Obadiah (7)
From verses 10-14 of Obadiah, we have a list of what may be termed the ‘sins of Edom’. Chiefly, at the start of the list, is their treatment of Jacob, ie: the nation of Israel.
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Who looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God?
What city did Lot desire to flee to after judgment was pronounced on the cites of the plain?
What city did Cain build?
What city was Sennacherib king of Assyria laying siege against when he sent…
Born of Spirit (1)
Scripture is clear that God’s spirit will dwell in us if we are His children, and we will then be “in the spirit”, led by the spirit of God (Rom 8:9,14). A biblical understanding of the subject helps us to understand the wonderful tools God has provided to help change our natural thinking and reassures us of the certainty of God’s work with us, thus providing real confidence that “we are his workmanship”.
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Ten Years of Pope Francis’ Catholicism
These past ten years have been monumental for the Catholic Church under the leadership of the Argentinian Pope, Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio). Francis is the first Jesuit pope. He is also the first pope in more than a millennium who is not European; and he is the first pope ever to come from …
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Seek Ye First (28)
Another man worth considering in this regard is Daniel. He and his friends began life as part of the royal family of Judah (Dan 1:3-4).
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The Caesars in the Apocalypse (6)
This black horse seal period was marked by mourning, distress, famine and plague. The impact of the general violence, bloodshed and brutality of the Caesars and the Praetorian military class was felt by the whole of Roman society, Patrician and Plebeian, Roman or Barbarian, Pagan or Christian.
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Jerusalem’s Ancient Aqueduct Discovered
Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a 300-metre-long section of what is known as the Upper-Level Aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem in the late Second Temple period (about 2000 years ago), the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reports.1
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There is a story about a small-town business owner whose clothing store was threatened with extinction. A national chain store had acquired all the properties on his block and had told him, “We’ll build all around you and put you out of business”.
The Purpose of the Exodus (1) – Ye Shall Know that I am Yahweh
How those words must have echoed around the court of Pharaoh and in the minds of his listeners. We see a proud monarch, clinging tenaciously to his own beliefs, having enslaved God’s people, yet determined to resist His Hand. The time had come for Israel’s deliverance, and such was the scene from which God would extract a people called after His Name.
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Lamentations (4)
In the previous two chapters, the problem and consequences of sin are laid out with the recognition that Yahweh is righteous in all his judgments. In this third song, the same picture of suffering is presented, but this time through the lens of the “man that hath seen affliction” (Lam 3:1). Out of the blackness of the first two chapters, this man emerges, to take us on a journey from ‘how could this happen?’ to ‘why did this happen?’
