“And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me them, I pray you.”   Genesis 40:8 God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform! With this truth we are deeply impressed as we continue […]

There are some people, are there not, with whom it’s just plain difficult to get along. Others there are whose engaging personality makes it a plea­sure to associate with them. To the latter, one is easily and quickly drawn. Such people have a way of putting others at ease in their presence. For whatever the […]

The name John Calvin is well-known to us all. His name is a “household word”. But I don’t think much is known concerning his life. My purpose in writing this, is to make him a little clearer, both to myself and to others. John Calvin was born in Noyon, Picardy, in the northern part of […]

“But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was: and when he saw him he had compas­sion on him. And went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him.”   Luke 10:33-34 […]

That we might develop this virtue, it is required that we understand the concept, “gentleness”. The best way to gain such an understanding is to examine the pas­sages in which this word is used. A lexicon (a dictionary of New Testament Greek words) tells us that “gentle­ness” means “mild, pleasant; the opposite of harsh, hard, […]

“I will, therefore, put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not” (Jude 5). The Greek text of this verse is difficult. The variant manuscript read­ings, aside from not carrying much weight, do not help […]