A Shelter In The Time Of Storm

When everything around us is alright, we move along with life and cater to all its demands without doubts or questions in our mind. We tend to be self-sufficient and self-reliant, and go about in our daily living, quite happy and contented. But, what happens when we receive some bad news? It could be a possible loss of a stable position at work, a loss of a business deal, a failure in examinations, a tragic accident, a fractured finger or leg, a sudden illness in a loved one or yourself, or even the loss of someone you love. Continue reading “The Herald Weekly Vol XVII : 22”

Pressing on Towards the Goal

Philippians 3:12-14

The Apostle wrote to the Philippian believers while he was in prison. He said, “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil 3:12-14). Continue reading “The Herald Weekly Vol XVII : 21”

Responding to the Word of God

The Parable of the Sower and the Seeds
Matthew 13:1-13

How are you responding to God’s Word?

Jesus is most concerned for those who follow Him. He gave a parable to explain the four responses to His teaching. These responses are related to His audience in His day more than two thousand years ago as well as it is to us today. Continue reading “The Herald Weekly Vol XVII : 20”

Nothing Happens By Coincidence

 Two Christian brothers met with a motor accident, but it was not without a purpose. The MPV skidded on an icy road last winter, spun several times, tumbled off the tar road, and turned a few times on a slope before coming to a stop. The vehicle was badly damaged, Continue reading “The Herald Weekly Vol XVII : 19”

The Doctrine of Christ’s Ascension to Heaven

Last week, we commemorated the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. But Christ’s redemptive work would not be complete without His ascension into heaven. Luke the physician, and writer of the Gospel according to Luke, and the Acts of the Apostles, was careful in recording for us the bodily appearances of the risen Christ to men for 40 days between His resurrection and His ascension. Luke 24:50-51 records, “And He led them out as far as to Bethany, and He lifted up His hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.” This was very clearly confirmed in Acts chapter 1, on Mount of Olives (vs 12), how when Jesus was speaking to His disciples, “… while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of sight” (vs 9). This record from the Scriptures shows that Jesus’ ascension was a literal, bodily return to heaven. He rose from the mount gradually and visibly, witnessed by many intent observers. Continue reading “The Herald Weekly Vol XVII : 17”