Devotional "Ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ." 1 John 1:3 The apostle John had actually seen Christ in the flesh. With his own hands, he had touched Him who is "the Word of life." Now the apostle declares [...]
Tomorrow Queen Elizabeth II will take her final earthly journey from Westminster Abbey in London to Windsor Castle where she will be laid to rest beside her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. Hundreds of thousands are expected to line the route to pay their last respects to the Queen who served faithfully as [...]
Devotional "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment." Mark 12:30 In worship, several elements may be distinguished, among them love, admiration, wonder and adoration. Though they may not be [...]
Three months ago we all noted with joy the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. For seventy years she faithfully served as the monarch of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, including Canada. Now, sadly, it is all over as she died on Thursday 8th. September 2022, at the age of 96, and the nations were plunged [...]
Devotional "But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?" Luke 10:29 The man who asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbour?" was a Jewish lawyer, one of those responsible for the interpretation of the word of God. The Jews commonly interpreted the word neighbour either as one related [...]
The book of Acts concludes with Paul dwelling in “his own hired house” [Acts 28:30]. Although his freedom was curtailed, it must have been a pleasant two years for Paul. Since becoming an evangelist for Christ, he had wandered across the lands of Asia Minor and other countries preaching the word of God. [...]
Devotional "The Lord trieth the righteous." — Psalm 11:5 All events are under the control of Providence; consequently all the trials of our outward life are traceable at once to the great First Cause. Out of the golden gate of God's ordinance the armies of trial march forth in array, clad in their [...]
Psalm 119 is a wonderful composition that should delight the believer. It is the longest chapter in the Bible at 176 verses. Although no name is ascribed to the author we tend to agree with Spurgeon who called it “David’s pocket book” [Treasury of David, Vol. 3, p 130]. It has a [...]
Devotional "Oil for the light." Exodus 25:6 My soul, how much thou needest this, for thy lamp will not long continue to burn without it. Thy snuff will smoke and become an offence if light be gone, and gone it will be if oil be absent. Thou hast no oil well springing up in [...]
Ezekiel 35:3 contains the worst words God’s enemies can hear, “Behold, “I am against thee”. Chapter 36 has the very best words for the weak saint., “Behold, I am for you.” These words are a reminder that God’s purposes will be opposed. All that is not of God is against us. The devil [...]
Devotional “Your lamb shall be without blemish.” Exodus 12:5 In preparation for the night the Death Angel would pass through Egypt, the Israelites were to select a lamb. That lamb was then to be scrutinized for some days to make certain it had no spot or blemish. A blemish is an outward flaw, [...]
Roman soldiers usually carried two offensive weapons, a sword and a spear. However, the Lord has given His soldiers just one, the “sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” [Ephesians 6:17]. It is a powerful weapon and in Matthew 4 we see how Christ wielded it in His great [...]
