No building is better than its foundation. When my wife and I were in Alaska several years ago, our friend Don Nelson took us up to the area of the permafrost and explained that unless the builders drive their pilings down below the permafrost, the buildings will not remain firm. Some buildings have settled unevenly […]
The laver at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem has a very important place in the worship of those who come there. The worshipers come to wash. They wash their hands and their feet, they rinse out their mouths, and they wash their faces, but their hearts are untouched. Nothing has happened to their […]
The Bible says that God made all nations of “one blood.” The apostle Paul, when lecturing on Mars Hill in Athens, made that tremendous statement in Acts 17:24-27: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is […]
Christianity is an evangelistic faith. Because we know that people who die without knowing Christ as Saviour face a terrible eternity, we should concentrate on evangelism, winning people to Christ. We carry the commission Jesus gave to the disciples before He returned to glory. He said, “Make disciples of all nations” (see Matthew 28:19-20). That […]
Corinth was an important commercial city in the days of the apostle Paul. It was a wicked city, having several pagan temples. The Acropolis, the highest point of the city, was where the central government was located, as was the temple of the licentious goddess Aphrodite, with her 1000 temple prostitutes. Immorality was a central […]
