Genesis is the seed-plot of the Bible. We should always be returning there to re-assess where we are going. Without Genesis chapter 3 the world around us, and even we ourselves, remain a mystery. Let us take a fresh look at one verse in Genesis 3. God said to Satan, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel.” [Read more…]
Archives for November 1989
27. A God of Justice
Readers of the Bible often find what they call “examples of (seeming) divine injustice”. Many Christians are likewise perplexed when reading certain portions of the Scriptures, but would recoil from using such language of their Lord. In this case the attitude is usually one of “sweeping it under the carpet out of sight.”!! In this essay we shall address ourselves to one such area of conflict that sticks out like a sore thumb to many who read the Bible. We refer to the apparently capricious nature of God’s dealings with certain nations and peoples. [Read more…]
26. Discipleship
The “Strait Gate and the Narrow Way” is a theme too common to require further exposition. Or so most Christians think.But the compelling truth behind it, once examined, might very well cause some “gnashing of teeth”.
Our Lord’s words are found in Matthew 7:13-14, and Luke 13:23-30. By comparing these two passages, it will be seen that our Master used the analogy on two separate occasions.
There are three words which need our attention. [Read more…]