Declaring the Unknown God
“As I...beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.” ( Acts 17:23 ) ... More...
“As I...beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.” ( Acts 17:23 ) ... More...
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.” ( Job 19:25 ) This famous testimony of Job has encouraged many. He knew, as we can know, the reality of... More...
“Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.” ( Mark 16:14 ) ... More...
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” ( Genesis 1:1 ) It is appropriate for Christians to begin the New Year by referring back to the beginning of the very first year. The first ... More...
“And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.” ( Acts 1:7 ) Just before Christ ascended into heaven, His disciples asked Him... More...
“Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” ( Matthew 25:34 ) In context, this w... More...
“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?” ( Romans 9:20 ) In this scientific age, it is essential for... More...
“But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” (
“I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.” ( Genesis 17:1 ) Abraham had been “walking” in the land of Canaan nearly 25 years when God gave this command to him. He ... More...
“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.” ( Genesis 2:8 ) This was the world’s first garden, an... More...
“Moreover the LORD spoke again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.” ( More...
“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” ( Matthew 1:21 ) Matthew records two nam... More...
“Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.” ( Psalm 69:34 ) We may not yet understand the full purpose of God in creation, but at least one aspect of tha... More...
“I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.” ( Genesis 46:4 ) Imagine the turmoil Jacob must have felt when h... More...
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” ( 1 John 5:21 ) These final words of the apostle John’s letter seem like an abrupt ending, but the Greek construction is significant, emp... More...
“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” ( Galatians 3:13 ) Paul here explains that when t... More...
“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.” (
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” ( Hebrews 11:1 ) This great verse, evidently a definition of faith, appears to be somewhat obtuse, but it can b... More...
“For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.” ( Isaiah 64:4 ) More...
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: bu... More...
“Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.” ( 3 John 11 ) The term “do-gooder” has come to... More...
“Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” ( Romans 5:9 ) The fifth chapter of Romans is sometimes called the “much more” chapter bec... More...
“Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” ( John 20:29 ) Jesus was willing to give doubting Thomas ... More...
“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” ( Jeremiah 15:16 )<... More...
“God...hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.” ( 1 Thessalonians 4:8 ) Every believer has some awareness of the presence of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, if there is no such awareness, then t... More...
“Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the More...
“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.” ( 1 Timothy 6:12 ) Scripture frequently ref... More...
“God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.” ( Psalm 55:19 ) How can those who refuse God avoid this promised ... More...
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” ( Galati... More...
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.” ( 1 Peter 2:9 ) ... More...