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Are There Still Rechabites?
They were peculiar people, these Rechabites. Everyone in Jerusalem knew them. They were known for living a separate life somewhat isolated from the general population. We cannot rule out that they may have been laughed at, either openly or behind their back, when they walked about the ...
Current Events
How Are the Churches in Ukraine and Russia Responding to the War?75% of Russians and 60% of Ukrainians profess to be Orthodox Christians. The war is driving a wedge into the Orthodox Church. The patriarch, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been silent ...
The Life of Moses (6)
God had spoken clearly to Moses and called him to be His servant. Although Moses objected and expressed that he dared not, could not, but really also would not, the Lord told him he would have to go. Aaron would be his helper and speak God’s message.The cont ...
The Confession of Faith (29)
In Article 28 it is written that every one is bound to join himself to the true church. The church is the holy congregation of true Christian believers, but which is the true church? This important question is answered in the article which we now consider. It begins: “We believe that w ...
The Fall (4)
God did not spread a snareThus, it is evident that:(1) sin was committed voluntarily;(2) the punishment was not too severe but in proportion to the evil;(3) the ground for imputing Adam’s sin to his poste ...
Pentecost
No one can exist before God as long as he remain a stranger of the heart-renewing work of the Holy Spirit. One day it must become Pentecost for us. “Verily, verily, I say unto thee,” so spoke the Lord Jesus, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” ...
The Great Blessing of Ascension Day
Dear reader, the Day of Ascension is between Easter and Pentecost. It is the day that we commemorate the departure of the Lord Jesus Christ from this earth to heaven. We read in John 6 how His disciples were murmuring when He spoke to them about eating His flesh and drinking His blood. ...
The Man Born Blind (2)
The day He works the works of Him that sent HimDear Reader,Last month we meditated on the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ said in connection with the man born blind, “I must work.” We often say we have work to do. It is good when a father o ...
Take Heed
Dear Boys and Girls,My son came skidding down the snowy hill, gaining momentum quickly. I ran to intercept him. “You’re going to end up off the rocks and into the woods!”My little boy only giggled.“You have to roll off the sled befo ...
Offering and Sacrifice (2)
What benefit do we derive from the fact of Christ’s giving Himself so completely and devotedly to the Father? The greatest and the most beatifying of which thought is capable—Listen! Jehovah says in His law, “None shall appear before Me empty.” Consider, that if we wish to inherit heav ...
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