The land of Israel may have more museums per capita than any other country in the world. But of all the museums in the country, none can compare with the Shrine of the Book and its sacred treasure. Designed to mimic the clay lids of the jars that contained the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls, the […]
Our chapter is not a long one, but it will be found filled with interest and refreshment if we can trace in it the path of our Lord Jesus Christ from His early home in Nazareth, till in a day, yet future, He finds a dwelling with His beloved Israel in a land itself resting […]
It is characteristic of predictive prophecy that it often mingles different times in one composite picture. The prophet must speak, of course, to his own time in a way that can be understood by his contemporaries. Yet he is not confined to this. The Holy Spirit often bears him along to distant times and realms. […]
There is only one brow which this crown of thorns will fit. As the eunuch sat in his chariot and read this wonderful lyric of sorrow even unto death, he questioned of whom the writer spoke. Philip, in reply, commenced to preach from this same scripture, Jesus. Efforts have been made to apply this prophecy […]
I am privileged to live in an area where five assemblies enjoy happy fellowship with one another. These assemblies grew from one over the years. Each time a few believers left their assembly in harmony, with the interest of seeing another assembly planted. Four times a year we meet for a united prayer and ministry […]
Until the middle of the last century, almost all we knew about the kings of Assyria was contained in the Bible, and in unreliable notices in the Greek historians. So mighty a monarch as Sargon was unknown to us, apart from the reference in Isaiah 20:1, and it was open for any critic to find […]
The Stundist movement began in 1858 when German believers began to actively present the gospel of Christ to Russian-speaking neighbors near the city of Odessa. The Germans had come into the area under a Homestead Act, but had been forbidden to proselytize among the Russian Orthodox. Some of these Protestants from Germany had settled on […]
Let’s pay a visit to old Jerusalem. The period is early in the reign of King Ahaz. The main factors in the situation are the two mighty empires of Egypt in the south, and Assyria far to the northeast. Egypt has had its ups and downs; dynasty has succeeded dynasty, some strong, some weak, but […]
On a warm summer evening in London, lines of curiosity seekers formed, eager to find a seat in the auditorium to hear the much-anticipated debate between the well-known atheist, Robert Ingersoll and the British preacher, Dr. Joseph Parker. During the course of the debate, Ingersoll ruthlessly attacked the truthfulness of the Holy Scriptures, and in […]