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II Samuel 19-20
In Today's Reading:
Joab rebukes David; he returns; Sheba revolts and is killed
Absalom was a traitor, who was determined to destroy his own father so that he could be king. However, this battle for the throne ceased when Joab killed Absalom.
David's soldiers returned from battle expecting a celebration. Instead, they heard the old king weeping: O Absalom, my son, my son! (II Samuel 19:4). In deep ...  |
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New Birth
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. - 2 Corinthians 5:17.
There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come fro... |
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Introduction to Remember the Heart of the Bible
Most of you who pick up this book(Remember the Heart of the Bible) have some familiarity with the Bible. You probably own at home; you may even own several. Many of you studied the Bible in Sunday School and some of you still do. In our Western culture, the Bible if often quoted, and we are almost as likely to hear its words used in the marketplace as in the church. Meanwhile, the Bible tops bestseller list e... |
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That First Day
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. . . . All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. —Acts 2:1, 4
In a great and loved hymn by Christopher Wordsworth this idea is set forth with great beauty and unanswerable logic. After praising the first day as a "day of rest and gladness" and a "day of joy and light . . . Most beautiful, most brig... |
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