January – February 2005
In Isaiah 41:21–29 a court scene is presented and the idol-gods are challenged to bring forth reasons to establish their credibility: their ability to foretell future events is put to the test and contrasted with Yahweh of Israel’s capacity to prophesy the future and to bring to pass His progn…
None of us is exempt from experiencing grief during our lifetime in some form or other. At such times we need help. We know we can derive comfort and strength from God through prayer and meditation on His Word, but He also provides the support and understanding that comes from caring brothers and si…
“But though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion” Read More »
In the south there is an old man with a row boat who ferries passengers across a mile wide river for ten cents. Asked “How many times a day do you do this?” he said, “As many times as I can because the more I go the more I get, and if 1 don’t go, I don’t get.” This old man knows well a l…
We Don’t Go, We Don’t Get Read More »
With such expressions of joyful praise did David, and others, eloquently pen the poems which comprise the book of Psalms. The Psalms are the inspired response of the heart to God’s revelation of Himself, in law, history and prophecy. The Psalmists celebrate God’s moral law as the guide of human …
Amongst the myriad events that took place on the world’s stage in the last quarter of 2004, two stand out as highly significant, both occurring within days of each other.
The first took place on Tuesday 9th November, when US citizens went to the polls and in a record turnout re-elected Republic…
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Jesus enters the city of Jericho. The stunning miracle of sight to the blind recorded in the closing verses of Luke 18 has ensured that Jesus’ already considerable entourage has become a large boisterous crowd. It is only six days to the crucifixion. And that is no mere passing observation, but ut…
“This day is salvation come to this house” Read More »
The title used for this series is not to claim something that is imaginary or sensational, but to emphasize a truth that is real and is the basis of every other truth expressed in God’s Word.
So what is this subject of prime importance? The answer to that question is simply expressed in one wor…
The Most Important Doctrine in the Bible Read More »
The Law is a term applied in the Scriptures to that system of things enjoined by Yahweh upon the Twelve Tribes of Israel through Moses. “The Law was given through Moses” (John 1:17), and hence it is styled “the Law of Moses”; not because it originated from him as the French code did from Nap…
There are two fascinating expressions in Isaiah’s prophecy in which God speaks as though He was looking for a man among the sons of men who might be able to stand in between man and God and act as a reconciling mediator. The two passages are Isaiah 50:2: “Wherefore, when I came, was there no man…
Christ Our Mediator Read More »
“Choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh” Joshua 24:15
A very interesting article from North America recen…
“But as for me and my house we will serve Yahweh” Read More »
