October - 2017

"I will heal their waywardness and love them freely" (Hosea 14:4).

The sixties of last century was the beginning of the era of 'free love' with the implied notion that love can be had with no strings...

" . . . And you experts in the law, woe to you because you load people down with burdens they c

Persons who devote their lives to studying Scripture and teaching others about God are in a position to make life better--or worse--for...

"Ephraim boasts, 'I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not f

Wealth deceives its possessor into thinking he has no need to obey rules that others must live by; that he is above the law; that he can...

"But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him he took pity on h

He who pitied the wounded and disabled traveler totally contrasts with others passing on the same road. He drew near to the victim with a...

" . . . And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One" (Hosea 11:12)

An air of astonished incredulity hangs over this prophetic exclamation. Evil is a mysterious absurdity. For human life to defy its maker...

"But he wanted to justify himself so he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?" (Luke 1

The person who asked this question already knew what he ought to do; he was one of Israel's religious leaders, and therefore an ethical...

"I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor devastate Ephraim again. For I am God and not man--t

It is common for men and women to 'carry out' their fierce anger; to give way to furious revenge. The result: the earth is filled with...

" . . .I praise you father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from

You don't have to be a professor of theology to know and enjoy God. Many an expert in biblical studies, many a priest or pastor is a...

" . . .I praise you father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from

You don't have to be a professor of theology to know and enjoy God. Many an expert in biblical studies, many a priest or pastor is a...

"When Israel was a child, then I loved him . . . . It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking

Long before any of us know or begin to appreciate God, he is compassionate father, our solicitous benefactor, diligent and persevering...

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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