July – August 2014
This article sheds light upon how God in Scripture speaks ‘proleptically’; speaking of future events as though they had already taken place. The writer shows that because God possesses all knowledge, His intentions are sometimes recorded as having already taken place. This omniscience of God…
In a succinct statement, the Apostle John says “God is love” (1 John 4:8). In it, he compresses into one word the truth about God. It arrests our attention because of his authority and his long and deep experience at the centre of God’s dealings with man in His beloved Son. “God is love” i…
That the Bible represents God as at times being moved to wrath against men is clearly a fact, but one which is not very acceptable in religious circles today. The emphasis upon the love of God in recent times, partly but not wholly a reaction against the sternness and hell-fire philosophy of an earl…
I believe but …
As far as normal human thoughts are concerned, it’s quite a fantastic concept that our Lord, who died 2000 years ago, is about to return and return quickly. Yet, we do believe his promise with all of our heart: “Behold, I come quickly” (Rev 22:12). As a community, this is ou…
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The rapid decline in the retention of pure doctrine by the early church is breathtaking. Despite having members who could pass on to the next generation instruction received directly from the apostles, and despite ecclesias having in their possession letters from Paul and others, within two centurie…
One would think the smell is everything based on the millions of dollars the perfume industry spends on advertising its various scents. They would have us believe that happiness, success and popularity can all be achieved by using their particular perfume or cologne.
In a sense they are right. Th…
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One of the casualties of the continuing conflict in Syria is the cultural heritage of the country. UNESCO has raised concern about the civil war’s threat to archaeological sites, ancient structures and monuments. These areas are being illegally excavated and looted of significant artefacts.
Hea…
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Numbers in Scripture can perplex us. Sometimes the numbers seem too large to be really credible. Sometimes there seem to be discrepancies between numbers in different scriptural texts bearing on the same incident. We may come back to some of these issues, but want to just consider one example for th…
Perplexing Numbers; 24,000 or 23,000? Read More »
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 # 6
Plans to build 1,600 more homes in East Jerusalem prove Israel is ‘Judaising’ the Holy City.
Simon Wiesenthal Cent…
The Top Ten Anti-Israel Lies Read More »
IN the last chapter, we considered the probability argument against evolution—the incredibly small chance that two complex systems, each having three component parts, and both essential to the survival of the species, could develop independently and be ready for use at the same time.
This is so…
Desert Island Space Capsule Read More »
