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Pentecost
Under the Old Testament, Pentecost was one of the three great annual feasts to be attended by every male Israelite of twelve years old and above. It was celebrated seven weeks after Passover. It was a feast in remembrance of the giving of the law at Sinai, seven weeks after the exodus ...
God Calls Samuel (2)
Samuel was very busy helping Eli the priest in the temple. There was so much work to do! Eli was growing old and becoming blind, and Samuel could do many things to help. Samuel was a willing worker in God’s house. No doubt he also looked forward to the time each year when his mother an ...
The Confession of Faith (41)
Although the Word is sufficient for the church to know the way of salvation, and therein are also many promises, the Lord has added to it the sacraments. The Lord has done so on account of our weaknesses and infirmities so that we may not only hear but also see the sealing of His promi ...
Psalm 139—God’s Omniscience (3)
Job was taught the greatness of his God by way of questioning. Read it in Job 38 and 39: “Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God? Knowest thou—Job—the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth. Hast thou loosed the wild ass? Will the unicorn be wi ...
The Life of Moses (18)
The Lord had answered Moses’ request for His nearness, His favor. It would not be sufficient if the Lord would send an angel—Moses needed His presence. The Lord had answered, “I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in My sight, and I know thee by nam ...
The Hearer of Prayer
Thou that hearest prayer”—this is the title David gives unto the LORD by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. David knew the LORD as “Thou that hearest prayer” by his own blessed experience. Is this not a blessed knowledge? Is this not a most honorable title? The LORD is so worthy of it ...
A Letter about the Flood of 1953
It is through the Lord’s mercy that we are still in a fair measure of health, we whom the Lord has spared through the disaster of February 1 (70 years ago—Ed.). I am amazed from moment to moment that I do not spend my days and nights in rebellion against the Mos ...
The Man Born Blind (13)
The strife for the man that is born blind is intensifying. Really, what does it mean to have strife? Strife means to experience opposition. Strife is an activity. It takes two to have strife. By the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, this strife is recorded between the man born blind and t ...
Current Events
Arrested for Singing Worship Songs at SchoolEritrean authorities have arrested 103 young Christians, some students, who gathered to sing together. The group had enthusiastically gathered and were singing when they were detained because their gathering and th ...
The Ark
Dear Boys and Girls,The story of Noah and the ark is one you have known since you were very little. It is fascinating to think of all the animals that came to the huge ship, two by two, and it is very solemn to think of the many people who drowned. The ark was a safe ...
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