January - 2017

"Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up" (1 Corinthians 8:1).

It is a mistake if devout folk suppose their connection to God obtains by means of things they know; the quality of their religious...

“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...

“Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.” (Job 5:2).

Proverbs are the considered reflections of individuals who have been around for a while and know a thing or two about how things go in...

"Yet, O Lord, you are our father, we are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of y

Deep truth about our existence, its meaning, possibilities and prospects are here outlined. We are not chance mutations with significance...

"In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them . . . &q

There is no friend to compare with the friend who identifies him/herself so closely with my needs, my concerns, my feelings, my distress,...

“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,...

" . . . Just take the plank out of your own eye and you will see clearly to remove the speck fr

Our ability to see clearly enough to pass judgment on another person is severely compromised. Whatever that person's fault we cannot...

"Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, Or Jesus who is called Christ?" (Ma

It was a barbed question, asked by Pilate. He knew the Jews rankled at the very idea that Jesus was the Christ. They would rather that...

"Lord, by such things men live, and my spirit finds life in them too . . . . Surely it was for

God sent the prophet Isaiah to tell him that his illness would end in death and to put his house in order. Hezekiah prayed hard and the...

"Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in ric

Material comfort and circumstantial ease is not the generator of virtue. Truth to tell, those conditions are more likely than not to...

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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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Desmond Ford