Moments For You

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked” (Jeremiah 17:9). Many object to the doctrine of total depravity on the ground that all men are capable of some good, even if unsaved. All of us recognize the value of decency in behavior, a kind spirit, generosity in caring... Read more →

The central truth of all truth is the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was a man on earth and His life here closed upon a malefactor’s cross. He is a man now at the right hand of the Majesty on High, having been raised from among the dead... Read more →

Walking along the street one day, I was distributing little gospel books to the persons I met on the way. Most received them very kindly. Only one refused me. As I offered the little book, he asked what it was. “A little paper which tells the way of salvation,” I... Read more →

When studying the Scriptural passages referring to the Book of Life, it is interesting to see how many larger Biblical doctrines are touched upon. In one instance, the issue of eternal security is raised; in another, that of election and predestination; still another deals with the end times and final... Read more →

“The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven” (1 Corinthians 15:45-47). “Then said He, Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second” (Hebrews 10:9). God made a covenant with Israel... Read more →

He whose advent into the world angels heralded, saying, “on earth peace, good will toward men,” left the world prophesying of “wars and rumours of wars.” Even as another year passes, the world knows the grim reality of His prophetic word. What then? Was there some mistake in the annunciation... Read more →

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 The Eastern shepherd occupied a position of friendship with the creatures of his care to which there is no counterpart among ourselves. In the early morning he would lead his flock to the pasturelands. All day he must closely... Read more →

Q. The word “angel” in our Bible is from the Hebrew “Malak” (in the Old Testament) and the Greek “Angelos” (in the New Testament). What does the word mean? A. The word means “messenger.” Q. Where is the home of the angels? A. The home of the angels is in... Read more →

That great Welsh preacher, Christmas Evans, once said that if a long thread were to float down out of heaven and fasten itself to any one of us, if we knew that God were at the other end, none would lightly brush it aside. Now prayer is not a thread... Read more →

“I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, say- ing, Open to me” (Song of Solomon 5:2). To the listening heart of His loved ones, our loving and loved Lord comes. Our heart leaps to attention when we hear the voice of our... Read more →

Some of the ancient cliff-dwellers of Arizona had an interesting way of cleaning house. The smoke of their fires filled their dwellings and covered their walls with a black layer of soot. When this became intolerable they did not wash or scrape it off, but plastered over it with a... Read more →

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised” (Luke... Read more →

“Christ Jesus … made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:5-7). In eternity, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit shared coequally in all God is. The Son who was about to become incarnate... Read more →

“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief” (1 Timothy 1:15). What made Saul of Tarsus the chief of sinners? Was he immoral or lawless, a wicked man who was an outcast from... Read more →

“Be it known unto you … that through this Man [Jesus Christ] is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins” (Acts 13:38-39). Sir Ambrose Fleming, a renowned British scientist, said: “We must not build on the sands of an uncertain and ever-changing science, but upon the rock of the inspired... Read more →