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 […] 
Martin Luther was an Augustinian monk of the 16th century. Like many other contenders of the gospel both before his time and after, he was an imperfect man whom God chose to use in mighty ways. In 1517, Luther posted upon the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg (in the manner common to […] If we are going to get anything right, let us make sure it is the gospel! Paul echoes this mantra throughout his letter to the Galatians. Martin Luther echoed the same sentiments when he championed the doctrine of justification by faith during the first years of the Protestant Reformation. When we meditate upon these […] 
“Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.” (Hebrews 5:8 KJV) It is always consoling to us to behold the footsteps of our Lord. When we see him tried, we cheerfully submit to the like trial. When we perceive that […] 
“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalms 11:3) To study or not to study? That is the question. If we have no solid base, if we know not the words of our Lord, nor comprehend their meaning, we shall surely be laid flat when the […] 
There are two things the child of God ever needs to remember, and these are, that he has a wise Keeper, and that he has a wily enemy, and this wily enemy is always on the look-out to entangle us in the meshes of his snares. 1. The snare of pride. “The snare of […] 
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped (Isaiah 35:5) And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the […] 
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. (Jude […] |