The Shoes of Gospel Preparation – Ephesians 6:15

  When Aimy Zeweniuk was here a few weeks ago, she came up to me and said, “I really like your shoes; can I have them?” She was joking of course about taking my shoes – because they were obviously too big for her. But she was not joking about admiring my...

Perfect Food – John 6:22-27 (Children’s message)

  Oh, how I wish that we had a time-machine. Do you know what I mean by a “time-machine?” It’s a make-believe machine which can take us to another place and another year. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to travel to any event in history? Maybe you’d...

February 18

On this day in 1880 Jeremiah Bell Jeter passed into the presence of his Saviour. Having mentioned his death, now we could talk about many important aspects of his life. For example, he was intensely mission-minded. When Adoniram Judson visited the First Baptist Church...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 10:2-3

  I have been debating with myself about how deep to go in our study of these proverbs. I think by their very nature proverbs are meant to be quick and powerful. They are guerilla attacks for truth rather than long sieges against the strong position of the enemy. On...

The Breastplate of Righteousness – Ephesians 6:14

  I am surprised once in a while by one the Lord’s minor miracles. Three weeks ago, the Lord laid on my heart a review of the Christian’s armor, and today that brings us to “the breastplate of righteousness.” Next Wednesday, our on-going devotionals from...

Why I Glory in the Cross – Galatians 6:14

  Paul was contrasting what some people trusted for salvation and in what he put his trust. There were heretics running around Galatia who were teaching that sinners must implement and trust various religious laws and practices. As a result, some of those people grew...

February 11

Over time Northern Europe threw off the yoke of Catholicism, becoming enslaved within Protestantism. The country of Estonia, for example, embraced Lutheranism. But in 1877 three Swedish missionaries began to preach a new doctrine among the Swedish immigrants within...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 10:1

Proverbs 10 begins the same way the Book of Proverbs began – “The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel.” It is entirely fitting that we should find here “The proverbs of Solomon,” because this is where they actually begin. The...

The Girdle of Truth – Ephesians 6:10-18

  There is an enemy of Christ who is out to destroy the Lord’s Kingdom and to silence His subjects. And that means you and I are in spiritual danger. The Satanic attack against us may be physical or it may be entirely spiritual. Probably most often it is a combination...

“It is the Lord” – John 21:1-7

  Here is a true saying about history – it tends to repeat itself. Babylon arose, attained, decayed and fell. Persia arose, attained, decayed and fell; and so did Israel, Greece, Rome and a hundred other societies. Our own nation is in the late “decay”...