January 2024 | Conversion: Persecutor Turns Promoter
All of us carry roles in our society that identify who we are. Some of us are doctors, lawyers, farmers, business people, etc. In our families, we carry identities as “father,” “mother,” “brother,” sister,” “cousin,” etc. Some of us are ministers and missionaries....Read More
Late in the fifteenth century, two young wood carving apprentices in France confided to each other their desire to study painting. But this plan would take money, and both Hans and Albrecht were poor.Finally, though they had a solution. One would work and earn money while the other studied. Then whe...Read More
Introduction to Biblical Sacrifices with New Testament Implications
Sacrifice is a word that evokes multiple meanings and connotations in modern contexts. In the Old Testament (OT), early Christianity, and their wider cultural worlds, sacrifice is best defined as the ritualized slaughter of animals and the processing of their bodies in relation to supernatural force...Read More
The Meal Offering and its Implications for Spiritual Nourishment
Sacrifice is at the heart of all true worship. The Levitical sacrifices and offerings were designed to demonstrate the subservience of Israel, to atone for her offenses against her Lord and to reflect the harmonious and peaceableness of the relationship thus established or reestablished.God designed...Read More
Peace-offering: Fellowship with Christ and Brethren
The Israelite’s system of sacrifice and offering was designed by God and positioned at the very hub and heart of their public life. Sacrifices offered at the altar helped them to have their spiritual life restored. The unending blaze of fire at the altar taught the Jews that they were in nee...Read More
Sin Offering: Meaning and its New Testament Fulfillment
From the earliest time until the destruction of the second temple, Hebrew religion was marked by a series of rites and ceremonies , both public and private in which animals were consumed. Throughout the Old Testament, there are numerous references to sacrifices and offerings in the life of nation ...Read More
The older man asked if I would help him at his farm for the afternoon. Being a college student I knew that I would also enjoy a home cooked meal served by his wife who was an excellent cook. I willingly agreed to meet him the next afternoon.When I arrived he was sharpening knives in the ...Read More