“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me” (John 5:39). God has given us many gifts — indeed, there is nothing we have that is not a gift. But there is only one gift from Him that enables us to see through things. …
Why Children Matter
Nurture and Admonition in the 21st Century I Introduction A family is a divinely-ordained community. It is a set of defined relationships, with obligations and privileges assigned by God accordingly. It is not an arbitrary collection of individuals, and it is not something that we get to define. God created the family—it was not invented …
The Lord and the Lord’s Supper Were Both Handed Over
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #134 “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread . . .” (1 Cor. 11: 23). In the verses …
Extra Portions at the Lord’s Table
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #133 “When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What? have ye …
He Got to Meddling
“Men can be content to have other sins declaimed against, but if the minister puts his finger on the sore, and touches this sin, their hearts begin to burn in malice against him” (Watson, as quoted in Hughes, Expository Preaching With Word Pictures, p. 273).
The Secret Things
Introduction In the last chapter, we caught a glimpse of the old David. Here, in this passage, he is fading in and out. He is easily duped by Ziba, but he also shows great restraint and humility in the face of Shimei’s taunting. But, for all his stumbles, he remains a clear type of the …
Sermonic Sloth
“Sloth is as inexcusable in a minister as sleeping in a sentry” (Watson, as quoted in Hughes, Expository Preaching With Word Pictures, p. 252).
He At Least Knew
“Jesus professed to work miracles; he cannot by possibility have been deceived on the subject; and so, either he did work miracles, or he was a bad man. Against his character all the objections to miracles must shatter, like surf against the rock. And this is not arguing in a circle; not proving the miracles …
Double Categorization
Nancy and I are reading through Richmond Lattimore’s translation of the New Testament, and yesterday we came to Luke 21. This is the place where the disciples were gawking at the Temple, and Lattimore says that the Temple was done up with “fine stones and dedications.” That made me wonder what the word underneath “dedications” …
Schism and Heresy
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #132 “For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may …