“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Food and Drink #1 “And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the …
Sick in Miletus
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus. Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all …
Desertion Comes With the Territory
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it …
In Love With This Present World
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “Do your best to come to me soon. For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, …
The Crowning Gift
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the …
To Gain His Everlasting Hall
Bethlehem was the opening gambit in the last campaign of a long war. Many centuries after our father Adam had first plunged our race into the insanity of sin, God finally made His opening move. Jesus Christ, born of a woman, born under law, was born to fulfill every one of the numerous promises that …
Cutting the Right Cloth
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, …
A Ministerial Tool Chest
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:16-17). This is a description of a minister’s …
Growing Up or Down
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been …
The Grace of Imitation
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the …