“Dr Livingstone, I presume?” These famous words were uttered by American journalist Henry Morton Stanley on November 10, 1871, as he met David Livingstone on the banks of Africa’s Lake Tanganyika. The Background Livingstone was an internationally renowned missionary of British origin. We was made famous for his discovery of the Zambezi River and […] 
The Bible, as we have it today, consists of sixty-six books. The fact that these books belong as Holy Scripture is confirmed by the testimony of Jesus Christ. First, with regard to the Old Testament we have the testimony of Jesus to the existing books. He confirmed the accepted three-fold division of our canonical […] 
Here are just a few things we are to do with the word of God: 1. Receive the Word with meekness, and thus be saved—by grace—from all wickedness. “…receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls” (James 1:21). 2. Let it dwell in us richly, that […] Have an Amazon Kindle? Check out these great deals (price from highest to lowest): […] 
through (Jesus) we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations (Romans 1:5) and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24)
The following is inspired by one of Charles Spurgeon’s sermon outlines. This is the second part in a two-part series. Read the first entry here. As if he wanted to make certain that his readers got his point, Paul echoes the command to rejoice once more: “…again, I […] 
The following is inspired by one of Charles Spurgeon’s sermon outlines. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. (Philippians 4:4) Joy. It drives out discord and helps against the trials of life. Let’s walk through this short emphatic verse […] 
PICTURE: Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. Daniel 2:14-23 KJV 14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise [men] of Babylon: 15 He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why [is] the decree [so] hasty from […] 
Can the Christian ever know too much knowledge about Christ? Can he ever know too little? Christ is our Savior, our Lord, our King. And like Him there is no other. It is because of Jesus—His person and work—that we have new life. Everything else this world has to offer us grows dim in […] 
The letter to the Hebrews says, “Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:28, 29) The same fires which heal, purify, and warm the righteous are the […] |