Weekly Article (Page 41)

Literally he says ‘we are super conquerors!’ Not just victors but super victors! “More than conquerors” – that is what we are now and how we will regard ourselves through all eternity. When the early church father Chrysostom was brought before the Roman Emperor, the Emperor threatened him with banishment of he remained a Christian.

If Job, who lived at the dawn of recorded history, centuries before the time of the Lord Jesus Christ – if Job knew these things, how much more should we know them, we who are aware of Christ’s resurrection and have witnessed His power in our lives. Job lived in a dark and misty time, before the…

These words summarize the response to Himself and His ministry which Jesus sought. We see here that it is a command, not an option. The gospel doesn’t come out to us with a great idea but with a clear demand. There is only one response that is suitable. No other response is acceptable. We see here that it is universal, not selective – all – even the most righteous…

Indeed in light of the infinite glory and majesty of His Being is it possible to know God? Is He not incomprehensible, how can we know the unknowable? The answer is that the infinite God declares that finite man can know Him since He has made Himself known – and that not with resulting frustration,…

We can admire the wisdom and power of God, who can make his people better by their sufferings. Behold, I show you a mystery: sin brought affliction into the world, and God  makes affliction carry sin out of the world. God has never intended more good to his children than when he deals most severely with them. He would rather fetch blood than lose a soul. A suffering…

This year of 2009ad marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of the Genevan Reformer, John Calvin. So it makes perfect sense to remember with thanksgiving the life and ministry of John Calvin, pastor and theologian of the Reformation, whose work continues to be influential in the church and world…

I also could speak as you do, if your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you; but I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.” (Job 16:4-5) Encouragement – how sweet it is when we receive it – especially if we are facing great pressures or overwhelming trials that threaten…

It’s as if Elijah had spiritual cataracts rapidly develop across his heart so that his spiritual sight had become cloudy. Previously he did not doubt the presence and activity of God in the quiet, in the small and even hidden ways. But now, having experienced a public display in which even the ungodly were constrained to shout “Behold the Lord He is God!’ that…

PSALM 13 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 1 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest my enemy…

“he … ran for his life” (1 Kings 19:3) In these words we find the reality of Elijah – yes that mighty man of God, and who had just come from a glorious victory and vindication – struggling with fear in the face of persecution. In this he is not alone; in fact it is faced by many believers around the world.