Unknown and Yet Well Known
The African has the greatest respect for old age. On coming into the presence of a chief, he gets down on his knees and performs an elaborate ceremony, bowing down till his head touches the dust, then a ritual of...
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A Heart for Witnessing
Heart-shaped pins with the five colors of the "Wordless Book" (black, red, clear, green, and gold) were made and given away by two women on their recent tour of Israel. Along with each pin, the written Word was passed out...
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Help Africa
We should be looking up to heaven (Lk. 21:28), waiting, watching, worshipping. But also, we should be looking at the fields, in the last few days of the world harvest, and working. Africa, the second largest continent, embraces about 20% of...
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Up Against the Wall
It is an irony that should not be missed: the true symbol of Judaism is a wall. The country's department of tourism uses a rendition of two spies carrying a cluster of Eschol's grapes; the Israeli flag is emblazoned with...
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The Depths of God’s Forgiveness – King Manasseh
The life of King Manasseh is recorded in the Scriptures in two places: 2 Kings 21 and a more complete account in 2 Chronicles 33. Of all the kings of Judah, there was perhaps none more evil than Manasseh. Tradition...
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Dispensationalism and the Church
Uplook Magazine, June 1994 Written by James Gunn
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The Lamb with the Scroll
In the Mediterranean Sea there is a tall, rocky island called Patmos. Halfway up the side is a cave where tradition says John wrote the Book of the Revelation. There he saw the throne of God and the glories of...
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Dispensationalism Defined
What is a dispensation? Definitions vary slightly, but here are some helpful ones: OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY: Anglicized form of Latin dispensatio, to weigh out or dispense. 1) The action of dealing out or distributing; 2) the action of administering, ordering, or...
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Dispensationalism Delineated
Dispensationalists vary on the specific number of dispensations. These differences are in part due to the overlap of some of them. For example, A. E. Booth links the first three as the Light of Creation, the Light of Conscience, and...
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