May – June 2014
“I love animals and I hate to see them suffer or be killed, so I am a vegetarian. I really struggle with the requirement for the shedding of blood and all those sacrifices of animals under the Law of Moses.”
This comment was made to me by someone who was quite troubled, and I hope my response w…
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As you would remember, Paul has been laying out the case for his apostleship and his gospel. As he demonstrated in the first chapter of Galatians, his apostleship was not a human appointment, and his gospel did not come from human teachers. Rather, he had been called by God, he had been appointed by…
Paul’s Conviction Restores Peter’s Wavering Convictions Read More »
An illness of the brain
Having seen in the previous article that Depression is a biological illness of the brain, the key to dealing effectively with it, either as a sufferer, or as a carer of a loved one suffering from it, is to accept that this actually is the case.
Major Depression, as define…
In this consideration we will look at events of more recent origin relating to the circumstances leading to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.
In the late 19th century, Palestine was under the control of the Ottoman Turks and had been so for 400 years. Relatively few impoverished Jews l…
The Miracle of Modern Israel Read More »
THERE are few more pleasant places than woodland in the spring. The fresh green fingers of new leaves, the sweet creamy smell of blossom, and the birds unleashed from the silence of winter make us feel glad to be alive. Yet the same scene in autumn is also full of colour and warmth—golden-red leav…
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We continue in this issue to examine the lies collated by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre that are commonly presented by Israel’s opponents in the Israel-Palestine dispute.
Lie # 5
Israel is an Apartheid State deserving of international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigns.
Simon Wiesenthal …
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Despite the national and personal aggrandizement that came from hosting the Russian Winter Olympics, the Ukrainian crisis of late February has revealed the long suspected extent of Russia’s intrigue in the a_ airs of a nation that was, until the Soviet era, commonly called ‘Little Russia’. The…
The Olympic Peace Shattered Read More »
Once every several years, there is debate in Israel over whether or not Richard Wagner’s music should be performed publicly. Except for an encore conducted by Daniel Barenboim in 2001, following a forty-minute discussion with the audience, any request to perform Wagner’s music in Israel has not …
Richard Wagner, Hitler and Anti-Semitism Read More »
It has been said “never argue with a fool, he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience”. Comparable advice can be found in the book of Proverbs, “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself ”. It means that when tempted to argue a point with so…
“Be Ye Angry and Sin Not” Read More »
In this study, which concludes the vision of Isaiah (1:1), all themes and prophecies reach their climax. There is the call for saints to partake of and rejoice in the consolations of their spiritual mother, Jerusalem (v10–14); this is set against the recurring theme of judgment and indignation tow…
Isaiah 66:10–24 “Rejoice ye with Jerusalem” Read More »
