“O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” Isaiah 25:1 Meditating upon the arrest, trial, and crucifixion of Christ we notice several praiseworthy features....
“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12 In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Juliet asks, “What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as...
Like the burnt offering, drink offerings seem to have been offered before the giving of the Mosaic law. The first mention in Scripture of a drink offering is when Jacob returned to Bethel. While fleeing from his brother, the Lord had appeared to him in a dream (Gen....
“Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” James 4:14 Shortly after the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, I watched a video showing him...
Since Pentecost (Acts 2), one of the defining characteristics of this present age of grace has been the immediate and permanent indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of believers. Before His ascension back to heaven, the Lord had promised His disciples that they...
“And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.”Luke 24:27 Today, it is increasingly difficult to separate truth from fiction, distinguish facts from opinions, and discern what is news versus what...
The first offering mentioned is the burnt offering. The Hebrew word ‘ôlâh translated “burnt offering” means “to ascend.” The whole offering was to be completely burned up, with the ensuing smoke ascending to God as a sweet aroma. There had been burnt offerings earlier...
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 “All hands on deck!” is an English naval idiom, an order demanding an immediate, collective, and concerted effort by everyone...
“…Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory…” James 2:1 Beyond definition, the resplendent beauty of God’s glory stretches from eternity to eternity, permeating throughout God’s Word from the opening curtain of Genesis to the climax of Revelation. Our transcendent God...
“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.” 2 Corinthians 2:14 Paul had been anxious to hear from Titus how the Corinthian church had received his first letter. Had they...