(I carried away, I devastated, I destroyed, I burnt with fire)
Assyria was a military nation, highly disciplined; her characteristics being destructive invasion, deportation and taxation. The words of the prophet Nahum: “… Devastation, desolation, and destruction!” echo the war cry…
This very short prophecy in the book of Jeremiah has been given scant attention over the years. Orthodox commentators have been content to trot out a few facts and figures but they have never truly come to a satisfying conclusion as to what it is actually talking about. A closer inspection allows us…
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Faith
The Eleventh Chapter of Hebrews begins with: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen”
Faith is not meant to be something ethereal and ephemeral. It is meant to be rock solid. The word “assurance” derives from a word meaning…
