The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 6:26
Mark 6:26And the king was exceeding sorry.Crisis hoursThe acute and watchful physician knows that a disease runs to a crisis, and that there are points of time when, if the patient is carefully nursed and cared for, curative tendencies will set in, and his health may be restored. Now, men are in the same condition spiritually, and if there were only some oversight of them they might be saved; but, alas l they themselves cannot perpetuate these hours; they will not; and we stand outside and know... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 6:20
Mark 6:20For Herod feared John. Better to fear God than His ministerHerod feared John, and did many things; had he feared God, he would have laboured to do everything. (Gurnall.)Fear versus LoveThe chains of love are stronger than the chains of fear. Herod’s love of Herodias was too hard for his fear of John. (Gurnall.)What moves wicked men thus to affect and reverence God’s faithful ministers1. The consideration of the excellent gifts which they discern in them, especially natural gifts. These... read more