The question “Why?” is perhaps one of the most insightful questions in the English language. It seeks to penetrate our subconscious and unveil our motives for acting the way we do. It is a word that often demands a response. When someone asks us why we did a certain thing, we feel oblige…
Encouragement from Habakkuk
“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rej…
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Jeremiah: The Reluctant Firebrand (Part 2)
Jeremiah wrote the longest book of prophecy in the Bible, full of more biographical insights than any other. To summarise it is to do it an injustice, but here it is anyway.
The prophet’s early messages to the people were condemnations and ca…
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The song of Exodus 15 changes from past tense to future tense, indicating that the song contains prophecies about times to come. Some predictions were fulfilled within 100 years, and some are still waiting to be accomplished. The final fulfilment will come when another power like Pharaoh wil…
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“He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.” These words of John the Baptist still apply today.
They were certainly true as Joh…
One of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day War was fought on Ammunition Hill (Givat HaTachmoshet) on the night of 6 June 1967, in the battle for Jerusalem. During the British Mandate, the hill was used to store ammunition, and so became known as Ammunition Hill.2
Securing the hill to the …
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Berea, pronounced Ver-ee-a in Greek, is 73km WSW of Thessaloniki and 511km NNW from Athens. Situated at the foot of the Vermio Mountains overlooking the plain below, Berea is a very old city and is mentioned by Thucydides in 432BC, which makes it older than Thessaloniki.
The most surprisi…
“The Open Christ: An Argument for Openness”
This is the title of Brother Duncan Heaster’s book arguing for an open fellowship. His first sentence declares: “I lay down a challenge in this book: Of a totally open table and a willingness to baptize whosoever will into Christ.”
Alt…
The Life and the Body
There are two categories we are not to be anxious over – the life and the body: “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the bod…
Lamech – the seventh from Adam
As time progressed the way of Cain became more aggressive and godless, and a dramatic change occurred with the introduction of Lamech. Lamech was the seventh from Adam. A new form of religion appears to be in the making, one which was secular and reflected the…
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