We Do Not Appreciate It

If a prince, passing by an execution, should take the malefactor’s chains, and suffer in his stead, the deed would ring through all history, and be quoted as an amazing instance of heroic pity; and well deserved would be all the words of praise and sonnets of admiration which would record and eulogize it.

Yet, our Lord Jesus did this, and infinitely more for those who were not merely malefactors but enemies to His own throne and person.

This is a wonder of wonders! But it meets with small praise. The most of men around us have heard of it, and treated it as of little import; as an idle tale; as a pious legend; as a venerable fable; as an unpractical myth.

Even those who know, believe, and admire, are cold in their emotions with regard to the story of the atonement. Herein is love which ought to set our hearts on fire, and yet we scarcely maintain a smoldering spark of enthusiasm.

Lord Jesus, be more real to our apprehensions, and more completely the master of our affections.—SPURGEON.

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The Secrets of Success

Yechiel Eckstein

If we want to prosper in whatever we do, we will choose to be guided by God’s wisdom. We will avoid being with people who tear down our faith rather than encourage us. We will spend time in God’s Word and know his will for us.

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The Rising Light

Chris Tiegreen

Often this true light is reflected in the people who recognize it. After all, Isaiah called God’s people to rise and shine with his glory (Isaiah 60:1-3), and Jesus told his followers not only that he was the light of the world (John 8:12), but that they were too.

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The Step One in Hearing God

Chris Tiegreen

From the first pages of Scripture, God speaks. Every time He utters a word, things happen. He says, “Let there be light,” and light comes into being—and He keeps talking until our entire universe is filled with order and life.

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God’s Biography

Colin S. Smith and Tim Augustyn

The Bible is one story that begins with two people in a garden and ends with a crowd, too many to number, in a city. In the Bible, god tells us the story of how we got from this beginning to where we are today, and how we will get from where we are today to the ending he has revealed.