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What is in a Name?

There are things in scripture that we miss if we don’t know the back-story, and much of that story is told in the Old Testament. The gospel of John records something that Jesus said when he was calling his disciples and it is very easy to miss. When Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to Him, and said of him, “Behold, an

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The Sermon on the Mount

This is the first article in a series with some thoughts about the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapters five, six, and seven. Jesus’ First Major Teaching: The Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitude Introduction When Matthew records Jesus’ earliest extended teaching, he frames it with a single, urgent summons: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at

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God and the Physics of the Universe

A summary of Frank Turek, William Lane Craig and Stephen Myers evidence for a beginning by Kevin Cleary From the time that Galileo calculated that the earth was orbiting the sun and not vice-versa, critics of Christianity have claimed that the science of the cosmos was contrary to the record of creation found in Genesis 1:1. These claims are often

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Building a Loving Atmosphere Within the Church

A loved people should be a loving people I John.4:11 Introduction In a questionnaire completed by preachers in Canada in the early 1990’s on “The Preacher and Stress”, brother Walter Hart mentioned that a significant stress preacher’s experienced was in getting along with a co-worker like another preacher. That may seem like a surprise but really all of us in

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The Three Men on the Cross

A woman stepped out of her home and saw three old men sitting quietly in her front yard. She did not recognize them, but she saw that they looked tired and hungry. She offered them food, but they refused to enter until her husband was home. When her husband returned, he invited them inside, but the men explained they do

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Papua New Guinea Newsletter

March 16, 2026 Greetings from Lae! After several months of travel, I arrived back in Papua New Guinea a month ago. I enjoyed getting to see many of you while in Canada and Australia. The past month in Lae has been very busy getting caught up and also prepared for this year’s Melanesian Bible College session. As I write this

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The Last Apostle

When John wrote his three short New Testament letters, he was an elderly man. It is highly likely that he was the last living apostle of Jesus Christ. He had contributed the Gospel of John, and the great book of victory, Revelation. The shortest of his letters is 2 John; it only has 13 verses. It would have been one

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Lessons from Samuel

1 Samuel 12 marks the transition between the era of the judges leading Israel to the establishment of kings leading Israel. In 1 Samuel 10 – 11 Saul was anointed the first king of Israel. The Israelites wanted to be like all the other nations around them and have a king. So the elders of Israel demanded Samuel to anoint

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Qoheleth, the Preacher, on God and the Big Questions of Life

Introduction to Ecclesiastes “Qoheleth” The Hebrew Title “Qoheleth” or “Koheleth” is from the Hebrew דִּבְרֵי֙ קֹהֶ֣לֶת “Dabari Qoheleth” (soft “b” pronounced davari) the first words of the Hebrew text meaning literally “words of the preacher.” Qoheleth appears 7 times in Ecclesiastes: 1:1, 2, 12; 7:27; 12:8, 9, 10. More literal (formal equivalence) translations render Qoheleth as “Preacher” (ESV, KJV, NKJV,

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There Is Nothing New under the Sun

Text: Ecclesiastes 1:9 This is a very familiar saying even to some who may not be very familiar with the Bible. Of course, most Bible students will know that this comes from the Word of God: “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the

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Investigating the Meaningfulness of Life

“I said to myself, ‘Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.’ And behold, it was futility”(Ecclesiastes 2:1). In I Kings 1:38-48 David, in his old age, had his son Solomon anointed king. Although it is not specifically mentioned how old Solomon was when this happened he refers to himself in a dream he had with God

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Seeing Everything Become Beautiful In Its Own Time

Text: Ecclesiastes 3:9-13 There have been many times in my life where I feel like I’m just on a treadmill, running but feeling like I’m not getting anywhere. I used to have a very busy and stressful job, my boss would describe it as running just to stand still. Oftentimes it was difficult to make improvements. It seemed like it

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