The Cross And The World

It is the death of Christ which supplies the motive of missionary enterprise. We must ever remember that when we speak of the death of Christ, we speak of a death different from our own. Our death is the cessation of activity; Christ’s was the crown and climax of His…

The Day Christ Died

In Gethsemane, Jesus, “having been heard for his godly fear, though he was the Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered” (Hebrews 5:7–10). Of course, in that perfect heart of Christ there never was even an inkling of disobedience or rebellion. Nevertheless, in the expression of perfect…

God’s Holiness And Christ’s Cross

Psalm 22 is a messianic psalm that records in considerable detail the events surrounding Christ’s crucifixion. Although written hundreds of years before the fact, it depicts the awful scene at Calvary. It references Christ’s being despised and scorned by men. They mocked Him as He died. They shook their heads…

Doctors Of Death

As you read this issue of Current the clock is ticking for the introduction of new legislation in Canada and some states in the U.S. to legalize physician-assisted suicide. These new laws are to grant the right to die by medical intervention if patients are under physical or mental suffering…

Standing Still

In the children’s story Mumsi Meets a Lion, a boy in Africa is sent on an errand by his parents and encounters a full-grown lion in his path. For years the grownups of his village had told the children if they ever came face to face with a lion they…

Is Your House Weatherproof?

Some of you have attended, or know of, Faith Free Presbyterian Church, in Greenville, South Carolina. What you may not know about the church building is that it rests on a large rock of solid granite. During construction the builders had to use dynamite to blast the surface because it…

Praying for Revival

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? —Psalm 85:6 The history of Pentecost with its ten-day prayer meeting in the upper room prior to the outpouring of God’s Spirit and the history of the Great Awakenings with their prayer meetings in homes, offices, and…

Evidences of Noah’s Flood

One of the greatest cataclysmic events in the history of planet Earth was undoubtedly the flood of Noah’s day as recorded in Genesis chapters 6 to 9. It was an awesome geologic event with major implications with regard to the past, present, and future of this world. Interest in the…