June - 2016

“The midwives however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt told them to do; they let th

In a land ruled by a king whose egomaniacal propensities stood undenied and unchallenged; a realm where the weak were exploited and...

“I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You sh

In Eden, Mankind was specified in terms of his relation to the Creator. Since the world environment is now compromised through sin,...

“O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest.” (Job 16:18).

From the mouth of one man the cry of the world is heard. If a boy lives till he is a man, he will at some point, in one form or another,...

“Men at ease have contempt for misfortune . . .” (Job 12:5)

The truth of this maxim is well documented. Youth, under the protective sponsorship of parents and elders, feel bullet-proof and hazard...

“Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.” (Job 11:6).

So says Zophar, one of Job’s friends. He is sure he knows the secret of Job’s suffering: Job is a man so plenteous in sin that even God...

"Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit." (Isaiah 5:2)

Men and women, especially those in agricultural or horticultural tasks, are well-placed to understand something of what God thinks and...

“Oh . . . . that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off! Then I woul

When I was just a boy, my leg was run over by a horse-drawn wagon. Nothing was broken, and I soon got over it. But at the time, the...

In all their distress he too was distressed

"In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them" (Isaiah 63:9). This verse recounts Israel's...

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ

How would this verse read if Paul was writing now, in the twenty-first century? Like this, perhaps? 'There is neither white nor black,...

“Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his maker?” (Job 4:17).

Eliphaz' double-barrelled question is rhetorical; he expects the answer to be an emphatic negative. God is ever righteous, and our...

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"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously wi

“But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of the cov

" . . .So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ

"Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many gr

"Jesus replied, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified'"

"In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in

" . . . He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ f

"Simon Peter asked him, 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'Where I am goi

"Though you have not seen him you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe

"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you

"It was revealed to them that were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the thing

"If you really knew me, you would know my father as well" (John 14:7).

"Like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk so that you may grow up in your salvation, now t

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