I’m bad enough at geography, so unfamiliar territory like Palestine during Biblical times can be overwhelming at times. For the Book of Judges, I’d been mostly using “Map 10: Canaan in Old Testament Times” on the LDS website. Perhaps it isn’t necessarily the best map out there, but it is…
4These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 5In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover. 6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven…
Evolutionists base their ideas upon theories like adaptation. A species supposedly survives because it adapts to its environment. Also, many are skeptical of ideas like a lion eating straw like an ox, as is prophesied in the Bible. Well, sometimes their theories aren’t worth the paper they are written on. …
The Church of God, a Worldwide Association has put out its first booklet, The Mystery of the Kingdom. It is interesting that the Kingdom of God is the first subject that COGWA deals with after breaking away from UCG, given that many of the naysayers claim that preaching the Gospel…
Last night, I watched Cecil B DeMille’s The Ten Commandments once again. I just love that movie, and I always notice something that somehow bypassed me in prior years. In the movie, Moses learns he is a Hebrew, and he becomes a slave in order to sort out who and…
Today is the First Day of Unleavened Bread according to the Hebrew calendar. It is one of the commanded holy days that God gave Israel in Leviticus 23. Did Christ’s sacrifice do away with this festival? Were Gentile Christians expected to participate in it as well? Well, instead of listening…
Tonight at sundown is the end of the day of Passover and the First Day of Unleavened Bread. It is a holy day ordained by God (Lev 23:6-7). There is a “holy convocation” on the first day. However, some groups will only have one service during the day tomorrow. Most…
On Church of God, a Worldwide Association’s (COGWA) website, John Columbo asks on the Young Adult Blog the question, “Who Washed Christ’s Feet?” He gives an interesting answer, certainly one we should consider. I’m not disagreeing with the article, but his reminder that Jesus’ disciples were arguing earlier in the…
I came across an interesting article on Torah Connections which explores “Why Christians Stopped Celebrating Passover”. In a nutshell, it began with an anti-Jewish bias that developed after 70 AD and culminated in Emperor Constantine’s verdict, “Let us have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd.” Yet, there were…
Recently, the Telegraph posted an article on “What led to the fall of the Roman Empire?” As they point out, this has been debated by scholars for some time. In addition, there was no single point of failure that led to its decline. In the end, though, the article sort…