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ANSWER Luke 16:19-31 contains the account of a very rich man who lived a life of extreme luxury. Laid outside the gate of this rich man’s house, however, was an extremely poor man named Lazarus who simply hoped “to eat what fell from the rich man’s table” (v. 21). The rich man was completely indifferentContinue reading “What should we learn from the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16?”

“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.Continue reading “The Rich Man and Lazarus”

August 24th The spiritual index Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Matthew 7:9. The illustration of prayer that Our Lord uses here is that of a good child asking for a good thing. We talk about prayer as if God heard usContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

August 24 “I have all, and abound.” (Phil. 4:18.) IN one of my garden books there is a chapter with a very interesting heading, “Flowers that Grow in the Gloom.” It deals with those patches in a garden which never catch the sunlight. And my guide tells me the sort of flowers which are notContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

24 AUGUST The furnace of affliction ‘And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.’ Genesis 15:17SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Job 23:1–10 The whole [incident] was closed by a sign—a smoking furnace and a burning lamp—a typeContinue reading “365 days with Newton”