Messiah is the Answer: Zephaniah
"I will utterly consume all things from off the land" (1:2). Man had become obnoxious in the sight of God, polluting the land with his idolatry and violence, defiling the whole creation. There was nothing but for him to disappear under...
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The Prophet of Glory: Zechariah
The name Zechariah means Jehovah remembers. The prophet by that name was born in Babylon in the captivity, for when he returned to the land of his fathers he was but a child. Like some other prophets, he was a...
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God vs. Social Justice: Amos
The prophecies by Amos were given in the reigns of Uzziah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam II, king of Israel. He describes himself as a herdman of Tekoa, a town in the hill country of Judea, about twelve miles from...
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Prophet of Messiah’s Coming: Micah
The book of Micah is composed of three chief divisions, ushered in by a call to listen, "Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that is therein" (1:2); "And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye...
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The Book of Faith’s Problems: Habakkuk
Habakkuk has been called "the doubting Thomas of the Old Testament," "the grandfather of the Reformation," "the prophet of faith," and "the free-thinker among the prophets." Had they known each other, there is no question but what Habakkuk and Job...
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The Mercy of God Justified: Jonah
In his national prejudice against the Assyrian and in the pride that resented the cancellation of his prediction, Jonah objected to the grace of God to that city. What a sad and forcible reminder of the fact that the only...
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The Unknown God
The summer was drawing to a close. The late-night ferry crossing from Newhaven, England, to Dieppe, France, was jammed with college students returning to the Continent. There seemed to be no end to the creativity expressed by my fellow travellers...
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Is the Bible Reliable?
That the Scriptures are completely accurate and reliable is evident to those who study them, but the critic still points to alleged discrepancies and apparent inaccuracies. Is it so? True, there might be copyist errors without endangering even one doctrine....
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The Joys of Bible Study
I was recently visiting a young university student, and during my stay, he took me into his study to show me his notebooks. I examined with pleasure scores of neatly written little volumes representing months of careful research in biology,...
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