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As most people in the world know the international focus is on the tiny bit of Earth between Syria in the North and Egypt in the South, the Mediterranean in the west and the Transjordanian land to the East. Depending on what your political leanings are you know it as Continue Reading

Often enough we are forcefully reminded that this is the age of super-individuality. The social structures are falling apart because the self-interest of the individuals is not matched by insight into the long-range consequences. This holds true inside and outside the Church of Christ. Sadly the ways of the world Continue Reading

Biting the bullet: What is wrong in the world? “Apart from these instructions God also took note of Adam’s solitariness and said: this is not good enough. Out of the same ground that Adam was formed God now formed every living being, of the air, the earth and the sea, Continue Reading

“Lord teach us how to pray” If the present tendency in the main stream churches is anything to go by, then the so called lord’s prayer would not have been written by Matthew and Luke, nor would the churches have seen fit to adopt and liturgize the St Matthew version Continue Reading

”On the making of a snowstar” One of the most wellknown statements about life is made by one of the ’great’ greek philosophers. The unexamined life is not worth living The unexamined life is not worth living (Ancient Greek: ὁ … ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ) is a famous dictum Continue Reading

God has right through the history of mankind shown a considerable interest in the making of tents. In his two major contracts with humanity, those we habitually call the old and new covenant or testament, the tent and with that the concept of a temporary dwelling-place play a significant part. Continue Reading

I propose the following red herring: “if we read any book by any author the way the churches read the Bible we would be hauled to court for infringing on the immaterial rights of the author.” Of course: the bible is in the public domain, no copyrights exist maintained by Continue Reading

Two books to read The teachings of the Word of God go far beyond mere words. For one thing they are always words that must become flesh. We have the word very sure: “The word became flesh and took up its abode among us.”  If indeed  the words are not translated into Continue Reading

You did not automatically have a clear idea about what it means? Don’t worry, most of us, including myself, know very little about it in terms of real experience. But as it has a not infrequent mention in the scriptures of the new covenant it might pay to take a Continue Reading

“Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go onto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection from the dead and of eternal judgment. Continue Reading