“Abel was a keeper of sheep.” Genesis 4:2 Octavius Winslow As a shepherd, Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering. This early type of our Lord is exceedingly clear and distinct. Like the first […]

A religious man (Horatius Bonar, “The Doom of the Double-Hearted”)   Then Balaam uttered this oracle: “Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my last end be like theirs!” Numbers 23:7, 10 “Which have left the right way, and gone astray, following the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness!” 2 Peter 2:15 […]

This year I may be in heaven! (Octavius Winslow, “Morning Thoughts”) “Ye have not passed this way heretofore!” Joshua 3:4 How solemn is the reflection, that each traveler to Zion is commencing a new and untrodden path! New events in his history will transpire; new scenes in the panorama of life will unfold; new phases of […]

Ebenezer! (John MacDuff, “Ripples in the Twilight” 1885) “Then Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called the named of it ‘Ebenezer’, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us!” 1 Samuel 7:12 What a retrospect will that be at the end of life’s journey! The rough paths, the jagged precipices, the […]

Psa. 9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Psa. 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Psa. 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among […]

The Unstoppable Force of God’s Grace Grace is not merely doctrine, but an unstoppable force of God. It is never without effect! We are chosen by grace with the undeniable effect that we are His. We are redeemed by grace with the certain effect that we are free. We are called by grace with the […]

Walking with God… by Don Fortner “Enoch WALKED with God….” Genesis 5:24 My heart is motivated, driven and governed by FOUR GREAT CONCERNS. Here are four things I want more than anything in this world. I am not an ambitious man. But I am ambitious for these four things. For the attainment of these four […]

The Warning   2 Peter 2:1 As there were many false prophets among the children of Israel in the Old Testament, so there shall be many false teachers rising up in the church of Christ until he comes again. Though they profess to be redeemed by Christ and claim to love him and trust him, though they seem to be most amiable […]

“The sinner will never hunger nor thirst after righteousness till the sentence of death gives him an appetite.”    William Huntington It matters what a man believes about Christ: Who He is, what He has done, and where He is now is absolutely necessary to a man’s hope. If Christ is not God, then He is less […]

Sitting at the leper’s table! (Horatius Bonar) “Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper” Matthew 26:6 To this home Jesus had been invited—and He goes. It seems to have been his leprosy, which first brought Simon to Christ—and Christ to him. His disease was his link of connection with […]