The Seven Churches as a Prophetic Panorama In Rev. 2–3, we find seven epistles addressed to the seven churches in Asia. In keeping with the character of the book in which they appear, these epistles are prophetic in scope. They record the judgements of the divine Judge, who appears in the midst of the churches […]
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We are constantly exerting ourselves—sometimes almost to breaking point—to devise new methods, plans, and organisations to advance the Church and make the gospel more effective and far-reaching. Yet this spirit of the age tends to lose sight of the man himself, or to bury him beneath the plan or organisation. God’s plan gives great importance
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“The devil does not need you to become a murderer or a thief to secure your damnation. In fact, he absolutely loves your good works. He rejoices over your philanthropy, your spotless reputation, and your polite religion because he knows that a man who trusts in his own righteousness is entirely blind to his desperate
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We have all seen the films portraying the Rapture, when in an instant millions of people disappear from the earth in the blink of an eye. The world is brought to a sudden standstill. Families desperately search for loved ones. Governments demand answers. News organisations are consumed with one question: Where did all these people
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Many people today speak about the love of God while remaining strangers to the God of love. Divine love is often treated as a kind of gentle weakness, a good-natured indulgence, or a sentimental feeling shaped by human emotion. But our thoughts about this, as with everything else, must be formed and governed by what
“There are no great men of God. Never have been, never will be. There are just weak, tiny, impotent, unwise men of a great and merciful God. Weakness has never been theenemy of a man of God. The strength of the flesh, the strength of the intellect, the strength of the strategist… weakness is our
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The Bible is filled with remarkable patterns. The Passover lamb pointed forward to Christ. The bronze serpent in the wilderness anticipated the saving work of the cross. Jonah’s three days in the fish foreshadowed the death and resurrection of our Lord. These connections are not the result of human imagination. Scripture itself draws our attention
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“But now abide faith, hope, love—these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Cor. 13:13) “The goal of our command is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and an unhypocritical faith.” (1 Tim. 1:5) Love has rightly been called “the queen of Christian graces”. It is a grace that almost
