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Dr. David Jeremiah

Articles by Dr. David Jeremiah

Divine Residency: A Spirit Who Indwells

The Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood has been the home address of choice for a number of celebrities since 1927. Actors like Robert De Niro, Keanu Reeves, and others have made the Marmont their home for extended periods. New York City’s Chelsea Hotel has also been a permanent residence for many celebrities. Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, beat poet Allen Ginsberg, and playwright Eugene O’Neill have all called the Chelsea home.

Never Alone

Louis Jordan moved onto his 35-foot sailboat at a marina on the South Carolina coast and spent months making the 50-year-old vessel seaworthy. On January 23, 2015, Jordan sailed his boat into the open ocean. After six days passed with no word, his parents contacted the Coast Guard. Despite nearly two weeks of searching, it was as if Jordan had vanished into thin air—or beneath the surface of the ocean.

Approaching His Throne

The United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II’s long reign was fictionalized in an original Netflix television series, The Crown. Episodes portray the love story between Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. When Elizabeth was crowned in 1953, she became not only Philip’s wife, but also his Monarch. In the drama, Philip chaffed at being told he had to kneel in public submission to his wife. “I will not kneel before my wife,” he told her, to which she replied, “A strong man would be able to kneel.” At Elizabeth’s coronation in the television drama, Prince Philip did kneel, glowering with resentment. Though historians doubt Philip was as upset as the show suggests, the scenes remind us of the importance of the customs and decorum that surround the throne.

Be Ready at Any Instant

One night in Shantung, China, missionary C. L. Culpepper’s prayers felt like stone, prompting him to ask, “Lord, what is the matter?” Opening his Bible to Romans 2:17-24, he read, “[You] make your boast in God, and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent.… You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself?” Culpepper later said, “The Holy Spirit used these verses like a sword to cut deeply into my heart. He said, ‘You are a hypocrite!.… What have you really done for Christ?’”

Embrace Simplicity and Order

Though I live in Southern California where seasonal change is minimized, when I travel, I love seeing the palette of colors the Master Painter brushes across the autumn landscape. There’s something comforting and cozy about falling temperatures and falling leaves, flocks of birds winging southward, crops being harvested, and forest animals contemplating hibernation.

Energy to Thrive

Rafer Johnson played basketball at UCLA, competed in the 1956 Olympics, and won gold at the 1960 Olympics. After retiring, he starred in shows and movies and developed a close friendship with Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In athletics, politics, and cinema, he was a star.

The Three Most Generous Words

Ida Scudder came from a long line of missionaries, but had no interest in following in their footsteps. She’d seen firsthand the pressure and poverty of missionary work in India. That changed after Ida graduated from college and visited her parents in India. One night, three men knocked on the door of their house, one after another. All three begged someone to help their wives, each of whom were having problems in childbirth. Ida’s mother was ill, Ida had no training, and the local culture wouldn’t allow her father to help.

The Day After This Life

Oh, the unbelievable horror of putting off Christ! The eternal sadness of waiting one day too long! It’s akin to the terror of those who delayed boarding the ark with Noah or the scoffing thief who died Christless within inches of Christ Himself! Think of the multitudes at the Throne of Judgment who will insist their names “must surely” be written in the Book of Life. But they waited too long.

The Course

God’s description of Cain, Adam and Eve’s oldest son—“You will be a restless wanderer on the earth” (Genesis 4:12, NIV)—seems to have become characteristic of the whole human family. After all, it was God who told Adam and Eve, and later Noah, to “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it” (Genesis 1:28; 9:1). We are well on our way.

Green Lighted

When William Goldman asked his daughters what to write his next novel about, one said, “A princess,” and the other said, “A bride.” So he wrote The Princess Bride, published in 1973. For fifteen years, Goldman searched for a studio to produce his movie—hoping for a green light. Finally, a young director named Rob Reiner secured funding, the light turned green, and the movie, released in 1987, has appeared on “best movies” lists ever since.

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About Dr. David Jeremiah

Dr. David Jeremiah is the founder of Turning Point for God, an international broadcast ministry committed to providing Christians with sound Bible teaching through radio and television, the Internet, live events, and resource materials and books. He is the author of more than fifty books including The Book of Signs, Forward, and Where Do We Go From Here? David serves as senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in San Diego, California, where he resides with his wife, Donna. They have four grown children and twelve grandchildren.

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