Archive for October, 2007
Knowing Ourselves (part 4)
Saturday, October 27th, 2007Man Glorified A Glorious Victory The future that the hard-pressed and struggling saints have to look forward to is one characterized in every way by victory. On this earth, redeemed man is assaulted on every side: by persecution from without the Church, heresies springing up from within, the temptations and lies of the devil whispered in his […]
Images of the Savior (48 – His Crucifixion)
Saturday, October 20th, 2007But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. And the one who saw bore witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he speaks truth, that you might believe. – John 19:34-35 As we follow our Savior to the hill of Calvary, we have […]
Knowing Ourselves (part 3a)
Monday, October 15th, 2007Man Redeemed Loved When God purposed to redeem a people from the mass of fallen humanity, the sole and inexhaustible source of this surprising and undeserved grace was God’s free, unconditional love. We were not lovable in any way; but God, who is love itself, chose to show his amazing love in the vessels which he had […]
Knowing Ourselves (part 3b)
Monday, October 15th, 2007Forgiven Our basic problem consists of this, first, that by our sin we have become indebted to the one we have wronged; and second, that since the one we have wronged is our Creator, the Almighty God of the universe, our sin debt is therefore infinite, and can never adequately be repaid. We are as dishonest […]
Images of the Savior (47 – His Trials and Scourging)
Thursday, October 11th, 2007Then he released unto them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified. – Matthew 27:26 From the days of righteous Abel, unto whose blood sacrifice the Lord had respect, how many millions of sacrificial lambs had been led to the foot of the altar and there slain? And of them all, […]
Images of the Savior (46 – His Prayer in Gethsemane)
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Then he says unto them, my soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death; stay here and watch with me”. And going ahead a little, he fell upon his face, praying and saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will”. – Matthew […]
Bible Translation for a Muslim Audience
Friday, October 5th, 2007Current Needs It is virtually indisputable that the last great frontier of the world missions movement involves the various unreached peoples of Islam. It is equally clear that a necessary part of the labor involved in reaching these Muslim peoples is the translation of the bible into their own languages, so that they may read and […]