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Peter wrote to remind his readers “to remember the words”—the very words—“proclaimed beforehand by the holy prophets” (2 Pet 3:2). “Oh!” says one, “But words do not signify. It is the inward sense that is really important.” That is just what the fool said about eggshells. He said that they did not signify;…

O, prize the word written; prizing is the way to profiting. If Caesar so valued his commentaries that for preserving them he lost his purple robe, how should we estimate the sacred oracles of God? “I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.”—Thomas Watson, in The Morning Exercises.…

It is not mine to make God’s Word consistent, but to believe that it is so. When a text stands in the middle of the road I drive no further. The Romans had a god they called “Terminus,” who was the god of landmarks. Holy Scripture is my sacred landmark, and I hear a voice that threatens me with a curse…

Plants unknown in certain regions have suddenly sprung from the soil: the seeds have been wafted on the winds, carried by birds, or washed ashore by the waves of the sea. So vital are seeds that they live and grow wherever they are borne; and even after lying deep in the soil for centuries, when the…

Martin Luther said that there were some in his day so nice and precise about the letter of Scripture that when one of them had delivered an exposition upon the book of Job, Luther said that by the time the man had got to the tenth chapter Job had been a thousand times more plagued by the expositors than…

The Book of God has stood so many attacks from such different quarters that to be at all alarmed about it shows a very childish fear. When a rock has been standing all our lifetime, and has been known to stand firmly throughout all the ages of history, none but foolish people will think that the next…

You begin to read a will, but you do not find it interesting. It is full of words and terms that you do not take the trouble to understand because they have no relation to yourself. But if you should, in reading that will, come upon a clause in which an estate is left to you, the nature of the whole…

The Word of God gets at the very marrow of our manhood; it lays bare the secret thoughts of the soul. It is “able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.” Have you not often, in hearing the Word, wondered how the preacher could so unveil that which you had concealed? He says the very things…

I have read that, when the people of the State of Massachusetts wanted a set of laws, and they had not time to make them just then, they passed a resolution that they would be governed by the laws of God until they had time to make better ones. We may believe the doctrines revealed in the Word of God…

Some time ago a town missionary had in his district a man who never would allow any Christian person to come into his house. The missionary was warned by many that he would get a broken head if he ventured on a visit. He therefore kept from the house, though it troubled his conscience to pass it by.…

Her Majesty was on the south side of the water today, but she does not abide there. All the pomp and sunshine of her presence have vanished, and Westminster Bridge and Stangate are as they were before. The word of God sometimes comes with royal pomp into the minds of young men. They are affected by it…

When I first began to preach, I am afraid that I used to say a great many strange things—which, of course, I do not do now. But having, on a certain occasion, said something rather striking and perhaps not quite wise, there was an excellent Christian man who wanted to set me right. He did not come and…

Matt Chandler, president of The Acts 29 Network encourages Christians to stay faithful to the scripture even in the face of pressure. “To back away from the teachings of Scripture around issues that our culture finds offensive is to wave the white flag on human flourishing. It is to say, ‘Our Creator…

In January of 2015, believers and non-believers were shocked to hear an admission from Alex Malarkey that he lied about going to heaven and coming back to tell about it while in a coma after an auto accident. The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles, Angels, and Life Beyond…

On the outskirts of Paris, an underground vault holds a platinum cylinder known as Le Grand K. This carefully guarded object sits under three glass domes and three different people have three different keys that are all needed to open the vault. Since 1889 this object has been the standard for the Kilogram.…

Look out America! There’s a new church movement rising across the country, and guess what they all have in common? They all don’t believe in God! Yes, the growth of atheist churches and even atheist mega-churches are becoming more and more popular as people want the warm feelings of a church experience…

“Workers at a Mississippi funeral home got a shock when a corpse started moving inside his body bag.” Walter Williams, 78, had been declared dead several hours earlier and morticians were about to start the embalming process. Then the coroner, Dexter Howard, noticed something not quite right. There was…

In his book, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophey, Spy Eric Metaxas reports that Bonhoffer said, “Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.” —Jim L. Wilson Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophey, Spy, 261 2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV) “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is…

In ancient Egypt common people, not able to afford the gold used by pharaohs, used papyrus, paint, and glue to make the masks for their mummies. Papyrus too, was expensive, causing them to reuse sheets that had once been used for writing. Recently scientists developed a method to remove the glue of mummy…

A group of physics students from the University of Leicester in England did a research project on the ability of Noah’s ark to carry the number of animals necessary. Based on the Bible’s description of the ark they calculated it could have carried about 56,000 tons. That is equivalent to 2.15 million…

Two surveys give both hope and warning concerning the Bible in American Life. One poll from the Barna Group indicates that the Bible is losing ground among the Millennial generation. In 2011, 10% of Americans believed that the Bile is “just another book of teachings written by men.” In 2014 the percentage…