“After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus.” (John 19:38) In spite of his role in the crucifixion story, we don’t know much about Joseph of Arimathea. The Bible has very little to say about him. But what it does record is a story of a miraculous transformation. We do know that he was […]

“There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him.” (Isaiah 53:2) With the exception of the above verse, the Bible tells us very little about how Jesus looked. If that’s the case, then where did we get that picture of Jesus that hangs over some of our mantles? While there is no biblical support for the picture that our minds conjure up when we think about Jesus, some theologians claim that it came from eyewitness accounts. In his book, The Resurrection Tomb, […]

“I said, ‘O Lord, have mercy on me, heal me, for I have sinned against you’.” (Psalms 41:4) The next time you are surfing the internet, I invite you to visit my website at www.devotions.com. It’s getting around 750,000 hits a year and features every column I’ve ever written – over 1,000 of them. One of the points I stress to my readers is that no problem is too difficult for the Christian who is willing to reach out in faith and trust Christ. As you already know, […]

“Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.” (Proverbs 26:4) The Book of Proverbs is all about how to distinguish the wise from the foolish. We’ve all been foolish from time to time, but there is a difference between a fool and foolishness. In fact, the Bible is full of stories about man and his folly, but very few of those whose foolishness is portrayed in God’s Word are fools. In most cases, they are folks just like you and me, […]