A man and his wife lived on a hillside. The man built bird hides in the garden, shielding them from the summer sun and the cool breezes of winter; he nurtured trees and grew flowers and herbs to provide nectar and seeds for food; and he knew the beauty of birds and...
Lucifer, the angel, threw everything into his quest to be equal with God. There were "ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands upon thousands" of angels around the throne of God (Revelation 5:11), and Lucifer was the "anointed cherub that covereth," (Ezekiel...
I walked into a tiny café and asked the attendant for morning tea. The café was crowded but two men sitting at a table for three, pulled aside the spare chair and invited me into their space. Thanking them I sat down and, as an invitation to friendliness, Mr....
All through the first three chapters of the Scriptures, worship is not mentioned. The world provided for the perfect family relationship where Adam and Eve carried out the duties of garden management, enjoyed the fruits of the garden and also enjoyed all the animal...
Yes, Christ has won the war but the battle is not over. God is the supreme authority but Satan, who was the high angel, seeks subjects. Just as each member of the Trinity has a human figure to represents each one, so also does Satan have a human representative....
Last week, in Tangle Untangled, Part 3, we compared three Biblical charactors to God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit: Enoch, Moses and Elisha. Satan, like the Holy Trinity, also deserves a human representative on Earth because he seduced Eve, and Adam...
The establishment of this world and the Garden of Eden followed logical steps emphasizing equal but specific points. Religions arise when specific points of culture are emphasized unequally and one point is deemed important above others. This is what happened when the...
For centuries, the commentators on Scripture have been revered, and rightly so because they taught the great truths necessary for their times. They are great examples of how an understanding of Scripture and the culture of Christianity became known again in a very...
The Train Driver told how he made choices as a very young man. He said, "I have worked through the momentous changes from steam to diesel, and was one of the last crewmen to qualify as an engineman for steam in New South Wales. "Then there were the various divisions...
Carefully I chose a new set of saucepans and the manufacturers were specific in their instructions. They pointed out that these saucepans were designed for a particular purpose and it could be achieved only if they were used in a certain way. They were to be used only...