As we approach Passover, we should be mindful of examining ourselves in light of God’s Word. Certainly, as clean up the leaven in our homes, we should clean out the spiritual leaven in our lives. 28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and…
5 Keep this mental attitude in YOU that was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although he was existing in God’s form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God. ~ Php 2:6 (NWT) For those who don’t recognize it, the New World Translation…
33And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. 34Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. 35And some…
20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. (Isaiah 8:20, King James Version) 18For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add…
Terrorism. Middle East unrest. Earthquakes. Corruption in high places. The world news is filled with stories like these, and they seem to be escalating. What will it take to stop them? Herbert W Armstrong used to use the phrase “a strong arm from somewhere” to describe what was needed to…
Let’s see, which is more important: Kate Middleton having lunch or a news story of international economics that changes the landscape of the stock market? Which would you choose? Well, if you judge by the time spent on each story, you’d certainly think it was Kate Middleton. It’s bad enough…
A lot of media focus has been upon Egypt lately with the civil unrest and the eventual stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. There is good reason for concern. However, what the US news media seems to gloss over, if they mention it at all, is that the unrest didn’t…
I kicked off the Book of Judges study series discussing the dual themes of lack of centralized control and lack of internal constraints. While the former was much of the impetus behind actually putting some of my own studies down on paper, there also is a Passover and Days of…
A couple of years back (almost), I wrote a book review on The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment by Tim Challies, and I thought it would be a good time to dust it off. As we head into Passover season, this is a topic that should come up in people’s minds….
United Church of God (UCG) has posted their US Feast of Tabernacles sites on their Feast of Tabernacles web page. They plan to add some “satellite sites” it appears “as needs exist.” I assume this means smaller quasi-official sites for places that have been hit hard by the economy in…