Category Archives: Gleanings from the Word

The Mystery of Godliness

Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.  (1 Timothy 3:16 ESV) There is a mystery of godliness. Sometimes, the Bible may seem almost unintelligible and may meant to be […]

Simplicity

For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.  (1 Corinthians 2:2 ESV) “The essential condition of receiving light from heaven is not our sophistication but our simplicity.” Alistair Begg. The Apostle Paul kept it simple. Once at my church, I had a friend named Vance. One of the first […]

God and Medicine

Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.” (Isaiah 38:21 ESV) Many of the healings recorded in the Bible combine the natural and the supernatural. Healings often take place through prayer accompanied by a natural action. God and medicine often work together. […]

A Fly In the Ointment

You can identify fools just by the way they walk down the street! (Ecclesiastes 10: 3 NLT) As a “young and prideful” Christian, Kris Langham of Through the Word started reading through the Book of Proverbs.  It was so obvious to him how foolish people were.  He said it was almost “laughable” how stupid people acted […]

Lead Me to the Rock that is Higher than I

From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I (Psalms 61:3 NASB). God Never Promised Us a Rose Garden When you come to faith in Christ, you will experience love. joy, and peace.  But we fail to mention that these […]

Delayed Obedience is Always Disobedience

Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go.”  But he said to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.” Genesis 24:55-56 ESV Delayed Obedience […]

A Half-truth is a Whole Lie

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?”  Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.  Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father though not […]

It Ain’t Over Until It is Over

But the Angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. Luke 1:13 ESV God is not finished with you until he is finished. Your age does not determine your usefulness. In the […]