“I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some” (1 Cor. 9:22). Paul’s heart desire was to win the lost for Christ. Unbelievers, whether Jew or Gentile, slave or free, were all to be reached for the Saviour. Eternal punishment and the Lake of Fire were living realities. […]
Is there a place in the church of God for a man that loves a fight, and whose nickname is “Undaunted Dick”? If the struggle is the good fight of faith, then the answer is yes. Richard Weaver (1827-1896) did not enjoy a light-hearted upbringing. His Christian mother was unequally yoked, and one of young […]
Many years ago, Dr. Valpy, a well-known English scholar, wrote a little four-line verse as the longing of his heart and the confession of his faith. Some time afterward, he gave a copy of the words to his friend, Dr. Marsh, a Church of England clergyman, and the verse became a great blessing to him. […]
It’s already dark as our 747 thunders in over the Israeli coast at Tel Aviv. I’m here on a ten-day trip with thirty-five others to explore and learn in the land that is like no other. I never intended on coming even once (pre-rapture), but here I am on another journey to the “holy fields” […]
Turn on the TV on almost any night to watch the news and Israel, her people and land will be mentioned at some point. Why does this nation, few in number by comparison, and this land, tiny by any standard, command so much world attention? Israel, after all is a small arid land much of […]
There is, as can be imagined, much to interest a Bible student in the bustling, modern city of Jerusalem. We tour the sobering Yad Vashem, the heart-rending Holocaust Memorial, complete with its Avenue of Righteous Gentiles, those who helped the Jews, often at the cost of their own lives. We see the Shrine of the […]
We notice the bullet-pocked walls above the Zion Gate as we enter the confines of the Old City. They are a grim reminder that Yerushalayim, the City of Peace, has hardly lived up to its name. These bullet scars were left in 1948, but war is nothing new to this little piece of real estate. […]
Any tour travels at the rate of the least interested person. If someone comes along “for a holiday,” and complains about the food or accommodations, is the last one on the bus every day, gripes about not enough shopping time, etc., the whole tour suffers. A visit to Israel ought to be seen as a […]
Is Middle East peace an oxymoron?* It certainly seems so. Jerusalem (meaning, the city of peace) has heard the march of earth’s armies through her streets perhaps more than any other. As Charles Gulston writes in his classic Jerusalem: the Tragedy and the Triumph, “It has been said that if blood were indelible, Old Jerusalem […]