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He has secrets in the sea, beautiful shells and myriad sea creatures. He has secrets in the ground, he laid down the coal and the oil we would need for energy long before we discovered such things. He prepared precious stones, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and other semi precious stones to delight us.  Read More

The Old Testament prophets came from many different walks of life and they were very different from one another in temperament, but even so they were all used by God. Elijah the Tishbite came from the wilderness across the Jordan, wore rough clothing with a leather belt (2 Kings 1:8), and had no fixed abode. Through his many prayers he shook the nation of Israel and destroyed the priests of Baal. In contrast, Isaiah was of the ruling class and had access to the king whenever he needed to speak to him. He was a poet as well as a prophet, and of all the prophets he had most to say about the Messiah who was to come. Read More

The Christmas family story begins with Elisabeth (wife of Zechariah), whom we are told was a relative of Mary the mother of Jesus (Luke 1:36). Then there are indications that James and John, disciples of Jesus, may have been his cousins, as Salome, their mother, is thought to be the sister of Mary. There are two reasons for this. First, Salome asked for her sons to sit, one of them on each side of Jesus when he came into his kingdom, showing that she thought there was some reason for this to be granted (Matthew 20:20-28). Jesus did not deny this was a possibility but said it was not his place to give such a promise. He merely asked them were they prepared to drink the same cup (suffer and die) as he was prepared to suffer and die. Secondly, Salome was with Mary, supporting her at the cross, and it was her son John whom Jesus asked to take care of his mother.  Read More