January – February 2015
Our survey of God’s self-revelation to Israel – inadequate as it has been – must come to an end. What impressions remain? What was the devout Israelite’s knowledge of his God?
Above all things God was a reality, not just an idea or principle, nor some kind of mysterious essence. B…
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The above phrase is taken from Psalm 11:3 which reads in full: “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” In these perilous last days the authority of the Bible has been undermined to the extent that God Himself has been mocked and ridiculed. Various influences have le…
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Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Say shall we yield him in costly devotion,
Odours of Edom, and o erings divine,
Gems of the mountain,…
The Brightest and Best Read More »
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…
E. The implications of his gospel (2:17–21)
As we saw last time, Paul is keen to move on, and set out the true relationship between the promises and the Law (3:1–5:1). But he could not conclude his narrative without addressing one of the most obnoxious Judaist arguments (2:17–18). Now h…
Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians Part VII Read More »
The brief answer to the question above is: use any Bible that translates faithfully and accurately from the same Hebrew and Greek texts used in the production of the King James Bible in 1611.
The principal Hebrew text used for the Old Testament was the Masoretic Text collated by Jacob ben C…
Is the King James Bible Obsolete? (1) Read More »
“For he was a good man, and he was led with the Holy Spirit and with faith” Acts 11:24.
Threaded through the early chapters of Acts and almost hidden behind the scenes is a shadowy sketch of a relatively rarely studied disciple. He is a man whom we may initially consider obscure, un…
An Amazing Example of Fatherly Love (1) Read More »
Dr Albert Schweitzer is reported to have said, “Many have discovered helping others to be the most enduring therapy, for it’s the burdens you help another to bear that make your own seem light”.
This thought ties in with what Paul told us: “Bear ye one another’s burdens, a…
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The only way to describe this book is it is a ‘must read’! I don’t say that lightly, however it is a long time since I have sat down and read a book from cover to cover in one sitting.
This is the fourth book written by Anna Tikvah and it is written in her usual style of a good stor…
There are many important phrases in the Scriptures; for example, “mercy (chesed) and truth (emeth)” is both common and vitally important. Mercy and truth are fundamental to the character of the Father listed in Exodus 34:6–7, yet of all the characteristics of God, ‘chesed’ alone is…
An Important Couplet Read More »
