The Word to the World
The Bible teaches in no uncertain terms that there is only one true and living God. First Timothy 2:5 says it plainly: “There is one God.” Through Isaiah, Yahweh revealed himself as “the first and the last” and said, “Besides me there is no god”
In the prologue to his Gospel, John writes of Jesus, “We have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father” (John 1:14). In another place, John tells us that “God is light” (1 John 1:5). John may very well have been
“Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God!” These lyrics are lifted from a wonderful hymn by John Newton. Sadly, even though it is often sung in churches, most who sing it are unaware what it means. It was written to magnify
Paul McCartney sang, “I read the news today—oh boy!” I can relate. If you read the news much, you can too. I think of the news stories that I read this past week. I read stores of murder—even if one woman who hired a hitman