Category: Genesis to Revelation

  • MORNING & EVENING

    The hill of comfort is the hill of Calvary; the house of consolation is built with the wood of the cross; the temple of heavenly blessing is founded upon the riven rock—riven by the spear which pierced his side. No scene in sacred history ever gladdens the soul like Calvary’s tragedy. Light springs from the…

  • THE GLOBAL RESET BUTTON

    Connect The TestamentDeuteronomy 15:1-17:20; 2 Corinthians 4:7-18; Psalm 37:1-22 When I was a kid, I loved playing Super Nintendo—especially Donkey Kong. Despite my love for it, it would just make me angry at times. When I couldn’t handle the way the game was panning out, I would slam down the controller and hit the reset…

  • QUIET TIME DISCIPLESHIP

    Dave greeted me in the hall one Wednesday night and asked if I had a few minutes to talk. After a full evening of teaching, I thought about asking him to call me in the morning. But there are times when schedules must be changed. I sensed that this was one of them. His casual…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Amid the rabble rout which hounded the Redeemer to his doom, there were some gracious souls whose bitter anguish sought vent in wailing and lamentations—fit music to accompany that march of woe. When my soul can, in imagination, see the Saviour bearing his cross to Calvary, she joins the godly women and weeps with them;…

  • COMPELLED TO WORSHIP

    Connect The TestamentsDeuteronomy 12:29-14:29; 2 Corinthians 4:1-6; Pslam 36 When we experience God’s mercy, it shows. Our instincts change and our priorities shift from gratifying our own ego to making much of God. We stop fearing what others think of us and find our identity grounded in Christ. It’s a transformation that shows God is…

  • QUIET TIME TOOLS

    Yesterday I noticed several loose doorknobs in our house. I am not particularly handy, but I do have several screwdrivers and a small can of oil. In no time the doorknobs were fixed. In the same way, a few tools can keep our quiet time in good working order. We don’t need to be very…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Among other interpretations of this suggestive question, the following is full of teaching: “If the innocent substitute for sinners, suffer thus, what will be done when the sinner himself—the dry tree—shall fall into the hands of an angry God?” When God saw Jesus in the sinner’s place, he did not spare him; and when he…

  • AN IRRATIONAL LIFE

    Connect The TestamentsDeuteronomy 11:1-12:28; 2 Corinthians 3:9-18; Psalm 35:12-28 Love is irrational. It requires doing things that compromise every survival instinct.Moses tells God’s people to have a memory of what God has done among them and to love Him as a result: “And you shall love Yahweh your God, and you shall keep his obligations…

  • QUIET TIME DYNAMICS

    I once went eight months without a quiet time. It was not a good time in my life, but it was a spiritually powerful time. During this period, I was spiritually nurtured by worship services and Christian friends. I struggled with feelings of guilt but just couldn’t bring myself around. For several months before this…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    An instructive writer has made a mournful list of the honours which the blinded people of Israel awarded to their long expected King. Evening In this SOLEMN CONFESSION, it is pleasing to observe that David plainly names his sin. He does not call it manslaughter, nor speak of it as an imprudence by which an…