“Make no useless acquaintances, learn no useless skills or subjects.” This statement is attributed to Rothschild. In this age of high technology there is so much we can learn about almost anything and everything. There are experts in ends and specialists on subjects that should be of no int…
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World War II is generally viewed as the glorious victory of good over evil. Hitler’s Nazi Germany was defeated and the Jews were liberated from the concentration camps. But the reality is not so comforting. The conflict provided the opportunity to plunder the Jews and strip them of all tha…
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Samothraki is an island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea measuring 21km east-west and 13km north-south and is mentioned only once in Scripture, in Acts 16:11 where it is called Samothracia.
Paul had received a vison at Troas in which a man from Macedonia had appealed to him to a…
The joy of living in holiness
The overarching connection that joins all our considerations of holiness in the Father’s service is the ‘Joy of Holiness’. In this article we want to consider this wonderful blessing that comes through all the effort and determination to develop a w…
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Exodus 17 – Israel at Rephidim – no water to drink
Paul is alluding to the incident recorded in Exodus 17. Were the record informs us that “all the congregation of the children of Israel…pitched in Rephidim”. This establishes Paul’s point that “all drank”. All of God…
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In Isaiah 15-16 we have a prophecy which speaks of the burden of Moab. It is a chilling chapter of judgment on a people who were notorious for their insufferable arrogance. As chapter 16:6 testifies: “We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pr…
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By grace are ye saved through faith
Understanding the contextual framework of the times should also deepen our appreciation of the powerful concepts that Paul is speaking about in the following reference: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift o…
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1:14 – His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; (ie purest white)
–head = Christ; hair = multitude ‘at one’ with the head
–wool: saints are the sheep of his pasture
–white: justified and washed (Isa 1:18)
and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
–eye = intelli…
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The Inner Ear
In the previous article we saw how the structure of the cochlea enabled it to separate sound into its component frequencies: waves travel along the basilar membrane until they reach their characteristic place: high frequencies resonating near the base, and low frequencies reachi…
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We have discussed that our motivation as parents is to show God’s character and love, and to follow the example of the Lord Jesus Christ who laid down his life for his bride. What about motivation for our children? The answer to this, as well as the glue that bonds a family together, is fa…
