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“The Last Supper” – Then and Now
Are we really aware of the abundance that many enjoy in the developed world today – compared not only to less fortunate areas, but also compared to the past? A fascinating but little...
Huge Cleft Charity “Smilestone”
Osawa - Image from SmileTrain Website The cleft repair charity Smile Train recently announced its greatest “smilestone” to date – the one millionth cleft repair surgery...
Abraham and the “Blazing Torch”
Scripture in Focus: Genesis 15: 9-21 In Genesis 15:9-21 we find the story of God sealing his covenant with Abram (before he became Abraham) by means of animal sacrifices. In response to...
From the twitter stream
A short selection of recent tweets pulled from the twitter stream - food for thought, prayer, thankfulness or personal action!@biblegateway - A Bible falling apart belongs to someone who...
Noah News is Good News?
The controversial film "Noah" is finally in theaters and drawing large audiences, as was expected. If you haven't seen the news, most reviews seem to be positive, and Christianity Today awarded the...
The Three Doors
There is an old story, I am not aware of its origin, 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,...
Did God Cause David to Sin?
Scripture in Focus: 2 Samuel 24:1 In 2 Samuel 24:1 we are told that: “Again the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, ‘Go, number Israel and...
Talking the Talk
In Christianity as in so many other areas, the importance of “walking the walk” rather than just “talking the talk” is self-evident. But sometimes we need to...
A Flood of Criticism
Opinions are already swirling around Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming movie “Noah,” starring Russell Crowe and due for release in the United States on March 28. The...
Stranger in a Strange Land
The title of Robert A. Heinlein’s 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land is reportedly an allusion to Exodus 2:22 where Moses says “… I have been a stranger in a...
Was Paul Told Not to Go to Jerusalem?
Scripture in Focus: Acts 21:4-14 The twenty-first chapter of the Book of Acts presents what at first is a somewhat confusing picture of the warnings Paul received, apparently from God,...
Studying through BibleGateway
BibleGateway.com is, of course, one of the leading Bible translation websites used to provide hyperlink scripture references on this and many other sites. If you only use BibleGateway...
