Moments For You

A prison chaplain noticed an inmate who had been tasked with mending uniforms. Greeting the man cheerfully, he said, “Good morning, friend! Sewing?” “No, sir,” replied the inmate with a grim smile. “Reaping!” As the book of Daniel opens, the southern kingdom of Judah is about to reap a bitter... Read more →

“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope” (1 Timothy 1:1). Paul did not always acknowledge Jesus as Lord, or as his hope. Looking back on those days he speaks of himself as the chief of sinners... Read more →

“In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him” (Daniel 2:1). Already in the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar was having divinely prompted nightmares. Daniel, through wisdom given to him by God, describes the king’s... Read more →

What was the first message delivered by the ascended and glorified  Lord Jesus? Moments after the cloud of glory carried Him out of their sight, the enraptured silence of the disciples of Christ was broken by the voice of two men in white apparel, saying, “this same Jesus, which is... Read more →

“When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee” (Isaiah 43:2). We have now reached the well-known story of Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image, his rage at the three Hebrews who refused to worship it, and his casting them into the furnace of... Read more →

The cynical editor and writer H. L. Mencken once defined hope as “a pathological belief in the occurrence of the impossible.” But that definition does not agree with the New Testament meaning of the word. True Christian hope is more than “hope so.” It is confident assurance of future glory... Read more →

“My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me” (Daniel 6:22). Who does not know the story of Daniel in the lions’ den? Yet there are precious thoughts here not always noticed. In this story, Daniel typifies our blessed Lord and... Read more →

I believe there is a heaven. One day, when I was a little boy in western North Carolina, I carved an inscription on one of the bricks of the old-fashioned chimney of my home. It read, “Heaven I hope to win.” I had been told at home and in the... Read more →

“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city” (Daniel 9:24). The first thing that I want you to notice is that this is a prophecy concerning something which cannot be changed. The weeks are “determined”—they are all set and fixed and planned by Almighty God. The... Read more →

“Ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for His Son from heaven” (1 Thessalonians 1:9,10). The Christian’s hope is not an advanced subject which is only to be understood or achieved through years of experience. Rather, it is part of the... Read more →

The conversion of Marcus Bergmann, who translated the Scriptures into Yiddish, is exceedingly interesting. His father belonged to the strictest sect of Jews in Germany, the Chasidim, and died when Marcus was only a year old. Six years later, Marcus and his mother went to live with an uncle, and... Read more →

Konrad Adenour, former chancellor of West Germany, said, “If Jesus Christ is alive, then there is hope for the world. If not, I don’t see the slightest glimmer of hope on the horizon.” Then he added, “I believe Christ’s resurrection to be one of the best-attested facts of history.” Christ’s... Read more →

Because of its miraculous prophetic revelations of kingdoms and of Christ, no other book in the Bible has been attacked like the book of Daniel. For more than 1,700 years, the book has been in the “Critics Den” and fiercely assailed by sceptical writers. Their claim is that instead of... Read more →

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3). In Christ, God has given us an ever-living hope. The word “hope,” as... Read more →

One of the fallacies taught by some media evangelists is that those who come to faith in Christ will find that their troubles will evaporate and they will have good health, peace, and prosperity for the rest of their lives. Such teaching is contradictory to Scripture and to our personal... Read more →