My family has a general rule of thumb that we try to follow whenever we consider going anywhere or driving any distance in order to see something. That rule is this: we need to be able to stay longer at the activity than it takes to drive there and back. In other words, if it […]
“I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.” (Ecclesiastes 3:14–15) Heaven: does […]
Exodus 12:1–29 In this article we will consider the relationship between the Passover festival and the tenth plague. And in so doing, we will consider how the Passover is a memorial, a feast, and a lasting ordinance, which continues through the Lord’s Supper. When Christians celebrate the Lord’s Supper they are keeping the Passover that […]
Read Genesis 42:1–28 Introduction The famine strikes Egypt just as the dreams had indicated and just as Joseph had said. God had sent the dreams, gave Joseph the interpretation, and sent the famine, thus confirming Joseph in his role as a kind of prophet in Egypt. God had raised him from the pit of prison […]
Read Genesis 42:29–38 Introduction The first audience of the ten brothers with Joseph did not go smoothly at all. It almost certainly did not occur to them as they had entered Egypt that they would be singled out and accused of being spies, held in custody, with Simeon arrested before they are permitted to return […]
Many of the words we commonly use today do not carry the same meaning as the Bible intended for them. The word “hospitality” is a good example. A simple Google search, for example, produces page after page of information on the Hospitality industry (hotels, restaurants etc.), but nothing resembling biblical hospitality. In modern vernacular, there […]
Convening at Community United Reformed Church of Schererville, IN — November 12-13, 2007 Classis Central US has a new candidate for the ministry and a new manner of overseeing its treasurer. Meeting at Community URC in Schererville, Ind., under the oversight of Cornerstone URC (Sanborn), the 22nd meeting of Classis Central US convened on the […]
We are living in an age where Hollywood permeates the modern mind and holds all things holy in disdain. Public education disregards the Triune God altogether while flaunting the blasphemous theory of evolution. Throughout the nation laws are being passed protecting evil while our Lord is being banned from all places public. The preborn babes […]
Psalm 99 There is a theme that runs throughout the entire Bible. It is evident in the creation of the world, in the calling of Abraham, the giving of the law, the sacrificial system, the tent of meeting, tabernacle and temple. It is evident with the death of Achan when he disobeyed the Lord and […]
New Beginnings One year ago I began to inform churches and individuals that, if the Lord wills, I planned to begin a new phase in my ministry of the Word. I had accepted the position of Director of English Studies with Miami International Seminary (MINTS). The position would involve me in following up on requests […]