"the scarlet cord in the window”. No special merit in the cord, though it was red in colour, strong in texture and used to lower the two spies from her window on the walls of Jericho. It marked Rahab's covenant with the spies and her house did not perish when Jericho was taken. It is ... Read more

"teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine”. There must be more to the Christian experience than being happy - more than being lost in wonder, love and praise and no longer in touch with the reality of life. Joy accompanies salvation and salvation is received by faith often without knowing very much about the foundations ... Read more

"I answered you in the secret place of thunder”. Thunder is at the same time both majestic and mysterious. It is frightening yet demands our attention. To the soul that is sensitive to the voice of God in the world of nature it speaks of His invisible might and power. We cannot pin-point its location ... Read more