The Night God

The ancient Greeks loved the theater. Their writers created elaborate stories — both comedies and tragedies — in the form of plays to be acted out in their amphitheaters. Greek actors, skilled at playing many […]

They Shall Mount Up

All of us at some point in our lives have had traumatic experiences. Life has a way of forcing us to cope with difficulty, pain, sorrow, and stress. Some people seem to come through every […]

The Quest for Peace

I heard a story recently about a nagging wife who kept writing complaining letters to her serviceman husband who was on combat duty in another country. Finally, after receiving yet another hateful letter, the husband […]

Almost

Paul was in bonds. King Agrippa was in bondage. Paul was a prisoner of Rome. King Agrippa was a prisoner of sin. Paul was innocent before the earthly judge. King Agrippa was guilty before the […]

Herbs and Love

When the choice is love or money… take love. The Bible gives a wonderful pattern for the home. A loving husband cares for his responsive wife and they together picture the walk that Christ has […]

The Warnings of God

In describing Herod’s effort to destroy Jesus, DeWitt Talmadge wrote: “In a sense it was the narrowest and most wonderful escape of the ages that the child was not slain before he had taken his […]

Guidance and Gifts

The star that guided the wise men on their journey is one of the great miracles surrounding the birth of Christ. There is no question but that this was a one-time, supernatural heavenly light that […]

Wise Men Still Seek Him

The wise men who came from the east to worship Jesus are the most mysterious of all the characters connected with the Christmas account. We know little about them. We do not know how many […]

Anna’s Adoration

God has many wonderful old people. Anna the prophetess was a widow and well up in years. She gave all her time to serving the Lord. Prayers ascended from her heart to God night and […]

Singing Shepherds

The shepherds who were notified of Christ’s birth by the angelic messenger and who witnessed the heavenly concert of praise, lost no time in going to Bethlehem to see the Saviour for themselves. As a […]

Glory to God in the Highest

When Jesus came out of the ivory palaces into this world of woe, the world witnessed a miracle of grace and humility. And what great grace it was! The condescension of Christ defies understanding. The […]

Simeon’s Secret

Simeon had a secret. It was just between him and the Lord. The Holy Spirit had revealed something to him and he didn’t tell a soul. He knew that he would not die until he […]