Let’s get something straight. God gave us minds and expects us to use them. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37) Some famous atheists have said that God is anti-intelligence because He forbade Adam and Eve from eating from the tree […]
Light of the pilgrim heart, Star of the coming day! Arise with morning beams, And chase our griefs away” (E. Denny). More than 25 centuries have rolled their course since the day Mordecai wrote “that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of […]
“Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord!” (Deut 33:29). “An English lord once rudely asked His valet if he knew One single act or fact that proved the Bible true; The art of disputation he had not learned to use, But, pointing to a passer-by, He said, ‘My […]
“The nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, and those nations shall be utterly ruined” (Isa 60:12). Throughout the centuries, many reasons have been offered to justify the eradication of the Jews. Haman’s argument to the king seemed innocuous—“their laws are different from all other people’s” (Est 3:8)—but under the surface, he despised one […]
This grandma knew that her gift was really more than just a gift… […]
Those who would attack God’s people might like to know beforehand that God is for us (Rom 8:31). It was all well and good to give Esther and Mordecai the house of Haman and the royal signet, but destruction was still approaching. Why? Any official decrees “cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, […]
“…and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own” —J.R.L. Have we been noticing the story behind the story? Is it possible that this is a prototype of a much bigger plot and far greater victory? As noted earlier, there are just two Bible books named after women: Ruth […]
Their house had burned to the ground. They were living in a shack. They had every reason NOT to invite us for lunch. But they couldn’t help themselves. […]
“The tongue destroys a greater horde,” The Turk asserts, “than does the sword” (P.B. Strong). Do you recall how Haman spoke about the Jewish people in such a way that they were put in the worst possible light? They’re different, he said. And they’re everywhere. And so on. It’s like saying, “He’s a good brother, […]