Wuest says: “Paul did not exult because of the tribulations themselves but because of their beneficial effect upon […]

The Overcomer

Christians will not go through the Tribulation but in this life they have tribulation. Being born again does not deliver one from all earthly trouble. Christians have trouble because they have bodies that have been […]

Peace In Troubled Times

Present world conditions incubate fears. And things are not likely to improve. Jesus said: “And there shall be signs in the son, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress […]

Security

The promises of God are given to a particular people, those who have received His Son as Saviour and Lord. Some mistakenly try to claim the promises without receiving the Saviour. One may quote the […]

Redeemed

The old hymn says, “Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it!” And our redemption is worth proclaiming. The definition of redeem is “to regain possession of by paying a price.” The price of our redemption […]

Jacob’s Trouble

Christ is coming soon. His return will usher in the world’s most terrible time, known as the Tribulation or the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. Of this time, Jesus said: “For then shall be great tribulation, […]

Choose Less

A few years ago, a man stepped out into his back yard, and looking up saw a speck in the sky. It grew larger and larger. Then he discovered it was something alive, a struggling, […]

A Troubled Father

The prodigal’s father must have spent many troubled nights, burdened about his son who had gone into the far country. He may have reviewed his life again and again wondering what he might have done […]

Our Refuge

In his book, Two Thousand Hours in the Psalms, Dr. Marion Hull says of Psalm 46, “No wonder the psalmist says ‘therefore will not we fear.’ What could man do to anyone who has such […]

Trust

David was no stranger to fear. He had been pursued by Saul who intended to kill him. Often, enemies had sought his life. Finally, rebellion racked his kingdom. He knew the twinge and tightening of […]