Absolute Trust December 10, 2011 “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.” (Job 13:15-16) The patriarch Job was, according to God’s own testimony, the most perfect and upright man […]

Absent from the Body October 9, 2011 “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 5:8) This wonderful phrase of hope–“absent from the body, present with the Lord”–was the most appropriate inscription we could think of to place on the […]

Biblical Accuracy November 1, 2011 “If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?” (John 3:12) Many who profess to be Christian intellectuals today are arguing that we should defer to the evolutionists in matters of science and history, since the real […]

A First-Century Hymn March 11, 2012 “It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.” (2 […]

A New Song for a New Year January 1, 2012 “Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.” (Psalm 33:3) This is the first of nine references in the Bible to a “new song.” Appropriately, the song of Psalm 33 deals with the primeval event of creation, and it is the […]

A Good Name April 10, 2012 “A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.” (Ecclesiastes 7:1) It seems odd at first that Solomon would link these two maxims together. How is the day of death better than birth, and what has this to do […]

A New Song January 4, 2012 “O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.” (Psalm 98:1) The theme of singing is frequently found in the Bible. Probably the first song ever sung was by God’s angels at […]