Watch and Pray Always “Watch ye therefore, and pray always … to stand before the Son of man” (Luke 21:36). — Aaron Kuehmichel During the Memorial season we devote extra attention and effort to reflect on God’s love for us and the commitment of Jesus to die as a ransom. Part of that effort is themed Biblical studies of Jesus’ actions and teachings during his last week of life. We yearn for and try to achieve a closer and more intimate connection […]
Watch and Pray Always “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”(James 5:16). — Aaron Kuehmichel (6) That He Would Multiply Our Tithes and Gifts to His Glory. There are two components to this prayer. The first pertains to who we are; the second with what we have. We have never been the best at anything. The most we can claim is that we may be proficient at some things. The fact of the matter is, we are not much […]
Religious In 2017 scholars Eshbal Ratson and Jonathan Ben-Dov of the Department of Bible Studies at the University of Haifa published one of the last two remaining Dead Sea Scrolls in their article “A Newly Reconstructed Calendrical Scroll from Qumran in Cryptic Script” in the Journal of Biblical Literature (Winter 2017). For more than a year, the scholars diligently pieced together 62 Dead Sea Scroll fragments, on which there was writing in code. Ratson and Ben-Dov deciphered the code on the reconstructed […]
Realignment of the Middle East “Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city, and will become a heap of ruins. The cities of Aroer are deserted, they will be for flocks … The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria will be like the glory of the children of Israel, says the LORD of hosts” (Isaiah 17:1-3, ESV). The October 7, 2023 surprise attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists killed 1200 and took over […]
A Lamb Without Blemish “Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats” (Exodus 12:5). — David Rice Nine plagues had passed upon Egypt, the ninth being a plague of darkness, “even darkness which may be felt.” “Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days” (Exodus 10:21, 22). Pharaoh was distressed. He offered to […]