November - 2017

"Nazareth, can any good thing come from there?" (John 1:46).

Nathaniel was certain that Messiah's arrival would be a good thing for Israel. It was therefore incredulous to him that the blessing...

"But now many nations are gathered against you . . . . But they do not know the thoughts of the

Israel was about to be driven into exile. Enemy nations believed they had the upper hand and were in control of events. They did not know...

"They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning-hooks. Nation will n

Heaven, imagined as a place beyond the stratosphere where disembodied people float blissfully, is nowhere taught in Scripture. Instead,...

"Look, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29).

Two prodigious realities are here mentioned. Sin, which beclouds and dominates life, explaining why we self-sabotage even our best...

"He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, 'I am not the Christ'"(John 1:2

Many a politician begins his day in the sun by announcing that he will make things right in the world. Each in turn proves the falsity of...

"Then I said, 'Listen you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you n

'Justice', here, is mishpat, more accurately, 'judgment'; truthful differentiation between right and wrong, which prevents the evil of...

"He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him--and he was a Samaritan!" (Luke 17:16

A frequent victim of racial profiling, and seen as spiritually impotent by the Jewish establishment, comes before Christ in adoration,...

"One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate and go ou

The prophet portrays refugees from the cities and towns of Judah, having fled for refuge within the walls of Jerusalem as their last...

"So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say,' we are unwort

Because we are the product of a personal God, to reflect the Creator's personality is the imperative of our existence. All thought and...

"Get up, go away! For this is not your resting place because it is defiled, it is ruined beyond

'Don't make a mess in your own back yard.' Most of us know someone who, not having followed that piece of folk-wisdom, has made their...

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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