The Jews, as a rule, do not employ names like Genesis, Exodus etc. for the five books of Moses. Instead, they take part of the opening text each time as it stands in the Hebrew Bible. The lovely title they have for Exodus is “Elleh Shemot,” which means, “These are the names.” [...]
Devotional "If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." 1 John 2:1 True Christians are painfully aware of their shortcomings. They feel sin with a keenness unknown to ungodly men. It robs them of their joy. It mars their fellowship with God. It destroys their service. [...]
It has been a long time since the last issue of ‘Bits and Pieces’ – last October to be precise. The reason for the gap had to do with the editor’s health. First, there was an irregular heartbeat, which led to seventeen days in hospital and the installation of a pacemaker. Good progress [...]
Devotional "Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body" Philippians 3:21 Often when we are racked with pain, and unable to think or worship, we feel that this indeed is "the body of our humiliation," and when we are tempted by the passions which rise [...]
Devotional "The blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from every sin." 1 John 1:7 The blood of Jesus is everything. It is the central doctrine of our faith, the present and eternal life of our souls. There is no pardon, no salvation, no heaven but by blood--the blood of the Lord Jesus. [...]
Devotional “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” (Colossians 3:1) The wise believer revels in the fact of Christ’s resurrection. Some things in Scripture may be easier to identify with and apply, including Christ’s substitutionary death, but it [...]
Devotional “And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:27 Bearing one’s cross means something quite different from bearing the ordinary burdens and troubles of life. These are common to all men, but the privilege of taking up and carrying the cross is the unique [...]
Devotional Why do we sit still? Jeremiah 8:14 Solomon said that God 'made every thing beautiful in his time' (Eccles. 3:11). There are times when it is a beautiful thing to sit still. 'Be still, and know that I am God' (Psa. 46:10). There is nothing more beautiful or blessed than resting in [...]
Devotional Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Deuteronomy 28:5 Obedience brings a blessing on all the provisions which our industry earns for us. That which comes in and goes out at once, like fruit in the basket which is for immediate use, shall be blest; and that which is laid by [...]
Devotional "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me." Galatians 2:20. The life of Christ and the life of self cannot coexist in the same heart. If the one lives, the other dies. The sentence of death is written upon a man's self, when the [...]
Devotional "I will never leave thee." — Hebrews 13:5. "No promise is of private interpretation. Whatever God has said to any one saint, He has said to all. When He opens a well for one, it is that all may drink. When He openeth a granary-door to give out food, there may be some [...]
Devotional "Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and with heldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst." Nehemiah 9:20 Common, too common is the sin of forgetting the Holy Spirit. This is folly and ingratitude. He deserves well at our hands, for He is [...]
