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Who was Baal?
When church members today are asked, "Who was Baal?" they may answer that "he was a false god" or "he was an idol." This is like answering the question, "Who is that man?" by saying, "He is a human being." Certainly Baal was a false god, but the question is, what kind of a false god? What was the picture of Baal in the minds of his ancient worshipe...
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Scripture Alone
Christianity is based on revelation. If God in all His sovereign majesty did not choose to reveal Himself to mankind, there would be no true knowledge of Him or the possibility of a true relationship with Him. We are bound to Him by what He has chosen to reveal to us about Himself. All human efforts to get to know God by man-created means lead inva...
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The Death of Believers
The Bible contains some instructive indications as to the nature of physical death. It speaks of this in various ways. In Matt. 10:28; Luke 12:4, it is spoken of as the death of the body, as distinguished from that of the soul. Here the body is considered as a living organism, and the soul is evidently the pneuma of man, the spiritual element which...
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The Best Part about Boonville
In the summer of 1994 General Mills moved my wife and I to southwest Indiana. She was in sales, and I was trying to go to seminary. As we looked for a place to live, we decided to purchase a small home in a small town outside of Evansville. The town was called Boonville. Boonville had several advantages. It was 20 miles closer to Louisville than Ev...
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In Stillness of Soul
There is a view of the Christian life that regards it as a sort of partnership, in which God and man have each to do their part. It admits that it is but little that man can do, and that little defiled with sin; still he must do his utmost—then only can he expect God to do His part. To those who think thus,it is extremely difficult to understand...
Bible Reading
February 08, 2010
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. They called them, but they went thus from them: they sacrificed unto Baal, and burnt incense to images. I led Ephraim also, as one should bear them in his arms: but they knew not...
This is another instance of David's common habit of pleading past mercies as a ground for present favour. Here he reviews his Ebenezers and takes comfort from them. It is not to be imagined that he who has helped us in six troubles will leave us in the seventh. God...
Daily Devotion
February 08, 2010
Book Reviews
February 05, 2010
Christianity is based on revelation. If God in all His sovereign majesty did not choose to reveal Himself to mankind, there would be no true knowledge of Him or the possibility of a true relationship with Him. We are bound to Him by what He has chosen to reveal to us about Himself. All human efforts to get to know God by man-created means lead invariably to false religions or mysticisms.
