Dear Ones: What makes a person desire Christ? Sometimes it is the difficulty of circumstances, or the consciousness of need. But there is a higher, greater, and more life-changing reason, and we find it with regard to Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. In Luke’s gospel, chapter 10:38-42, we find that Jesus entered a…
Dear Ones: When the temple was built, and the high priest entered once a year into the Holy of Holies, I wonder how quiet it was? There this man found himself in utter silence, standing in the presence of the Almighty, being that singular mediator between God and man. I’m sure that the experience had…
Dear Ones: The “word pictures,” or illustrations, that the Lord used in instructing His disciples, are remarkable in that He takes real world facts and truths, and applies them in such a way that we can easily grasp them. Such is the case of “the corn of wheat” that falls into the ground and dies.…
Dear Ones: If there is one thing that the Bible does, among so many others, it is to reveal to us the truth, or reality of the great issues of our existence. Indeed, without a doubt, it brings us face to face with the true nature of man, the evidence of sin, the supreme principle…
Dear Ones: The Lord Jesus speaks to the church at Philadelphia in Rev. 3: 7-8, in declaring that HE opens doors, that no man can shut, and opens those that no man can open. Paul speaks of an “open door” also in Colossians 4:3, and this in the context of a prayer. In both cases,…
Dear Ones: God is always calling us “out” and “away” from our self-centeredness to life, and liberty. One of His great, and yet, very simple methods in drawing out our hearts to him, is in His use of the little word, “If.” How great a paradox, that so little a word, could have so many,…
Dear Ones: Perhaps one of the great characteristics of our day is that issues, and different matters and subjects, are not clear. There seem to be so many factors and variables that we get lost in the weeds in regard to discerning the will of God, of being sure that the Lord is speaking to…
Dear Ones: Jesus would very often in His teaching, not only draw a distinction between two things, but in doing so, reveal the deep contrast between them. For example, He would tell Nicodemus: “…That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (Jn.3:6) Paul would…
Dear Ones: Christianity is just another religion, unless there is the intervention of God in the life, family, church…nation. When God told Moses that He would not go up in the midst of Israel because of her rebelliousness, He meant in part that there would not be the manifest presence, the manifest blessing, which was…
Dear Ones: It seems to me that there were two critical factors which could have stopped Jesus from going to the cross. The first pales with respect to the second. When Jesus spoke openly of his coming crucifixion and death, it was an individual from his inner circle who declared: “Be it far from…