“Rejoice in the Lord, it is no trouble for me to write this to you again and it is a safeguard for you” (Phil. 3:1). If you are like me, you need gentle reminders during the quiet moments that, to be Christian is to live the life of an alien. …
While we could bemoan the fact that God does not say more and that He does not speak more plainly, it is humbling that He has spoken at all. I rejoice that so much has been revealed and so much made clear. Standing in the mouth of the cave, Elijah …
Satan roars like a lion, threatens like a bully, and shouts like a desperate waif! Satan screams. He hurls insults and burns with hatred—but our God whispers. The Great God of the Universe speaks soft as the coming of dawn, tender as a baby sleeps, and as gentle as the …
At forty Moses fled from Egypt into the wilderness (Acts 7:23). Forty years later God appear to him in the burning bush (Acts 7:30). He was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights to receive the law (Ex. 24:18). At forty Joshua was sent to spy out the …