This story from the Prophetic Book of Daniel has always warmed my heart.
Picture the scene. Three thousand people. Have you seen these photographs of all the people at Mecca when they all bow down? That's what the scene must to look like. A sea of people all bowing down. And here are three...
The author of this hymn, "Will Your Anchor Hold", is Priscilla Owens. She was born in Baltimore , USA in 1829 of Scottish and Welsh blood. For over 50 years Priscilla Owens was actively involved in work for Christian youths and most of her songs were therefore composed for children.
Besides...
Tonight the heathen rage and the scoffers mock. There are some who have become so accustomed to insulting God that they have become bold. They fear neither God nor man. It was the wise man Solomon who said in Ecclesiastes 8:11, “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily...
The Devil knows that raw sin, unadorned and ungarnished is ugly and revolting. It will turn folks off. So he dresses it up to look pretty. The most dazzling lights are in the hell holes. They don’t decorate Safeway or Acme like they do a nightclub. The Devil wants to make it appeal to your...
Among the rocky ruins of the ancient Roman city of Gerasa, built centuries ago when the legions of the Caesars occupied the eastern frontier of what is now Syria, is to be found in abundance a plant known as saxifrage. The saxifrage plant derives its name from two Latin words (saxi and frangere)...
THE spirit of the walk of Christ with the disciples to Emmaus at eventide is reproduced in the hymn, "Abide with me." This has been sung at the close of many a day, and, indeed, of many a Christian life, as believers have uttered it as a prayer for the presence of Christ.
It was composed one...
DR. JOSEPH H. GILMORE, the son of a governor of New Hampshire, began his career as pastor of a Baptist church, later becoming professor of Hebrew in Rochester Theological Seminary and afterward professor of English literature in Rochester University, New York. In 1862, the year of his...
MATTHEW ARNOLD declared the greatest Christian hymn in the English language to be "When I survey the wondrous cross." At least it is admittedly the greatest hymn of a great hymn-writer, Isaac Watts, the father of modern English hymnody. He was the son of a deacon in the Independent Church, who...
The author of this beautiful hymn is American poet and music composer Robert Lowry (1826-1899). This traditional Christian hymn was actually titled 'Hanson Place' but is now popularly named 'Shall We Gather at the River' or 'At the River'. Hanson Place Baptist Church in Brooklyn is the church...
In this sermon presented at the 2011 Seventh-day Adventist General Conference Annual Council, Barry C Black, US Senate Chaplain preaches on the reviving power of the Bible the Word of God. He urges to make a commitment to studying the Bible each and every day. He tells how studying the word...
Below are the words or lyrics of Higher Ground (I am pressing on the upward way) hymn and a video of Christian Edition singing this hymn.
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I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Still praying as I onward bound,
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
Refrain...
This is a video bible study on the birth of Jesus according to the Gospel according to Matthew. It is presented by Glen Russell and Ranko Stefanovic of Andrews University Theological Seminary.
“The Scriptures declare that Christ is “the only begotten son of God.” He is begotten, not created”...
This is a video bible study on the birth of Jesus in the New Testament book of Matthew. It features veteran theologian Dr Ranko Stefanovic. Ranko Stefanovic teaches the New Testament at Andrews University Theological Seminary in the United States of America..
God the Eternal Son became incarnate...
End Time Prophecies of Revelation 5: Opening of The Seven Seals & Scroll Explained Video Bible Study
This a video bible study of Revelation Chapter 5, which is one of revelations prophecies that discusses the opening of the 7 seals in revelation and also The Enthronement Of Christ. It is led by Professor Ranko Stefanovic an expert in end time prophecies especially in explaining the prophecies...
Revelation 12:1, 2: Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
Nothing in the world can be more beautiful than a woman. When...
Here is the story on how Bishop Doane composed this missionary hymn, Fling out the banner! let if float. In 1848 there was to be a flagraising at Saint Mary's Hall, and the girls of the school appealed to Bishop Doane to write a song for them to sing on that occasion. The result was the writing...
In "Famous Hymns of the World," Allan Sutherland tells this story of Keble's hymn: "In a wild night a gallant ship went to her doom. A few women and children were placed in a boat, without oars or sails, and drifted away at the mercy of the waves. Earlier in the evening, before the darkness had...