When the angel appeared to Joseph at the birth of God’s Son, he instructed him to call the child’s name “Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matt 1:21). In that simple […]

In Numbers 14 we have a description of the children of Israel murmuring before God. This incident is quoted in the New Testament in the context of the memorial emblems and therefore becomes an important […]

Even at a superficial reading, it is evident that the first epistle of John contains many wonderful and encouraging themes. For example: “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we […]

When George Gershwin was a struggling musician, he applied for a job at the office of the famous and well established composer, Irving Berlin. Berlin looked over the qualifications of his young applicant and said […]

In one of many remarkable stories of Jewish emigration to Palestine following World War II, Jewish members of British Intelligence worked with the Romanian authorities to bring Jews to Palestine and later to the new […]