In ancient times the narrow Gaza Strip, measuring 140 square miles, was given the name Philistia by the Greeks. The Philistines were an aggressive, warlike “Sea People” who arrived on the southern shores of the Mediterranean from Crete in about 1208 B.C. After an...
If we might know, within our days,What lies beyond and just behold,A fleeting touch of what’s to be,Such wistful thoughts as we grow old.If we could taste the yesterdays,And savour still from mem’ry’s store,And call to mind with clarity,Those we’ve loved, who’ve gone...
The people of Israel were reeling. A tsunami of locusts had swept through the nation and ravished the land from one end to the other. In the wake of this devastation, the prophet Joel has been assigned the unenvious task of letting his wayward countrymen know why it...
The Christian life provides many opportunities for service. It may be as “modest” as teaching a Sunday School class and changing forever the life of a student. It may be by bringing a casserole to a sick neighbor and altering forever the way they perceive someone who...