Balaam, the wicked soothsayer whom Balak king of Moab hired to curse Israel as they were encamped in the plains before Jordan, was forced to speak the true word of God and to bless the people Jehovah rather than place a malediction upon them as Balak desired. They are a people dwelling apart, a people […]
There are times and situations which come about in the history of the church of Christ on earth when needs of various types arise. At times in the past, there has been the need for leadership to lead the church in the path of reformation. The need for funds in the deaconate during the depression […]
One would have to confine himself pretty much to a monastic seclusion today, in order to fail to be reminded of the nearing approach of the Christmas Day. Signs which betoken its coming are legion. With chimes and in celestial chords the story of the Nativity is echoed throughout the land. To listen to the […]
As one travels far and wide over the earth, he finds that things which he may consider important in his own life are unknown or unimportant in the lives of others. He also discovers that important men are important only in certain parts of the country. However, there is one book which the traveler finds […]
LESSON XLIV. Jesus and Judas Iscariot (John 13:18-30) Jesus, Complete Master of the Situation, vss. 18120. In the previous verses Jesus has taught the disciples by way of a mighty example (washing the disciples’ feet) that they must be servants of each other. Through this work of Jesus, the dying on the cross, they would […]
According to an ancient legend the aged eagle renewed its youth by flying toward the sun until its feathers were scorced and then it would fall into the sea—only to emerge completely rejuvenated. The psalmist David in Psalm 103 also refers to the renewal of youth by a comparison with the eagle: “Who satisfieth thy […]
In our discussion of denominations and denominationalism we saw last time that there is not only room for creeds, which are an official statement of that which any given denomination believes, but also a need for them. Not simply, of course, as dead statements of the past, written perhaps in the back of our Psalters, […]
Bold Galilean by Legette Blythe published by University of N. Carolina Press Bold Galilean is a novel of three Roman citizens in Palestine during the second and third years of Christ’s ministry: Centurion Gaius, Tribune Lucius, and Marcus, merchant son of a wealthy senator. These three men meet but three times in the course of […]
How must we understand the words of Christ as recorded in Matt. 23:37: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!” Throughout the ages […]
We read in the prophecy of Isaiah that a watcher stands on the wall of Zion. He is asked, “Watcher, what of the night” And the watcher answers: “The morning cometh, and it is still night!” The Sun of Righteousness is risen, and it is still night. That was the strange phenomenon in Israel, the […]