Reading with M’Cheyne

"Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to be with him: I beg you, my friends, not to be so easily confused in your thinking or upset by the claim that the Day of the Lord has come. . . . So then, our friends, stand firm and hold on to those truths which we...

What does it mean to "confess that Jesus is the Son of God" (1 John 4:15a)? The apostles, being devout monotheists, would not have allowed for a Jesus who was some kind of semi-divine intermediary. God alone is to be worshiped (Deut. 6:4), yet Jesus was also worshiped (Matt. 14:33). How, then,...

"For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night. . . . But you, friends, are not in the darkness, and the Day should not take you by surprise like a thief." (1 Thess. 5:2, 4) The church in Thessalonica had a good reputation. The gospel had an...

"There are some Jews whom you put in charge of the province of Babylon--Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego--who are disobeying Your Majesty's orders. They do not worship your god or bow down to the statue you set up ." (Dan. 3:12) If there's a simple gospel call to the nations that hasn't changed in...

V. 4. We know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our Gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. How do you know whether God has chosen you for salvation or not? The Bible tells us that there is nothing we can do to...

V. 18: And she said to Elijah: 'What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son.' When the people of Israel first saw the land of Canaan, they realized that it was flowing with milk and honey. Compared with the wilderness...

Vv. 16-17: The Lord builds up Zion; he appears in his glory; he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer. The Christian life is a struggle. The Bible calls it a spiritual warfare, and the Apostle Paul warns us to put on the whole armor of God, so that we will be able to...

V. 6: As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving . For me to live is Christ and to die is to gain more of him. This famous saying of the Apostle Paul underpins everything he...

What made Israel different from the other nations of the ancient middle east? This was a question which was very important to Ezekiel, because he was one of those who had been taken into exile when the Babylonians captured Jerusalem. Everything that had made the nation distinctive had been...

A Prayer from Psalm 93 John Calvin: "In this then consists the glory of God, that he governs mankind according to his will. It is said that he clothes himself with majesty and strength; not that we ought to imagine that there is any thing in him which is derived from another, but it is intended by...