Introduction to Lamentations 4
After the glimmer of hope in chapter 3, the fourth song dives back down to the depths of Jerusalem’s suffering. A suggested break-down is as follows:
4:1-12 – The precious sons of Zion are smashed
4:13-16 – They have polluted themselves with blood
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There are many scriptural examples illustrating the positive and negative aspects of words and the effect they can have on others. Genesis 1 is a classic example. Through the Word that God spoke, the world was built up from the lifeless chaos it was and a world full of life, order and meaning was c…
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In John 17:4 our Lord included this statement in his prayer to his Father: “I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” Part of this work in glorifying the Father was to evince from those he healed a recognition that God was behind the healing. Anot…
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From 1928–1930 Louis Waynai of Los Angeles, California, crafted a 496kg Bible—one letter at a time, using a circular type-setting machine consisting of rubber letters.
Louis devoted more than 8700 hours replicating the King James Version on a massive scale. When laid open, the Wayn…
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There are 21 specific spirit-inspired dreams recorded in Scripture: ten of them occur in Genesis and six in Matthew. They are:
God warns Abimelech not to take Sarah to wife (Gen 20:3)
Jacob’s ladder is set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven (Gen 28:12)
Jacob is shown t…
Caesarea was one of the most important cities of the ancient Roman world and the capital of the province of Judea. The ruins of Caesarea, sometimes referred to as Caesarea Maritima to distinguish it from Caesarea Philippi, lie on the Mediterranean coast of present-day Israel.
King Herod commissi…
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270 young people from more than 30 ecclesias
The Punjab Youth Conference was held in early December 2023 and drew together 270 young people from over 30 ecclesias. Hosted in Lahore, the most populous city in Punjab, the event took place at a large venue owned by the Catholics, capable of accommo…
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The 19th Biennial Philippine Christadelphian Youth Conference (PCYC) was held on 25–29 December 2023. While this is a once in every two-year event, this was the first face to face Youth Conference in four years because of the pandemic. The Philippine Youth Conferences are substantially subsid…
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Air India’s inaugural jumbo jet flight landed at Bombay (now Mumbai). The door opened and I stood at the top of the rear stairs. It was 3:00am and a blast of hot, smelly air hit me, almost causing me to retreat to the comfort of the luxurious aircraft. It was 1976, and my first time venturing bey…
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Brother Scott Madden from New South Wales presented a stirring series of studies entitled “Ye are my friends”.
He began his series by explaining why it was important to be a friend of Jesus Christ and what that meant. He demonstrated that we could be his friends, if we did what he told us to…
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