I first came into contact with the Vineyard Movement several years ago when I heard that some young men from various assemblies of believers, interested in church planting, were being encouraged to learn how under the ministry of John Wimber and C. Peter Wagner. Who were these men? I wondered. What did they believe? The […]
In February of 1989, a modest second-floor apartment in the Jewish Quarter of the old city of Jerusalem opened its doors to the public. Hugging the eastern slope of Mount Zion, its windows look expectantly toward the rugged southern brow of Moriah. Here is the Temple Institute, founded in 1988 by Rabbi Israel Ariel with […]
Something about the eagle’s size, power, and regal look stirs me. My favorite coffee mug has eagles painted on the side; I have a calendar (last year’s) that has drawings of eagles for each month. The text of Isaiah 40:31 with a cross-stitched eagle hangs on the wall of my of my study, and a […]
Is it not most striking that in that precious life, up to the moment of His entrance on His public ministry, through thirty years of hardship and trial unsullied by any wandering shadow or breath of evil, one thing only is known? A veil like that which screened the Holiest of Israel hangs before that […]
Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was a timid boy kept frail by the best medical quackery of the day. When he suffered from pneumonia, the doctor prescribed bleeding. Reginald survived, but was never robust. One thing is certain; he never suffered brain damage. He became so familiar with the Bible as a child that his father, who […]
There are seven significant sanctuaries referred to in Holy Scripture: of these, one each was erected by Moses, Solomon, Ezra, and Herod1 respectively, and were material structures of wood or stone. The fifth is the Christian Church, now growing into a holy temple in the Lord (Eph. 2:21); all agree that this latter is wholly […]
It was when a dark cloud of doubt and despondence had descended on the people of Judah that Haggai appeared on the scene. In a short, trenchant message, he convicted the Jews of their sloth and neglect, and again aroused their enthusiasm and zeal. Explaining their calamities as the effects of God’s chastening hand, he […]
It’s 50 years since that night in March of 1945 when I was born of God. In time or eternity I shall never forget that night. I had struggled to “believe,” strained to “trust,” agonized over how to “accept.” But all was darkness. At last, all hope was gone. I concluded I could never be […]
Having built a “house of cedars” for himself, David realized that the Ark of the Covenant was “under curtains,” meaning it was housed not in the tabernacle but merely “a tent” which he had pitched for it (2 Chron. 1:4). Seeing the need, he was prompted to take action. Do our things have priority over […]