On the afternoon of March 5, 2003, Mahmoud Humdan Kwasma stepped on to bus #37 in Haifa, Israel, and detonated explosives strapped to his body. Fifteen Israelis, including Abigail Litle, a believer in Yeshua haMashiach (the Lord Jesus Christ) were killed. What would Jesus say to the suicide bomber?
Jesus might say, “There was a certain [...]
While filming Catholicism: Crisis of Faith, a documentary examining the teachings [...]
Preface
This is the book which Dr. A. T. Pierson wanted to write. Had he done so, the public would have been presented with something far more exhaustive than is attempted in these pages. From his time to the present, Chapman has lacked a biographer.
The only work of any significance on Chapman’s life is “Robert Cleaver [...]
Profiles in Missions – Silas
Silas: A Faithful and Fearless Man
Gordon Franz
Introduction
During the last week of the Lord Jesus’ earthly ministry, He spoke a parable on faithfulness while He and His disciples sat on the Mount of Olives overlooking the city of Jerusalem (Matt. 24, 25). This parable is called the parable of the talents (25:14-30) [...]
There is a big difference between what we call right and what we call rites. One is empty, and the other is teeming with life. The shelf life of a loaf of bread is not very long. Manna was good for only one day. Day old bread had no place [...]
Introduction
What kind of reputation does each of us have in our local church? Are we known as a person who knows the Word of God and can teach it? Or, are we known as a person of prayer? Or, are we known as a person who helps others in [...]
In beginning a series of devotionals for the chapel web site my thoughts went immediately to Song of Solomon. A few months ago I spoke on this wonderful portion of scripture to the men at the men’s retreat. I have more recently been reviewing it expressions and enjoying some [...]
The letter at the head of this article is self-explanatory. Surely the truths that led our aged brother to associate himself with those who meet in simplicity toward Christ over 65 years ago, the truths that he expressed in his article, the truths that mean so much to him after nearly 77 years in Christ, [...]
THE DANGER IN THE DELAY
Mark Kolchin
Exodus 32
When the Lord was with His disciples in the Upper Room on the night before His death, He gave them this wonderful promise: “In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And [...]
The Rediscovery of the So-Called
Jesus Family Tomb in Jerusalem
Gordon Franz
On Monday morning, February 26, 2007, I heard the opening statement by Matt Lauer on the NBC Today’s Show. It was: “Is this the tomb of Jesus? A shocking new [...]
