Volume 18, No.2, May 2007
Tyre and Sidon
The history of these twin cities of Tyre and Sidon illustrate the evils of abominable idolatry linked to a commerce driven life without the restraints of God's spirit. Their primacy as economic powers of the ancient world presented a continual reproach to the children of Israel. And yet, this should not have happened. It happened because Israel never fully entered upon the blessings tendered [...]
The Testimony of Hegesippus
The Gospel accounts describe the reaction to Jesus' ministry in his hometown of Nazareth and lays out the natural family of our Lord in detail: "ls not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these [...]
God’s “Only;’ His “Darling”
Many years ago, God asked of Abraham a heavy thing. "And he [God] said [to Abraham], Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee, into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of" (Genesis 22:2). "And he [the Angel of the Lord] said, [...]
Soles of The Feet of the Priests
As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests ... shall rest in the waters, the waters ... shall be cut off (Joshua 3:13). The people were not to wait in their camps until the way was opened; they were to walk by faith. They were to break camp, pack up their goods, form in line to march, and move down to [...]