10 Things You Should Know about the Fall June 17, 2023 by: Mitchell L. Chase This article is part of the 10 Things You Should Know series. 1. The fall refers to the rebellion of God’s image-bearers in the garden of Eden. Genesis 3 is a threshold in the Bible’s storyline. While dwelling in a…
This Day in History: The Death of Elisabeth Elliot June 15, 2023 by: Lucy S. R. Austen This article is part of the This Day in History series. Courage in Death Elisabeth Elliot had never shied away from the thought of death and had emphasized strongly to her husband Lars that “if I ever came…
CHRIST\’S TEACHING ABOUT TRUST \”Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?… Your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.\” — Mat 6:31-32. LET US trust God to care for us! This was the life that Jesus lived. He…
\”Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple.\” — Luk 14:33. THREE TIMES over in this chapter, our Lord says these solemn words: \”he cannot be My disciple.\” There are three conditions of discipleship. First, we must be prepared to put first things first; second, we…
\”Bear ye one another\’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.\” — Gal 6:2. IN THESE words the Apostle is evidently thinking more especially of the trespasses and sins into which men and women fall. We are not to rejoice over their failure, nor talk about it to others, but to consider ourselves, remembering…