Our Message
I've heard people say that the Lord sometimes uses simple hymns to impress them with profound truths. Songs like "He Lives," "Great Is Thy Faithfulness," or "Jesus Saves" have jolted them as if they were hearing these truths for the first time.
For The People
In many parts of the world, when you walk into a food store to pick up a pound of meat and a gallon of milk, you do so with the confidence that both items are free of contamination and that the label on the package is accurate.
Our Deepest Needs
Try asking a 15-year-old to enjoy "family time" with his parents on a Friday night. Ask him why he isn't happy to play board games with his little sister while his friends are all going to a school ballgame.
For The Name Of The Lord
Matthew Henry, the famous Bible scholar, was once accosted by thieves and robbed. In his diary, he wrote: "Let me be thankful first, because I was never robbed before; second, because they took my purse and not my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed."
An Amazing Discovery
Astronomers have discovered what they call "the largest structure in the observable universe." It occupies an area in the night sky about 40 times that of the full moon as seen from earth. This supercluster includes at least 11 galaxies and 18 quasars containing hundreds of billions of stars. It's an amazing discovery made even more wondrous when we read that God "counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name" (Psalm 147:4).
Remembered By A Nail
Emil Mettler, a restaurant owner in London, was known for his generosity. He often fed people for nothing. If a representative of a Christian organization came in and told him of a need, he would open his cash drawer and give a sizable donation.
A Huge Difference
One is my son's doctor. Another is a popular local TV personality. Several are parents of children who go to school with my son and daughter. Another is well known in the Christian music industry. Some are missionaries. Others work with me at RBC Ministries.
Deep Roots
A friend told me about a neighbor who years ago spent most of his spare time planting trees. The man seldom watered the young trees because he thought that too much watering spoiled them. (He came from the "no pain, no gain" school of plant care.) Pampered trees, he said, made for shallow roots, and deep roots were something to be treasured.
A Big Man Playing Small
A journalism professor disguised himself as a homeless person and spent a few nights on the streets of a large city. He reported that the shelters provided him with sandwiches and soft drinks, but that nobody—not even at a church-run shelter—offered a word of spiritual counsel.
