The modernist says no, but Jesus said to His disciples, “I go to prepare a place for you” [John 14:3]. Heaven is a place prepared for God’s people. Heaven is a place prepared by God. Abraham looked “for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God” [Hebrews 11:10]. Heaven is a [...]
Devotional "Those things which cannot be shaken may remain." — Hebrews 12:27 We have many things in our possession at the present moment which can be shaken, and it ill becomes a Christian man to set much store by them, for there is nothing stable beneath these rolling skies; change is written upon [...]
We are sorry to hear of the deaths of two stalwart Christian women who passed away recently. Ann Foster was the wife of the Rev. Ivan Foster, the retired minister of Kilskeery Free Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland. Ann, with her husband, was instrumental in starting the Christian School movement in Northern Ireland. [...]
Devotional "And be not conformed to this world." — Romans 12:2 If a Christian can, by possibility, be saved while he conforms to this world, at any rate, it must be so as by fire. Such a bare salvation is almost as much to be dreaded as desired. Reader, would you wish to [...]
Love is the essence and heart of the Christian Gospel. There is the love of the Eternal Father for a sinful world. There is the love of Christ manifested at Calvary when He died for His people. There is the Christian’s love for God, His word and His way, and there is the [...]
Devotional “Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.” (Ruth 3:18) This was the instruction given to Ruth by Naomi in hopes that her kinsman, Boaz, would be willing to [...]
One day last week a baby robin fluttered onto our deck, having successfully completed its first flight from its nearby nest. It was followed by its mother. She was anxious to show it how to fly upward to the nest area again. It got me thinking about how wonderfully God created birds. [...]
Devotional "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." Romans 6:6 Christian, why would you play with sin? Has it not cost you enough already? Burnt child, will you play with the fire? What! When you [...]
One of the most profound of questions is the one posed by the Psalm, “What is man?” [Psalm 8:4]. Mankind stands alone in this world. We share this earth with innumerable plants, animals, birds and fish, but man is truly unique – one of a kind. He is unique in his existence. [...]
Devotional "Continue in the faith." Acts 14:22 Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of God, but also a continuance in the same as long as life lasts. It is with a Christian as it was with the great Napoleon: he said, [...]
The Westminster Confession of Faith states that, ‘God, the great creator of all things, doth uphold, direct, dispose and govern all creatures, actions and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and Holy providence.” He governs all things according to the counsel of His own will. That [...]
Devotional “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15-16) This incisive expression—“redeeming the time”—occurs also in Colossians 4:5: “Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.” The Greek word for “redeem” means to “buy back,” to [...]
