The apostle's secret of "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27) is one which the world cannot grasp. Think of it and try to realize it. God is not only a God who mercifully pardons our guilt and [...]
One of the principles of interpretation of the Bible (Bible hermeneutics) is the law of first mention. Dr. F.E. Marsh (a Baptist pastor) in his excellent work The Structural Principles of the Bible, defines it this way: "The first time [...]
My wife Vivien has been on my case to sort through stacks of magazines and papers that I have not touched for decades. I admit to coming from a long line of "Steptoe and Son" hoarders and have reduced the [...]
"I give thanks to God always for you because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus" (I Corinthians 1:4). "The grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus" is the grace [...]
I'm writing this in the Easter week but it applies all year long! The reason for Easter in simple terms was to make a legal way for God to forgive people's sins so that they would be fit to join [...]
"As God's partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God's kindness and then ignore it" (II Corinthians 6:1 NLT 2nd Ed.). I recently purchased a copy of the second edition of the New Living Translation for [...]
There is a wonderful Southern Gospel group of seniors named The Social Security Boys (really!), and they sing a song with the above title, "Pilgrims Making Progress." Listen to it on YouTube and visit their website for their signature song. [...]
"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3). In this Colossian epistle, we may well linger over the two little prepositions, "with" and "in", as they express our union with Christ. The former [...]
Thank God that He can cause the fallen sons of Adam to stand! In I Corinthians 15:1 the Apostle Paul writes of "the gospel ... wherein ye stand," and in Romans 5:2 of "this grace wherein we stand," while in [...]
I recall during our third pastorate that the sponsoring pastor of the "church plant" and I often spoke on the telephone on Mondays and shared our "war stories" of the previous day's services. This was in the era of the [...]