The words left a deep impression on Matthew. Perhaps it was the way His eyes had pierced the disciples’ as He spoke. Or possibly, it was the

GOD’S CREATION holds not a few phenomenal occurrences which preach to us remarkable lessons. One such object lesson comes to us from the field of biology, featuring

This world is tempest tossed. Its leaders and governments are but rising and falling waves in the vast, tumultuous ocean of humanity. Above the din of crashing

Ah, the good life! Family, a home, vehicles, a job–security! Multitudes are indeed abundantly blessed, whether deserving or not. Little disturbs the ebb and flow of many

How can a man’s ways be established? He must have purpose, and it must be the right and not a misguided or delusional purpose. A man must

Physical Distancing: This is what humankind has been practicing for about six millennia. When flu season or other pandemics come around, the elderly and those otherwise physically

WASTED. MARY MAGDALENE had utterly wasted her life. No one, no matter how hopeful, might have thought that her life could ever be made whole again. The

“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.” Ephesians 2:1 Search your own heart. Are you among the living, or among the dead?

DEATH, ACCORDING TO HOLY WRIT, is the Christian’s last enemy–the finishing battle, the final difficulty ere the pilgrim’s long-anticipated release from this mortal life to joys beyond,

 ALL HUMANITY UTTERS a collective groan. Paul heard it two thousand years ago. “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until

We have here brought before us a young man born in lowly life, having no advantages of position, or even education, to lift Him above the mass

“I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts.” 1 Kings 19:10 These are the words of the victorious Elijah to the heavenly inquiry into

If the Christ-like character has today any foothold upon the earth, it is traceable from the hundreds of millions back to millions, and from millions to thousands,

Dear father, your hands are the first to cradle the souls of your children. To you it is given to be the salvation of your household, and

“WHILE SLEEPING CARELESS on the brink of an eternal woe…” wrote Bro. Warner, describing how the love of Jesus had awakened him just in time to rescue

 [Twenty] centuries have now passed away since God sent forth a few Jews from a remote corner of the earth, to do a work which, according to

Man’s existence: Think about it for a moment. Here on earth, the measure of his existence is scripturally described as an “handbreadth” or a “vapor,” and the

Atheism, like all worldviews, has consequences. Worldviews have destinations. They are courses that carry us on to some arrival point, whether that point is good or bad.

Dawn came slowly, illuminating the world with the morning’s first rays. But the golden gleams could not diffuse the darkness I felt. I knew morning had come

Skeptics seek to discredit the Bible as a divine revelation. This they do for they are loathe to believe in the existence of a God requiring their

THIS WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN. So long has it stood upended that by now seemingly every drop of moral common sense has drained from it. A recent

THOU SHALT SURELY DIE – this promise to our fallen parents Adam and Eve has been inherited by every human born since that time. Sin’s entrance into

Jacob had gotten himself into a mess. His brother, he had felt, was about to claim a blessing that belonged justly to him. And so he had

SOCIETY HAS TAUGHT US THAT liberty is the freedom of choice regarding our own lives. Any restraints on that freedom is regarded as oppression. Thus, a liberated

IT IS EXPEDIENT THAT THE truth be known concerning global warming. The matter is exceedingly more urgent than what the media sources are reporting, and the effects

“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God

Jesus said, “Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not.” Mark 10:14. Laud the beautiful innocence of uncorrupted youth! Precious children who come

You try on a coat. If you do not like it, you need not buy it. You try a type of beverage. If you are not satisfied

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for

“As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.” Psalm 127:4. OH, THE POSSIBILITIES POSSESSED BY YOUTH! What zeal, what

The old serpent is a sorcerer and has been so from the beginning. Back in the garden, Adam and Eve were beguiled by his allurements. Down through

There is a prevailing notion, especially in the western world today, that mankind has outgrown the Bible. The idea is that scientific discoveries and man’s intellect have

“And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on

“What a waste!” is the indignant outcry evoked by the careless and unnecessary squandering of goods, money, and natural resources. It is a justified outcry, for wastefulness,

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath

A barefoot woman, in the cold and pouring rain, climbs Croagh Patrick in Ireland. A man on his death bed desperately calls for his parish priest to

WHAT LIES BEYOND THE GRAVE? This has been a universal question through the ages. Throughout the history of mankind, the question has received a host of varied

Not one of us is staying here forever. No matter how strong we feel or how full of hope and life, we know that we must one