November / December 2024 Volume 106, Number 6

In the Beginning – The Names of God

As we approach our Heavenly Father in prayer, which of His names or titles should we use? Can we use more than one? Are there times when we use one over another? Might doing so focus our reverence and bring us into closer fellowship with Him? These are the central questions we explore in this Herald issue…read more

Our Mighty God – Creation Speaks

As the prophet David describes, the tremendous breadth of animate and in­animate creation speaks of an almighty Creator. Investigating the heavens and survey­ing the earth, the superabundant variety of life displayed before the human eye teaches our reasoning mind to acknowledge its Creator. …read more 

God in His Wisdom – Exemplified in Abraham’s Faith

We see the testimony of God’s wisdom everywhere in His creative work. We stand in awe and observe the vast, unending loveliness of earth, our beautiful home. We consider our own experiences and are touched by the extent of God’s providences and mercies. The depth and breadth of God’s wisdom are proclaimed and revealed. While our experiences sometimes confound and per­plex us, the perfect results of His interventions always become evident in His due time. … read more

The LORD Our Righteousness – The Foundation of God’s Throne

As one of God’s four attributes, righ­teousness is synonymous with our Heavenly Father. The entire plan of salvation is a testimony of His righteousness, in dealing with both the angelic and earthly creation.
Righteousness is translated from the He­brew word tsedaqah (Strong’s 6666) which means justice, righteousness in government, as God’s attribute, in a cause, truthfulness, as eth­ically right or as vindicated or in acts. Tsedaqah is derived from the Hebrew root word tsadaq (Strong’s 6663) which means to be just, righ­teous, to do, bring, or declare justice or to jus­tify or make righteous. … read more

News and Views – Current Events

Today in Prophecy – Who is God’s Candidate?

“Every person should place themselves under the authority of the government. There isn’t any au­thority unless it comes from God, and the authorities that are there have been put in place by God” (Romans 13:1 Common English Bible). … read more

God in His Power – Various Names

”What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet” (Shakespeare).

Though Juliet’s profound inquiry has deep implications, her conclusion is based on what she could measure with her physical senses. She knew the sweetness of a rose only because she could compare it to other physical things that were also sweet. … read more

Jehovah-Jireh – God is Love

 Our introductory text is the 100th time in the Old Testament in which the word Jehovah appears in the original text. In our King James version, for the previ­ous 99 times, the word is rendered “LORD.” This Genesis account is the first occasion in which it has been rendered “Jehovah.” … read more

Praying with the Titles of God – God is Our Shepherd

Psalm 23 is one of David’s most heartfelt and beautiful works — a poem often set to music. It is a lovely prayer supplica­tion that has become a healing balm, a comfort to God’s people.

David used the principles of eight titles of God to summarize how God helped him through great difficulties. … read more

How Great Thou Art!