There was a man who came to Jesus and asked Him, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You...
You may know that there is a very serious situation building up on the northern border of Israel. Tensions are rising between Israel and Lebanon and Israel and Iran. The Iranians have said that, following the assassination attack on the Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh, they may launch an attack on Israel at any time. Iranian television channels have shifted from regular programming to broadcasting...
Which leaves us one more question: Which rules do we follow if we accept that we’re in a new dispensation and there are house rules which you’re supposed to follow? Which rules do we follow? Those accepted into Christ have to live by the house rules of this age. Do they have to accept the house rules of a previous age?Tony Pearce
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” Matthew 24.3
Steve Maltz Will the World ever be the same again?Foreign flags flying over tranquil beauty spots.Genocidal chanting in the streets of major cities.Marxists and Islamicists marching together in unity.An ancient hatred again rearing its ugly head.In this story of our times, Derek Courtney is flummoxed by all that he sees and hears regarding the reaction to the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas...
Thus says the Lord:
5 “Cursed is the man who trusts in manAnd makes flesh his strength,Whose heart departs from the Lord.6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,And shall not see when good comes,But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,In a salt land which is not inhabited.
Jeremiah 17.5-6
Contents:
UK Elections this week
Who is a Conservative?
Crisis, world system, Babylon
Are things going to get better?
Wars and rumours of war
World hunger and climate crisis
Centralised control
Hamas vs Israel war
Who is a Christian, and who is not?
Trevor Stewart-Sweet on 2 Corinthians 5
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.
2 Corinthians 5.10-11
Acts 1
12 “Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:12