If you or an interested friend need evidence, external to the Bible, that our bodies were “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psa 139:14), this book will erase all doubts of God as our Creator. As mentioned in the introduction of the book, the evidence within the human body“present[s] a com…
Your Designed Body By Steve Laufmann and Howard Glicksman, MD Read More »
The fifth seal (cont.)
Rest for a little season
As mentioned in the previous article (10), Psalm 94 talks about the blessed state of the person who meditates on God’s law and learns from the discipline they experience in life. These will view death as a “rest from days of trouble” (v13 …
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In 2012 a series of excavations was undertaken in Jerusalem, in the region known as the Ophel near the southeast corner of the Temple Mount1. The excavations were led by the late Dr Eilat Mazar.
During that dig a number of large, broken pithoi (storage vessel) pieces were discovered embedded…
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An extensive stone quarry has been discovered in Jerusalem’s Har Hotzvim1 neighbourhood by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). It is the largest quarry uncovered from the Second Temple period (the return from Babylonian exile to AD70) in the region. Extensive building projects were undertaken…
Large Stone Quarry and a Moat Discovered at Jerusalem Read More »
None of us are going to be around here very long, so we should not get too attached to things. The Bible uses many metaphors to describe the brevity of our lives. We read that our life is like a mist, a breath, a wisp of smoke, a flower of the field, a morning cloud, as the early dew, and as smoke …
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Romans 3
v1. Having said that then, you may ask me, “Well, do we have any advantage at all in being Jews? Are we to cancel out all the privileges that the Old Testament says that we have?”
v2. No, I believe you do have advantages. But those advantages are a great responsibility because th…
Romans 1–5: A Paraphrase By Brother John Martin (3) Read More »
Sojourning in Moab
In the previous article, we saw how the opening phrase, “Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled,” powerfully sets the scene for the book of Ruth. The horrific events that happened in Bethlehem in the book of Judges stand as a striking contrast to examples of…
It is true to say that the books of Chronicles contain many names; however, those names, inserted by Ezra through the Spirit, are merely a sample of the millions of names that existed in the nation of Israel throughout time. The genealogies in 1 Chronicles 1–9 were not intended to be a successive…
Chronicles – The Acts Left Out (3) Read More »
Our struggle each day can be summarised in this way: “Do we follow our own will, or do we follow the will of God?”
Our Lord Jesus went through this same struggle, a contest outworked in his final hours in the Garden of Gethsemane. As he faced the terror before him, conscious of the weight of…
The Cup and the Bread Read More »
There are four occasions in the New Testament where the words, “Lord, Lord,” appear, and the context of each provides a sober reminder of the grave responsibilities we have in Christ.
The first occurrence is in Matthew 7:21-22. Jesus is bringing his discourse on the mount to a conclusion. He…
