January – February 2019
This single, understated, verse was written by Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:25. It was a personal request to the ecclesia to include Paul, Silas and Timothy in their prayers.
How much is revealed and yet at the same time how much is concealed in a sentence.
He doesn’t tell them spec…
Brethren, Pray For Us Read More »
Reading: Lamentations 3:1-41
As members of a generation at an end of an age, it would be profitable for us to consider some of the last words of the prophet Jeremiah, who also lived at the end of an age. The book of Lamentations was written probably a few months after the final fall of Jerusa…
Yahweh Is My Portion, Saith My Soul; Therefore Will I Hope In Him Read More »
9th Song: 7:1-9
The Glowing Beauty of The Bride
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The setting for this song, as with the eighth song, is within the garden. The marriage of the Lamb has taken place, Yahweh’s enemies have been destroyed, a victory has been wrought, a dance has …
Song of Solomon (Part 10) Read More »
Throughout the debate phase of the book, Job achieves victory over the friends and develops in faith, but a problem is also highlighted. Initially, Job had believed, like his friends, in exact retribution (4:3-4; 31:23) and on this basis he accused God of injustice and being impossible to understand…
Job – The Beloved Servant of Yahweh (2) Read More »
The most common greeting when we meet someone is to say, “How are you?”
It is thoughtful to inquire about the welfare of others, but most who ask, “How are you?” don’t really want to hear about your troubles. Someone once said, “Don’t tell people how you really are — most pe…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is widely regarded as an independent and neutral organisation, however, during the Holocaust, the ICRC failed to protect Jews and, following World War II, it worked with the Vatican to protect Nazi war criminals and collaborators.1
The…
The Red Cross and the Holocaust Read More »
Rob Iliffe knows the range of Newton’s unpublished and published writings better than any other living scholar. He is Professor of History at the University of Oxford and General Editor of the online Newton Project and the author of Newton: A Very Short Introduction. His well researched bo…
A recently launched website provides a useful aid for the Bible student.
The address http://www.visual-capitalist.com/2400-years-of-european-history/ provides an animated map of the history of Europe from 400BC up to current times. At any year in the 2400 year period of the history of Eur…
The History of Europe: Every Year Read More »
When we read the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, we are at once impressed by the words of affirmation directed by the Apostle to them. “We heard,” he says, “of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints” (1:4). But as we progress through the epistle we enc…
Is Christ really God, the Creator? Read More »
“What is it?” said the live TV news anchor as footage of thick white smoke billowed across the screen, “black or white?” Another commentator interjected emphatically: “It’s white. There we have the smoke from the Sistine chapel, and you can hear from the roar of the crowd in the Piazza of …
