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Archaeology, King David, and the Lame and the Blind
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off”—thinking,...
The Three Doors
There is an old folk story that each day as we go into the world we pass through one of three doors. The first door is the dark way, the door of evil intentions, which leads to harm for...
Christian Literature for the Indian Subcontinent
The Indian Subcontinent (which includes the seven nations of India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Bangladesh) is home to almost 2 billion people – a full third of the world’s...
Global Cooling
Global warming continues to be a topic provoking concern, debate, and cries for action among many. We are used to meteorologists making accurate forecasts of the temperature even a number of days in...
Don’t Look Back!
For the ancient Romans, being “two faced” was not a negative thing suggesting hypocrisy as in our culture. The pagan Romans had their two-faced god Janus who presided over beginnings and...
The Treasures of Cirta
At this time of year, many people involve themselves in exchanging gifts with family and friends, but when it comes to wider giving they may only go as far as giving small change to store charities,...
The Other Side of the Tenth Commandment
The Ten Commandments are fascinating from many perspectives, some of which we may not be aware of, no matter how familiar we may be with these laws. A good example of this is the fact...
Seeing the Practical Side of Paul
If someone were to ask you to summarize the apostle Paul’s teaching found in his letters in the New Testament, what would you say?Chances are, like most of us who know and love Paul's epistles, you...
Following – At a Safe Distance
“Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest … But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards to...
A New Edition of Lessons from the Life of Jesus – in Free E-book and Podcast Formats!
If you have never read R. Herbert's widely popular book Lessons from the Life of Jesus, you now have a new opportunity to read the book or listen to a discussion of its main ideas. Rather than...
The Spirit of the Ten Commandments
One of the most important ideas emphasized in the New Testament is the concept of the “spirit of the law” – the idea that we must keep the deeper meaning or intent of a law, not just its literal...
The 80% Prayer Principle
Not all prayer is asking for something, but a great deal of it obviously is. When we do ask, do we pray mainly for our own physical and spiritual needs and concerns? There is no doubt...
