The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 13:18-19
1 Kings 13:18-19He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art.Truths about conscienceI. Conscience, of itself alone, is not a sufficient guide for life. Every night, set in the front of the locomotive as it dashes on through the darkness, gleam the rays of the headlight, piercing the gloom for a mile ahead. So, say many, man is himself luminous. Surround him with whatever darkness, and at once it is pierced and thrust aside by a blaze of inherent radiance. But neither Scripture nor... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 13:11-32
1 Kings 13:11-32Now there dwelt an old man in Bethel The nameless prophetThis passage forms part of a very remarkable narrative.The miraculous element is so prominent that certain critics would have the chapter expunged from Holy Scripture. The natural and the supernatural are closely interwoven, as are the woof and web of a fabric, and the destruction of either would be the practical dissolution of the whole; indeed, nowhere is this more manifestly true than in the life and death, in the... read more