"the speck … the log". Jesus' complaint addressed to His hearers was that they magnified the speck until it was larger than a log and ignored the log to the ... Read more

"They zealously affect you, but not well". Zeal should not be mistaken for truth. Many are keen to lead us astray, usually for their own ends. Some are so enslaved ... Read more

"But what did you go out to see? ". Folk will look at what interests them. The crowd on this hill were there to see or hear any new thing ... Read more

"only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life". No better analogy of the Great Judgment Day than that the books will be opened. In our age of ... Read more

"Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out". This request voiced by the foolish maidens ranks among those not granted. "Go and buy it for yourselves" was ... Read more

"my tongue is the pen of a ready writer". So is everyone's who has tasted of the good things of the Lord. When the blessing of God is yours you ... Read more

"Man shall not live by bread alone". These words are Jesus' reply to the Devil's temptation. Firstly, they tell us quite clearly that any life that exists for physical and ... Read more

"How can you believe? ". By removing the obstacles to faith. A reminder of some of them may help: Doubt - a deadly exercise dependent upon looking for the weaknesses ... Read more

"What must I do to be saved? ". First, you need to admit you are lost. The Philippian jailer's question arising out of his unusual circumstances shows that he recognised ... Read more

"Pharoah was wroth with his servants". Some men's wrath boils up quickly and disappears just as fast. It is what happens between the two that gives cause for concern. In ... Read more