“Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him” (Psa. 50:3). “Behold, it is written before me:I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom” (Isa. 65:6). “Our God shall come”. Precious thought and hope for the … Continue reading “I Will Not Keep Silence”
Question:Will God judge someone who has not heard the Gospel?Answer: We learn in Romans 1:19,20 that nature itself is a witness to God’s existence and man is left without excuse. Learning from the case of Cornelius in Acts 10, we saw that if someone really wants to know the Lord, He will make sure someone … Continue reading Will God judge someone who has not heard the Gospel?
Question:Why were some books chosen to be in the Bible, and some were not?Answer:There were strict standards that were applied to each book to see if it exhibited God’s exact inspiration before it was included in the Bible. We trust that the Lord has preserved His Word, and given us exactly the books He wanted … Continue reading Why were some books chosen to be in the Bible, and some were not?
Question:Why didn’t Sarah leave Abraham when she found out he slept with her handmaid?Answer:The handmaid’s name was Hagar, and it was actually Sarah’s idea that Abraham lay with her. (Read Genesis 16:1-3.) This action had immediate negative consequences. (Read Genesis 16:4-6.)
Question:Why did a prophet marry a prostitute?Answer:The Lord told Hosea to marry Gomer: “The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord” (Hosea 1:2). We … Continue reading Why did a prophet marry a prostitute?
Question:Why did parents give their children such difficult names in the Bible?Answer:The names given were in different languages than we use today and were not hard for those people at the time. Often, names were given with special meanings, such as ‘Philologus’ in Romans 16:15, which literally means, “Lover of the Word.”
Question:Why did God take away Zacharias’ speech and make him dumb?Answer:Zacharias was a priest of God. Although he and his wife were old, Zacharias had been praying for a child. One day, the angel of the Lord told him that his wife, Elisabeth, would bear a son (John the Baptist). Zacharias doubted God and said, … Continue reading Why did God take away Zacharias’ speech and make him dumb?
Question:Why did God create all the other planets if we are the only people inhabiting a planet?Answer:All things were made for His own glory and pleasure. “For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: … Continue reading Why did God create the other planets if there is no life on them?
Question:Did dinosaurs exist? If so, when?Answer:That’s a difficult question. Some say that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago and died out before man was created. Death came by sin (Romans 5:12), so it seems that nothing would have died before man sinned in the Garden of Eden. Before the flood, man lived hundreds of years … Continue reading Did dinosaurs exist? If so, when?
Question:Why doesn’t the Bible tell Lot’s wife’s name?Answer:We can rightly assume the Lord did not want us to know her name. Perhaps the answer why can be found in Proverbs 10:7: “The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.”
THE LANGUAGE QUESTION At Pentecost men of God spake in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance, but since that time missionaries have had to acquire the knowledge of other languages by laborious study, to enable them to make known "the wonderful works of God" to the people of other countries or nations. Chinese, … Continue reading Work In The Foreign Field
Substance of an Address to Young Men, by H. P. Barker. "O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding . . . oppositions of science, falsely so called."- 1 Tim. 6 :20. What a name to conjure with is " Science"! With many it has become a positive fetish, before which everything … Continue reading The Bible And Science:are They Friends, Or Foes ?
These two servants of God to whom we owe so much in giving expression to the experiences of the Christian heart in their imperishable hymns, found in the experiences of their life frequent occasions, like David, for the outpouring of their hearts toward God. Isaac Watts' outburst of praise in "Come, we that love the … Continue reading Watts And Wesley.
(Before reading this article read Gal. 1:4;2:20; Eph. 5:2,25; 1 Tim. 2:26; Titus 2:14.) There are two Greek verbs in the above passages that are uniformly translated "gave Himself." The verb in Gal. 2:20, and in the Ephesian passages, however, adds also the idea of giving over, "delivering," and all of them, taken in their … Continue reading “Who Gave Himself For Us”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, a renowned preacher of the 1800’s, had just finished lecturing to his students on the call to service for God in the gospel, when a young Bible student approached him Charles Haddon Spurgeon, a renowned preacher of the 1800’s, had just finished lecturing to his students on the call to service for … Continue reading Preaching in Faith
UNITED STATES OAKLAND, CALIF., May 23. – Brother C. E. Tatham, after two weeks' meetings here with helpful ministry for young and old, has gone on to Portland. We now have brother G. H. McCandless with us for a season, and look forward to a profitable time together. Brother Matlock has been encouraged in the … Continue reading Work In The Home-land
Thou God of harmony and love, Whose name transports the saints aboveAnd lulls the ravished spheres, On Thee in feeble strains I call, And join my humble voice with allThe heavenly choristers. If well I know the tuneful art To captivate a human heart,The glory, Lord, be Thine. A servant of Thy blessed will, I'd … Continue reading Hymn Of The Converted Musician
God has graciously given us a complete, divine revelation of Himself in His Word. But how little have we studied and searched it! How little we understand of its fullness! The distinct object of the Spirit in each book of the Scriptures is very little understood by many. Passages are often quoted which, if examined, … Continue reading The Righteousness of God
Some of our friends have been sending us a number of things relative to the hastening apostasy of Christendom-all showing the drift of that great body of men who, while fond of clerical titles and honors, are fast developing the Judas character, and bringing themselves under the awful denunciation of Jude 11, " Woe unto … Continue reading Current Events