“Potter” Image courtesy of dan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Happy Pentecost! This is being posted on Pentecost, a day that commemorates Jesus sending the Holy Spirit to His Church. The Holy Spirit, of course, reminds me of the “rod of iron”. What’s that? It doesn’t remind you of the “rod of iron”?…
After Moses fled Egypt, he fled to Midian (Ex 2:15). There, he married Zipporah. The Midianites were likely a semitic people descended from Keturah. However, that is not certain, as Keturah’s heritage or nationality is not identified. Midian was one of her sons that Abraham sent to the east before…
This past Sabbath, the pastor gave a sermon fitting for Mother’s Day. He pointed out that Mother’s Day gives an opportunity to express sincere appreciation for the women in our lives, esp. our mothers and wives. This actually dovetails nicely into another study I am doing on some of the…
[This is an update and republished article after further study.] Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. …And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. But unto the sons of…
Could the ancient tribe of Dan have sailed around the world? How many times have you heard, “Ancient people couldn’t have [fill in the blank]”? Yet, whenever someone says that, it is usually only a matter of time before someone proves them wrong. I would like someone to explain to…
AsiaNews.it reported on 23 April “Pope: the Bible must be interpreted within the magisterium of the Church”. In regard to the Bible – Old and New Testament – scholarly study of the texts is not sufficient, it must be interpreted within the tradition of the Church, since both are equally…
How long does it take to read through the entire Bible? According to BibleGateway.com, it only takes 90 days. Ambitious? Sure. However, they state: While 90 days might seem like a short time for such a long book, the reading works out to just 12 pages a day—still a major…
On 27 March, Clyde Kilough stated in “About Our Father’s Business” that the Good News Bible Reading Program (BRP) may start firing up real soon. Tom Robinson has been busy with editing booklets so they can be resized in order to conform to US Postal standards for lower cost items….
I had started before to put together a spreadsheet for a One Year Bible Reading Schedule that goes through the entire Bible in one year and has links that will take you to the correct page. However, sync’ing with my Dell Axim always removed the links! Anyhow, my Axim quit…
You know, I’ve seen an increase in Snopes bashers since Obama started campaigning for President. I got a link to another one this morning. I really think it is tied to the fact that so many idiots out there wanted to smear Obama with being a Muslim and hiding it,…