Category: Hope

  • Blessed Assurance

    Blessed Assurance

    As I began writing this little essay, I spoke with a friend, a middle-aged man and young disciple, who had just buried his father. The Enemy has attacked him relentlessly since becoming a Christian. Over the past couple of years death has taken several of his family and close friends.

  • A Chorus of Nations

    A Chorus of Nations

    What a marvelous portrayal of the people of God—numberless, ethnically diverse and victorious! John had heard their number (144,000 in a symbolic reckoning). Now he sees the multitude—and there are so many that no one can count them.

  • The Ultimate Promise

    The Ultimate Promise

    We hear people make boastful claims all the time. Politicians boast of what they will do for us. Professional athletes boast of what they will accomplish on their fields of play. Musical performers and actors boast of the greatness of their talents. So much of what these people say about…