November – December 2020
Taste and See
We should look to God to be our constant aid in time of trouble. Consider the testimony of the Psalms:
“I sought the Lord, and he heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: And their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the…
Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, once said, “In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.” An incredible statement but one which has been proven true over and over again. And so too in 2020, we have witnessed more miracles.
For the first time in 26 years…
The Abraham Accords Read More »
This is the title of an op-ed article written by Michael Bociurkiw who is a global affairs analyst and a former spokesman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He wrote this:
“With mass protests erupting in Belarus over a disputed presidential election on Sunday, after wh…
What’s stopping Putin from expanding further? Read More »
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther and Job
The Exiles Return by Michael Ashton
Nehemiah: Let Us Rise Up and Build by Ron Abel
Of Hearts and Minds by Dennis Gillett includes a chapter on “Ezra the Scribe – a Temple Builder”
Prayer: Studies in Principle and Practice by Melva Purkis and Cyril T…
Helps with the Daily Readings in November and December Read More »
Serpent
The serpent features in Genesis 3 as the animal that first challenged God’s truth by telling the woman “thou shalt not surely die.”
The serpent symbol features prominently in Egyptian mythology. It depicts Apep, the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied evil, darkness, destruction an…
Lessons from the Land of Egypt (2) Read More »
Background
Laodicea was situated in the Lycos Valley in the province of Phrygia and was founded by Antiochus II (261–246BC) of Syria, who named it for his wife Laodike, and who populated it with Syrians and Jews who were transplanted from Babylonia.
The ruins of the city show it to have be…
Revelation 3:14-21 – Laodicea Read More »
In December 2016, Current Biology published an article about some amazing discoveries they made after studying the noses of zebrafish!
They wrote: “Our data showed for the first time how the motile cilia decorating the nose pit act as a very powerful water turbine and generate strong and robust…
Fish with Nose Turbines Read More »
We are well aware of the principle that God is our Father, but from Scripture we can gain insight into the template for transition of responsibility as we bring up our children. When your children are younger, we are like God to them in that we are the arbiters of right and wrong; we communi…
The Divine Pattern of Parenting Read More »
There are two types of wolves in Israel today. There is the smaller Arabian wolf living in the Negev and the larger Asian wolf living in the Golan. They were once widespread, but many were eradicated by means of heavy poisons in the 1950s and today only a few hundred remain.
The…
