The Great Fish
In chapter 2, the record returns to follow Jonah’s plight and most of the events described would have occupied about 3-5 minutes. On the surface, newly converted sailors are making sacrifice and vows to their new God. Beneath the surface, Jonah desperately utters a vow too, hav…
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O ye of little faith
The problem that we face today is the same problem Israel faced in the wilderness: a lack of faith. We can have faith on an intellectual and academic level—but it is the practical level where faith is demonstrated: in actions, “For as the body without the spirit is d…
In our previous articles we have delved into what holiness really means and, more especially, how we understand Yahweh our God to be holy. The idea of being holy is more than just the concept of ‘separateness’. It involves a life-focus of worship, praise, speech, thought, and action. Wha…
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Nothing is more definitely set forth in the gospel than the fact that its very heart is the work of Christ. Do we think of the gospel as the covenant with Abraham concerning everlasting inheritance of the land promised? Then we find that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth …
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On the day of Pentecost, the apostle Peter stood up and preached the truth concerning the risen Christ. He pointed to a vacant sepulchre and boldly affirmed that its very emptiness, rather than being a sign of abject failure, was in fact perfectly in accord with the purpose of God. To demonstrat…
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From the very beginning of our creation God established an evening and morning as the wo defining moments of a day (Gen 1:5). They act like two bookends, helping us to distinguish the start and finish of daily consideration and activity. As such they become significant markers, allowing us to paus…
Morning and Evening Read More »
Philemon is the shortest of Paul’s many letters, with just 25 verses and 335 words in the original Greek; considerably less than this article. It is unique in that it argues for no specific doctrine and is purely personal in nature. It is the personal correspondence of the apostle to a friend. Des…
An ageing, once beautiful movie actress decided that she wanted a series of portraits taken by the same photographer who had shot some wonderful pictures of her some 30 years earlier. After a considerable search, he was located and commissioned to take the pictures. When he delivered the proofs to…
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One of the greatest dramas the world will ever see will be the conversion of Israel when our Lord returns: “There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins” (Rom 11:26-27, citing Isa 59:20…
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