FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 23, number 28, July 11, 2024 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, Psalm 33:12. Is America a Christian nation? Chief Justice Earl Warren certainly believed we are. He said in 1954, “I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good... Continue Reading →
Playing the Long Game
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 23, number 27, July 4, 2024 No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his days. For the youth will die at the age of one hundred, and the one who does not reach... Continue Reading →
The Sorrow of Covenant Infidelity
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 23, number 26, June 27, 2024 How lonely sits the city, Lamentations 1:1 The longer I live as a Christian the more I marvel at God’s covenant of grace with His people. One could summarize the entire Bible’s teaching with this—“I will be your God and you will be My... Continue Reading →
The Damning Delusion of Wrong Notions
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 23, number 25, June 20, 2024 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren, James 1:16. Henry Ward Beecher, born in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1813, was the most famous man of the nineteenth century. His father was the prominent, last of the Puritan preachers, Lyman Beecher, and Henry’s siblings accomplished remarkable... Continue Reading →
How Can We Make Progress Against Recurring Sins?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 23, number 24, June 13, 2024 Each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lusts, James 1:14. Darryl Strawberry signed his first professional baseball contract in 1980, after graduating from high school. By 1983 he was in the Major Leagues and helped the New... Continue Reading →
Is It Fair to Blame Others for Our Sinful Propensities?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 23, number 23, June 6, 2024 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” James 1:13. Charles Templeton, a newspaper reporter from Toronto, after a night of carousing... Continue Reading →
The Biblical Response to Untold Hardship
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 23, number 22, May 30, 2024 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him, James 1:12. Aaron Burr, Jr. was reared in a godly home of... Continue Reading →
Supralapsarianism, What Is This and Why Is It Important?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 23, number 21, May 23, 2024 “. . . vessels of wrath prepared for destruction. . . vessels of mercy which He prepared beforehand for glory.” -Romans 9:22-23 Last week I took up the question—does God foreordain evil and evildoers? I said, “Yes.” I said there are two reasons for... Continue Reading →
Does God Foreordain Evil and Evildoers?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 23, number 20, May 16, 2024. I am the Lord, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well being and creating calamity. I am the Lord who does all these, Isaiah 45:7. The attacks of 9/11, killing nearly three thousand people, were acts of... Continue Reading →
Joy All the Time
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 23, number 19, May 9, 2024 Consider it all joy, James 1:2. Regardless of your circumstances, whether you are presently in a time of plenty or want, life or death, happiness or sorrow, can you have joy all the time? Paul the apostle says, “Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the... Continue Reading →