May – June 2017
Judah vs Israel
One suggested explanation is that in 2 Chronicles 14:5 it is noted that Asa “took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places…” while 2 Chronicles 15:17 declares that “…the high places were not taken away out of Israel…” Some, in putting this as the solut…
High Places Removed – Or Not Removed? Read More »
Six eventful days in June (5th–10th) 1967, changed the map of Israel! And it changed the way the world thinks about Israel. All through May 1967 we watched as tensions grew in the Eastern Mediterranean. In the Sinai, Abdel Gamal Nasser was ‘testing the waters’; seeing how far he could go in h…
Russian Destiny at a Crossroads
A century ago, as the armies of the great powers clashed in ever-increasing numbers across the battlefields of Europe, there was a new social and political mood beginning to sweep through a number of countries. Between 1917 and 1919 the common people – the victims …
Autocracy in Russia – the 100th Anniversary of a Revolution Read More »
Waiting is one of the hardest things required of us. Waiting is not something which we can always avoid, skipping the queue. We can’t move away from waiting; we cannot return it as a faulty item or cannot throw it in the bin. Waiting affects us in every stage of life, no matter who we are, how old…
I have recently been listening to an excellent series of Bible talks by Brother Jeff Gelineau from California, USA, entitled A Journey With Purpose. It has given me a lot to think about so I thought I’d share some of the lessons it’s taught me to encourage us all to think about what our true pu…
What Is Your Purpose? Read More »
“O Yahweh, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts” (Psa 104:24-25).
Most of us shudder when we see a bat launch itself into the evenin…
