One hundred and thirty years ago a question arose in the brotherhood about inspiration, particularly as it relates to the early chapters of Genesis. Was the Creation record to be taken literally? Was there actually a serpent in the garden of Eden with the power of speech etc, or was symbol mixed wit…
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In Deuteronomy the land of Israel is described as “a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills” (8:7), which “drinketh water of the rain of heaven” (11:11). Today, however, Israel’s natural water sources are no longer able to meet the increasing …
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Paul argues that at the very core of the purpose of God is the concept of election, of God calling out select people to bear His name (Acts 15:14). The purpose of God must needs be selective. If all were called and all were chosen none would seek to give Him glory by manifesting His character, there…
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What a sad background is recorded for the teenage Miriam! Living in Egypt “the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.” While this may have been a good thing, the growing number of Israelites frigh…
“GOD, our Saviour”, or more literally, “our Saviour God”, is strictly an expression found only in Paul’s first letter to Timothy and the letter to Titus – although Mary speaks in her hymn of “God my Saviour” (Luke 1:47), and Jude addresses the doxology which ends his epistle to “th…
Self-examination is one of the most important things we are called upon to do as followers of Christ. It is also one of the most difficult things. It is important for us to assess whether we are growing into the stature of our Lord, static, or regressing. It is difficult because we find it hard to s…
Despite its complexity, there was something straightforward about the post-war world, of which the success of the Apollo Space Missions seemed typical. Then US President John F Kennedy set his government the task of achieving nothing less than the conquest of Space and that ultimate “small step fo…
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The Lindos are one of the two great Jewish dynasties in the past thousand years of world history, ranking only with the Rothschilds. The Rothschilds are Ashkenasim, rising first to importance in Germany and then dominating the financial world of France, Britain and Italy. The Lindos are the most ren…
Ancient sanctuary of the Roman god Mithra re-discovered
The opening of a new border control point between Greece and Bulgaria has made possible public access to an ancient sanctuary of the Roman god Mithra[1].
Bulgarian archaeologist Bogdan Filov discovered the site in 1915 near the Greek town o…
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We live in a vastly different society from the one when the scriptural principles were laid down and written for our admonition and learning (Rom 15:4).
Society is vastly different from my early recollections of ecclesial life in the thirties and forties. I was not around when women were franchis…
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