January – February 2020
Anti-Semitism
Heather Voight’s well researched book outlines the developments that led to the War Refugee Board (WRB) in America.
As the Second World War raged in Europe and Hitler implemented his “Final Solution” to eliminate Jewry in Europe the United States Government, amongst oth…
Passionate Crusaders Read More »
The larger context
This particular prohibition does not stand alone. It is one of a group of like prohibitions recorded in Deuteronomy 23, which, though unpleasant to contemplate, should be considered together. We will consider the exclusions noted in verses 1-8. These are:
A man w…
“No One Born of a Forbidden Union May Enter the Assembly of the LORD” Read More »
For centuries, the great powers have tirelessly jostled with each other for control of the Middle East. As the Ottoman Empire began to disintegrate in the 19th century, Britain and France competed with each other for control of the region and cooperated together to stop Russia from gaining a…
Cyprus and the Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean Read More »
“We are on our own”—this was a key message from veteran Israeli commentator Ehud Yaari regarding the consequences for Israel following an apparent US retreat from the Middle East.
Yaari was recently in Australia as a guest of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC), …
Israel “on its own”: Ehud Yaari Read More »
Where better to take your family for vacation than to the land of the Bible, the land of promise?
The psalmist outlined our parental responsibility when he declared, “We will not hide (the Word of God) from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and h…
Can Visiting Israel Bring Us Closer to the Bible and to Our God? Read More »
Background
The KJV has Pergamos (feminine form of the name). Many other translations have the neuter form, Pergamum.
In 282BC it was made the capital of the Seleucid kingdom. In 232BC the Attalid kingdom was established and under the reign of Eumenes II (197–159BC) the city was tra…
Revelation 2:12-17 – Pergamos Read More »
Over the last decade researchers have been looking at how geckos can scamper up glass and seem to be able to cling to any surface.
Only in recent years has their secret been revealed with the aid of an electron microscope. Microscopic hairs called spatulae exist on their foot pads and toe…
The Hidden Talents of Geckos Read More »
The Hebrew word for ostrich is renan which means “a piercing cry; a wail”. In Job 30:29, Job said of himself, “I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches” (NKJV) because he felt desolate and isolated, unable to utter anything apart from the shrill doleful noise of the …
