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    • Preaching the Messiah in the N.T

      Notwithstanding the frequent use of this term in religious circles, it might surprise some people to know that the term is used only once in the Old Testament and  once in the New (A.V.) Ideas, however, connoted by the term …

      Paul’s Trials in the Regions of Galatia

      “Once was I stoned”, Paul wrote inthat over-powering catalogue of experiences endured for Christ’s sake (2. Cor. 11). This happened at Lystra in the course of his first missionary journey. He does not say : “Once I rose from the …

      The Holy Spirit Given to the Disciples

      We have seen that the Comforter—meaning the Fortifier rather than the Soother—was the power of courage or bold­ness in the face of persecution. Let us now look more closely at the manner in which the Holy Spirit was “given” to …

      The Stele of Hummurabi

      During the period December—January 1901-02, Mr. V. Scheil discovered at Susa, the Mesopotamia, a slab or stele, inscribed with Is a slab or stele inscribed with a law code. It is in the form of a boundary stone and stands …