January – February 2019
This was the title of a BBC news piece written by Yolande Knell on 6 November 2018. The article read as follows:
“Israel’s leaders often refer to their country being in a “tough neighbourhood” but recently there have been some extraordinary signs of friendliness with parts of the Ar…
Israel-Arab ties warm up after long deep freeze Read More »
Introduction
The word “grace” (Greek charis) is used 156 times in New Testament writings. The word is particularly prominent in the writings of Paul, and his close associate Luke. Given the fact that Paul writes “by grace ye are saved” (Eph 2:5,8), and Peter said at the Jerusalem Conf…
Grace and its First Century Context (Part 1) Read More »
Chapter Breakup
v1-3 The Introduction and Blessing
v4-7 The Eternal Author Introduced
v8-11 The Great Voice to the Ecclesias
v12-20 The Vision of the Son of Man
Introduction and Blessing
1:1 – The Revelation of Jesus Christ
Gk – apokalupsis – mean…
Revelation Chapter 1:1-7 (2) Read More »
Imagine for a minute that your heart was big enough for people to walk through, like a museum. What would be on display? What would be the centrepiece? Would it be a ‘gallery of modern art’ or an ‘exhibition of historical artefacts’? These questions are worth thinking about because the fact …
The second of the three stages of our hearing apparatus is the middle ear.
The middle ear transfers the vibration of sound from the ear-drum to the cochlea where it can be converted into nerve signals. This transfer of vibration from one place to another might appear to be a very simple t…
The Human Ear (Part 2) Read More »
Teaching our children obedience is one of the most explicit parenting instructions in the Bible. Paul in both Ephesians 6:1 and Colossians 3:20 commands children to obey their parents.
This same command from God is also embedded in the 10 commandments, stamped with God’s name and incorpor…
