Fear Not (Part 19/30) – God’s Immutability
It is difficult to trust someone who is not reliable, who constantly changes his views, or who can be described as changeable and fickle. These…
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The Prophet Jonah – Introduction
The prophet Obadiah shows Edom’s gloating over Israel’s defeat. Jonah, on the other hand, speaks of the displeasure of an Israelite at the merciful sparing…
Catching Oneself
Indian hunters have devised a clever way of catching rhesus monkeys: They don’t catch them at all—but they make sure they do it themselves! First,…
Spiritual Development Begins in the Home
God ordained the home as the institution to train children in the way they should go. God didn’t expect the church, the preacher, the school,…
Key to a Happy Marriage – Love and Submission
The Bible talks about marriage in many places. God gives us important guidelines for our benefit. On the one hand, God teaches us through examples…
Fear Not (Part 18/30) – Support from Above
As believers, we often behave just like Elisha’s servant: we see the danger around us, despair, and have only one anxious question: “What shall we…
How to Lead People to Christ
How can we lead people to Christ? The passage of the four friends becoming creative in order to bring their paralyzed friend to the Lord…
Question: Does the Devil Produce Evil Thoughts in Me?
Question: Does the devil produce evil thoughts in me? I am also troubled by the idea that the devil could read my thoughts. Answer: It…
Testing Reveals Our Hearts
God allows us to suffer difficulties and hardships for a purpose. God led the children of Israel to wander through the wilderness for forty years…
The Prophet Malachi – Introduction
The messenger and the message Malachi lived and worked at a time when some of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (the “remnant”) that God…
Losing Your Life for Christ
There are two basic attitudes that we believers can adopt towards our lives. We can try to save it, or we can consciously lose it…
Fear Not (Part 17/30) – Calm and Quiet Confidence
In front of them was the insurmountable sea, and behind them, the rapidly approaching army of the furious Pharaoh. A dead end with no prospects…
A life characterized by gratitude?
We are in danger of losing our gratitude. Is it because we suffer from external deprivation? Certainly not! Most of us have more than enough—not…
No Forgiveness – No Blessing!
A great many people who try to be comforters only lay thorns under aching heads. No art needs a more delicate touch than the comforter’s. The hands…
Full Bank Accounts – And Then The Rapture
A rich Christian regularly prayed that God would give needy people what they needed. However, he himself rarely opened his wallet. One day, his young…
Rebulding the Altar – Why Is That Important?
After 70 years of captivity in Babylon, the first activity of the returnees to Jerusalem was to rebuild the altar of burnt offering: “And they…
Our Service Before the Lord
In their carnal mindset, the Corinthians had caused factions and divisions in the local church in Corinth. Characterized by envy and strife, they had misused…
Question: What Happened to the Resurrected Believers after Jesus’ Death?
Question: In Matthew 27:52, 53, it is said that when the Lord Jesus died on the cross, many bodies of the saints who had fallen…
The Heartbreaking Sufferings of Jesus
The 53rd chapter of the prophet Isaiah paints a striking picture of our Lord as the suffering servant who was despised and forsaken by men…
Coincidence?
“Coincidence” – a term that you would not expect to find in the Bible. When reading this incident, one gets the impression that the Holy…