The law of Moses has a profound effect in Israel today. On a recent trip there we saw the restrictions that observant Jews still live under. We watched as a kosher diet was strictly observed. On the sabbath, elevator buttons were disabled so that one would not be guilty of lighting a fire on the sabbath. The light rail did not operate. A public piano was placed…
This week’s church memory verse is 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 10 – ‘For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, …
Mere hours after 14 year old Michael Carneal took a gun to his Kentucky high school and killed three of his classmates and injured five others, surviving classmates put up a sign that said, ‘We forgive you, Mike!’ But is that a righteous response? Are we required to forgive those who are…
How often have you heard a table-tennis conversation? A table-tennis conversation is where someone shares an experience that they had, and the other person responds with a similar experience that they had, and then the first person sort of carries on with their…
This week’s church memory verse is 1 Thessalonians 1:9 – ‘For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and …
This letter was written to a church family in Corinth. 572 kilometres north of them was the church of Thessalonica. 160 kilometres further north was the church of Philippi. These last two churches were collectively referred to as ‘the churches of Macedonia’ in verse 1. They had heard of heavy…
Up until the twentieth century, farms were familiar to everybody. It was common to see two animals yoked up to pull a coach, a wagon, a sled, a buggy, or a plow. You might see two oxen or two horses yoked up. What was not common was to see a horse and a…
This week’s church memory verse is Ephesians 4:30-32 – ‘And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. …
As a youth, did you ever use a magnifying glass to concentrate sunlight on to a blade of grass until it began to smoke? Or on a bright day, have you seen your reflection in a piece of chrome? Driving to work on a recent winter morning, I had a motor accident. The sun was shining so intently into…
We live in a world full of chaos and misery. Disappointments mount. The consequences of living under the curse multiply. But the Christian can know real, deep joy. Paul and Timothy here testify what it was that brought them such joy. It was the testimony of their consciences about…
This week’s church memory verse is Ephesians 4:30, 31 – ‘And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of …
The church of Corinth was noted for its carnality and confusion. The verse before our text says, ‘God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.’ The chapter ends with a call to ‘Let all things be done decently and in order’ (v. 40). It’s hard to…
