The papacy will continue to wield its influence until it is destroyed by Christ (Dan 7:26-27; 2 Thess 2:3). The current incumbent, Pope Francis, is an Argentinian of Italian extraction, who brought a change of focus from Benedict XVI. He is nearly 85, and after a 10-day hospitalisation in July, no-o…
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Rebuttal of Theistic Evolution
There are now a range of excellent books within our community showing how theistic evolution (TE) or God-directed evolution can be rebutted. While taking on the false theory of TE, Brother Peter Heavyside set his goals a little broader. In showing the falsehood …
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Readers of The Australian would have found a remarkable comment on page 1 of the 20 March edition.“It’s as if we are living in the times of Noah just prior to the flood” said Robert Booy, Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney. There are similarities: a world of self-in…
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At 39 years old, Emmanuel Macron won the Presidency of France in a landslide in May 2017. Just 16 months later, his ascendancy still looks as strange as it was rapid. Just a year later in May 2018 he was awarded the Charlemagne prize in Aachen as a significant unifier in Europe. Given the importance…
City of Great Interest
Istanbul or Constantinople is a city of great interest to us, with a key role in prophecy. Richard Fidler’s history starts and ends with the fall of Constantinople on 29 May 1453, a date etched in the minds of those who have understood the “hour and day and month an…
Sadly, Jeroboam’s name has bad connotations. Once the Scripture concludes the two narratives of his life his name occurs just a further 25 times, usually in the context of the bad pattern he set for all the kings of Israel (except the last, Hoshea, 2 Kings 17:2) who followed him: “Jeroboam the s…
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By looking at some examples of teenagers in the Bible there are some clear messages for parents endeavouring to faithfully develop young people in God’s ways. This article focuses on five teenagers—Timothy, Joseph, Solomon, Daniel, and Jesus—to show how we should approach the development of ou…
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We possess the gospel – Good News! Each of us has a personal responsibility to spread the gospel – it is “beautiful… feet” that take forth the gospel of peace; and nothing will ever be rewarded as much as personal effort (Rom 10:15).
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Having decided to set up a new system of worship in Dan and Bethel , the day came for Jeroboam to inaugurate calf worship. On that very day God sent a prophet who turned up and spoiled Jeroboam’s ‘party’; he was an intruder, a prophet from Judah. He was no ordinary prophet because he is called…
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It seems that soon after the events of the man of God recorded in 1 Kings 13, Jeroboam received another jolt – his son was struck with a serious sickness (1 Kings 14:1). The word used of the age of his son in verse 12 is used of Ishmael at 17 years old and it is quite feasible that he was a teenag…
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