An editorial in a Swazi newspaper once began, “The task of a government is to provide services to its people.” Many would agree with that assumption, but it happens to be an assumption with which the Bible frequently disagrees. The governing authority’s primary job, according to scripture, does not include many of the services that governments attempt to provide today.
It is with great sadness that the family of Richard George Burrows announced his passing on Saturday, April 12th, at the age of 59. Rick loved his family so much, and he will be dearly missed by his beloved wife of 35 years, Ann (MacDonald) Burrows, and his children, Matthew (Jessica Filipiak) Burrows and Chloe (Robert) Moore. Rick’s memory will
A Distorted View of God A few years ago, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina did a study on the spiritual beliefs of American teens. Many of them identified as Christians. They had grown up going to church services, hearing Bible stories, and claiming they believed in God. But the researcher noticed a troubling pattern: their beliefs didn’t
Text: Job 2:1-10 With Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video and the like, you can now spend a whole weekend binge-watching. Ever do that? Maybe gotten so engaged that you could not stop? Well, in this article, we are back to the book of Job and episode two, just waiting to find out what happens. When we started this series, I had
Why do humans need to be constantly reminded, rebuked and admonished to do what is righteous? We see what happens to others when they sin, the consequences that they suffer. We make mistakes in our own lives and learn from them for a time, but sometimes months or years later we find ourselves making the same mistakes again. Not that
Text: John 20:17 There is nothing in this article that should be news to biblical scholars or even to moderately well-trained preachers. But it might be very useful information to ordinary church members, whom we assume to be the most common readers of this publication. Even among those who should know better, we sometimes hear John 20:17 presented in an
It seems to me that changes in our lives are less like the once for all metamorphosis of a caterpillar and more akin to what happens in spring. The days get gradually warmer but are sometimes interrupted by snow – when it should be going away! Change is a difficult process, and there is always the danger that we may
Just before Jesus’ crucifixion, during his trial before Pontius Pilate, Pilate asked Jesus, “What is truth?” With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him,” (John 18:38). It seems to me that Pilate responds to Jesus arrogantly regarding His previous statement about the truth. Perhaps his arrogance
I’m sure every Christian has at one point or another been asked the question, “What church do you belong to?” Usually our answer is, “The church of Christ.” Quite often we hear them respond with, “I’ve never heard of the church of Christ.” Then they ask, “What church out there is the closest to resembling the church of Christ?” You
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” John 15:1-2 (ESV) This is Jesus speaking. He is using something that was very familiar to his audience—grape vines. Most of us
Psalm 71 This is a complex psalm. It would be difficult to structure a brief lesson that covers all of it. Instead, let us focus on one important aspect of it, a matter of tremendous relevance to all of us. It is the statement of verses 17 and 18 that the writer will never retire from praising God. Let us
This psalm is virtually identical to 40:13-17. The existence of psalm 70 reminds us that the Lord honours abbreviated prayers. Ideally our prayers should contain more than this. Most of the psalms do, but God honoured these words and included them here in this abbreviated form. As J.M. Boice commented, “We are not always in situations like this, of course.
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