2024 Issues

News and Views

November 1, 2024

Religious Pakistan has long had some of the harshest blasphemy laws in the world. In addition to state-sanctioned execution, Pakistani Christians and other religious minorities face abductions, indentured servitude and all manner of discrimination. The laws are rampantly exploited to systematically oppress Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and anyone who doesn’t follow the teachings of Islam. According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List, more than 50 Pakistani Christians and religious minorities are currently detained […]

Today in Prophecy

November 1, 2024

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). On Tuesday, November 5, the people of the United States will elect a new president. The event itself is almost anticlimactic compared to the anticipation built up through debates, the media, and rallies. Both ex-President Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala […]

God in His Power

November 1, 2024

Various Names “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14). — Joe Ledwinka “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 […]

Jehovah-Jireh

November 1, 2024

God is Love “Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-Jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen” (Genesis 22:14). — David Rice 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 […]

Praying with the Titles of God

November 1, 2024

God is Our Shepherd “And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17). — Todd Alexander 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. Eight benefits […]