November – December 2019
When the Apostle Peter was expounding the work of salvation to Cornelius he summarised the work of our Lord in this way: “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil [diabolos]; for God was …
What about your heart?
Right in the middle of defending the nation, Amaziah gets side-tracked into serving the very gods of the people he has just defeated. These gods weren’t able to deliver the Edomites, but incredulously, he brought them back and put them in his house – they became a BIG…
Amaziah – The King With An Imperfect Heart (2) Read More »
Ezekiel – Man of Vision, Son of Man
If he were alive today, he would likely be called an eccentric genius. He was a Bible student and a wise priest—sought out for advice even by those who would be his enemies. He was a memorable mime, and only a talented artist could recall and write down…
Babylonian Captivity – The Ecclesia In Exile (2) Read More »
Paul’s epistle to the Romans is all about the righteousness of faith as opposed to gaining salvation through meritorious works of law. Paul marvelled at the anomaly that Jews, who strove so determinably to keep the law, had not attained to the righteousness of faith, whereas the seemingly …
Follow After Righteousness Read More »
There is a world of wisdom in this little prayer, wisdom which we will all do well to acquire. There isn’t any use trying to move an immovable object and while we may expend a great deal of energy, we shall surely end up a frustrated failure.
On the other hand, if we assume that nothing…
Excavations in Jerusalem’s City of David, to the south-east of the Old City, continue to uncover some remarkable finds1. A burst sewage pipe in 2004 led to the discovery of a stairway forming part of the ascent to the Temple used by pilgrims in the time of Christ. When construction workers…
2000 Year Old Pilgrimage Road Discovered in Jerusalem Read More »
Researchers from Heidelberg University and the Curt Engelhorn Centre for Archaeometry in Mannheim, Germany, recently examined ancient tin artefacts from the second millennium BCE collected from archaeological sites in Israel, Turkey, and Greece. They were able to confirm that the tin used in…
British Tin in Ancient Artefacts Excavated in Israel Read More »
In we learn that when Paul and Timothy came to Troas “a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us…Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Nea…
Where are our hearts?
Our God requires us to trust Him implicitly. He requires us to believe what He has written in His Word: “without faith it is impossible to please Him” (Heb 11:6).
However, our belief has to be more than an intellectual assent (where we agree with what has been sta…
To understand more fully recent developments in the Middle East between Israel and certain Arab nations, it is helpful to consider a little history of 100 years ago.
World War I ended with an armistice agreed by all the powers involved on 11 November 1918. Just under two months later, in …
Israel and Her Arab Friends Read More »
