Shaken
“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:28-29...
View ArticleReady for every good work
“Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward...
View ArticleThat good part
“But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, ‘Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.’ And Jesus answered and...
View ArticleHow badly do you want to go?
“Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:14 NKJV). I am planning a trip to Nepal soon to visit areas devastated by the 7.8...
View ArticleDrawing an audience
“In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, . . . Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him” (Matthew 3:1, 5). One of the...
View ArticleThe peril of privilege
“My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment” (James 3:1 NKJV). It is almost inevitable whenever I make a report on my work in South Asia that...
View ArticleLast words
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen” (1 John 5:21 NKJV). Recent tragedies in Nepal have caused me to think more seriously about the way I take my leave of people at the end of trips. One...
View ArticleLet the mountains fall on us
“And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the...
View ArticleNo good deed
“Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. And when he saw that, he...
View ArticleComing home
“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia” (1 Peter 1:1 NKJV). There is something special about a home-coming, whether it...
View ArticleLiberty
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1 NKJV). Some of our Khulna Bible College faculty had...
View ArticleFly like an eagle
“But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31 NKJV). The dream of...
View ArticleWhose gravestone is that?
“As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the Lord which...
View ArticleSheep or goat?
“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from...
View ArticleHairstyles and identity
“‘Their camels will become plunder, and their many cattle for booty, and I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the corners of their hair; and I will bring their disaster from every side,’...
View Article“Call me Mara”
“But she said to them, ‘Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi,...
View ArticleFirst fruits
“Consecrate to Me all the first-born, whatever opens the womb among the Children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine” (Exodus 13:2 NKJV). “Count fifty days to the day after the seventh...
View ArticleThe glory due his name
“Give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness” (Psalm 29:1-2). The apartment I live in while at Khulna Bible College...
View ArticleObservations
I am writing this Friday night (October 9) from Narayanghat in Chitwan District in southern Nepal. Brenda and I arrived in Chitwan Wednesday about 1:00 p.m. and went immediately to Kalikatar for the...
View ArticleBurdens and burden-bearers
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2 NKJV). Three of us had left the car and started down the mountain-side (well, in Nepal it is “just” a hill) carrying four...
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