What’s gone wrong? The dream seems to have been shattered; the peaceful and comforting harmony is in discord, and it hurts. Can our happiness be recaptured? Almost always, it can.
Unexpected?
Did we really expect perfection? After all, two sinners have become man and wife and that provides fer…
Marriage Under Stress Read More »
Recent excavations at what is believed to be the site of Bethsaida in Galilee have uncovered finds from the first century and earlier times. Among the remains discovered is a paved road of the Roman period that was very likely used by Christ and his disciples. The excavation site was identified as…
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Introductory note
In this chapter the prophet continues his impassioned appeal for his people to be delivered. Could there not be another Sinai-like manifestation that would convert Israel and bring judgment on the nations? Isaiah acknowledges the unique blessings prepared for those who wait for …
Isaiah 64: “Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens.” Read More »
Faithfulness receives its assurance
The two young men gave Rahab an answer of peace. “It shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee” (Josh 2:14). The men asked her to leave the very same scarlet cord hanging from her window “when we come…
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Authorship and sources
Jewish tradition ascribes the books of Kings to the authorship of Jeremiah, and the two books are treated as one in the Hebrew Canon but divided in the Septuagint Version. There is no reliable internal evidence that Jeremiah was the author, and 2 Kings certainly goes too la…
Kings and Chronicles – Why Two Records? Read More »
In the last issue we considered the need for spiritual growth and looked at the first 4 of 12 areas we can focus on as found in the book of James.
These are:
Key 1: Count trials as a joy to grow
Key 2: Saying ‘no’ will help us grow
Key 3: Read and obey the word of God to grow
Key 4:…
Continuing Spiritual Growth Read More »
Less than 20 years after the ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ to heaven, the Apostle Paul warned the saints in Thessalonica that an apostate system would arise: “And for this cause he shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie” (2 Thess 2:11). A few verses earlier…
The Galileo Affair: “A Strong Delusion”! Read More »
The Old Testament word for judgment (mishpat) comes from the verb shaphat, judging, and is illustrated in the proper name Jehoshaphat, God has judged. In ordinary use it would be a word of authority spoken by a judge, but as in Israel the first Judge of the nation was God, it is His laws which are…
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Fragments of a large, “exquisitely carved statue” of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, estimated to have stood about four to five metres tall, have been discovered by archaeologists working in Turkey (“Giant statue of Hadrian unearthed”, BBC News, 9 August 2007).
The pieces of this gia…
Giant Statue of a Roman Emperor of the First Seal Period Discovered Read More »
Just days before he would be crucified, Jesus’ disciples, Andrew and Philip, told him that certain Greeks desired to “see Jesus”. This intimation caused the Lord’s mind to contemplate the outcome of his impending sacrifice. In a remarkable answer to this request the Son of God reflec…
Finding Life by Letting It Go Read More »
