By Dennis Abernathy “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” was written by Isaac Watts in 1707 and first appeared in Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Its original title was “Crucifixion to the World by the Cross of Christ.” Isaac Watts was born on July 17, 1674, in Southhampton, England and was the eldest of nine children. He …
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By Robert Wayne LaCoste The righteous Job declared, “Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble” (Job 14:1). Trouble; yes, it is inevitable. Jesus sought to soothe the aching heart that possessed it, “Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me” (Jn. 14: 1). …
By William V. Beasley Four heros of faith (Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob) were in the mind of the Hebrew writer when he wrote: “And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return” (Heb. 11:15). Since Abraham was the first to receive the …
By P.J. Casebolt What the Hebrew writer says makes no sense whatever, if we are afraid of death, have no certain knowledge of death and what lies beyond, and fear the unknown. Yet, there are those among us who not only claim that men are afraid of dying and fear the unknown because of their uncertain …
