In a previous posting (Lk. 10:4) we examined the meaning behind the Lord’s command to His disciples not to greet (salute) people, even family members, on their way to their ministry assignments.  In this posting we will pick up on His instruction to them in which He said: “… into whatsoever house you enter into, […]

“Let no man eat fruit of you forever.”  Jesus talking to a tree?  A little background information is in order.  Like so many other things that were done and said by people living in the Middle East, an explanation helps the Western mind to understand the relationship between what Jesus and His disciples did and […]

“She began to wash His feet with tears and did wipe them with the hairs of her head.”  Behind this demonstration of adoration exhibited by this fallen woman there lies a custom that was widely practiced among the ancients of the Middle East.  It was a widely practiced tradition to collect the tears of family […]

The Holy Bible contains dozens of strange statements that the Western mind cannot comprehend without help from those who have studied the Middle-eastern cultures of the past and present and have been kind and generous enough to share their findings with the rest of the world.  This series will consist of such findings.  I present […]

DIVINE: that which pertains to, proceeds from or is of the nature of God.  In Christian circles the word describes the God of the Holy Bible. SLAVERY: a social system in which human beings are owned as private property. In Old Testament times God’s chosen people–the Israelites– did not have “slaves” that were bought and […]

In the 22 chapter of the Book of Acts we find a man named Ananias, having found Saul (later renamed “Paul”) of Tarsus and, having declared his healing from blindness, preparing to tell the future apostle why he was where he was and what the rest of his life would be about.  A hint as […]

In the first chapter of the Apostle John’s gospel we find this written about Jesus of Nazareth: “No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, Who is in the bosom of the Father, HE HAS DECLARED HIM” (vs 18).  The universally-accepted concept of declaring something is to speak or write about it.  In […]

In the previous posting I noted that there are two specific passages of Scripture that perfectly identify the will of God for every God seeker ever born.  These passages state in no uncertain terms what is required for a seeker to become one of His Very Elect, His remnant, His “little flock” of true believers.  […]

The answer to the question posed in the series title is plainly presented in two passages of Scripture: John 4:34 and 2 John 7,8.  Before we get into the focal passages, let us be reminded that “All Scripture (Old and New Testaments) is given by inspiration of God” (2 Tim. 3:14-16).  The process of God […]

Over the past several weeks my vision has been assaulted by a continuous montage of decorated stores, houses, yards, deer, sleighs, trees, nativity scenes, etc. while my ears have been attacked by an endless cacophony of meaningless songs extolling the virtues of Tammuz the heathen sun god who was born on December 25th.  In celebrating […]