By Not Known For some, Daniel 7-12 can be very exciting as it deals with some not-so-simple views into apocalyptic literature. For others, these chapters can be confusing and even disturbing. As Christians who love our Bible, we can’t avoid these passages of Scripture. What do they mean and how do we understand them today?…

By Not Known The very first thing I learn after moving to Texas was what a tornado warning sounded like.  When the alarm goes off, residents are advised to take shelter without delay. Tornadoes are scary even when the people are prepared for it.  On 9 May 1986, meteorologists in Dallas county, central Iowa indicated…

By Not Known To some people, God’s mercy should be shown to everyone without conditions. All should be saved no matter what sin a person has committed. God should be merciful and forgiving all the time. But our God is sovereign and all knowing. He has said, “…I will have mercy on whom I will…

By Not Known Since several weeks ago, we have been studying through the sermons delivered on the pulpit that the Israelites were once in exile in Babylon. The Babylonians did not worship the One True God. Instead, they worshipped many false gods and idols. Their king, Nebuchadnezzar, was a very powerful man who also worshipped…

By Not Known We are creatures of aspiration. We often search for personal significance in our aspirations. Some find fulfilment in their families and so line their work desks with family photographs. Others find security in their achievements and so also in their display of certificates, medals and trophies on shelves and on walls. Still…

By Not Known Daniel 2 records one of many dreams mentioned in the Bible. King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream which he used to test all his wise men, asking them to tell him his dream and interpret it, or else all the wise men in Babylon were to be put to death. The patriach Joseph…

By Not Known Most of us would not associate ourselves with many of today’s warped values such as abortion on demand, pornography, extreme violence in the media, human rights abuse, drug use and gambling, etc.   But is it possible that we, like the frog slowly boiling to death in the kettle, are unknowingly and…

By Not Known Atheists say that there is no God; therefore people are not created by Him.  Evolutionists deny God created human beings.  Many religions do not acknowledge the creation story or God as the Creator.  However, the Psalmist acknowledges that not only did God create the Israelites He is also their Shepherd.  The Psalmist…

By Not Known Recently, I read an article entitled China’s ‘leftover women’: What It’s Really Like Being Unmarried at 30.  The article talks about society’s labelling of unmarried Chinese women at age 30 as one whose life is ‘over’.  This label has put immense pressure on unmarried Chinese women at 30.  Even girls in their…

By Not Known A Christian missiologist, Ed Stetzer, wrote this on Facebook last Wednesday, “In the last 5 days, 700 refugees drowned off Greece, 9000 babies were aborted in U.S., and 68 were shot in Chicago … and a gorilla dominated the news.” Last Saturday, Cincinnati Zoo had to put down 17-year-old Harambe, one of…