“And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against […]
Christ
A Serpent and a Savior
“From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no […]
Closer Than a Brother
“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” + Proverbs 18v24 This ancient proverb is filled with prophetic truth of union with Christ. But first let us note three things. First, the value of one good friend is far greater than many companions. […]
Our Greatest Need
“And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, ‘Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.’” + Matthew 9v2 This passage never ceases to increase my fascination with Jesus. Here we have some friends who have presumably heard of […]
A Better Temple
As in several other places, 1 Chronicles 29 gives us a description of the temple that Solomon was to build. Here is a portion of it: “So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of […]