1934
This will appeal particularly to the scientifically-minded, even though they may not have received definite scientific training. The mind stands appalled at the thought of the infinite number of adjustments in the movements of the heavenly bodies which would appear …
The familiar thesis that Elijah must re-appear before the second coming of Christ rests entirely upon the interpretation of Malachi 4:5 and 6:
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day …
A consultation of available references, such as the modern translation of Moffatt and Weymouth, the Revised Version and Dr. Adam Clarke’s commentary, gave no indication that the authenticity of the passage was ever in doubt.
The custodian at the Edinburgh …
The origin of the Black Races is lost in remote antiquity, and the existence of negroid types of humanity from very early prehistoric times is beyond dispute. There is no evidence whatever that they are descended from Ham, or that …
The term Heart (physical) is certainly not synonymous with brain, but the MIND (abstract) and Heart (abstract) may be used synonymously, providing we keep both in the abstract and grasp the fundamental variation, or point of difference between the two.
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The difficulty of the phrase “overmuch righteousness” lies in the knowledge that even approximate attainment of righteousness is humanly impossible, and that, therefore, the injunction appears to imply the essential contradiction of going beyond the unattainable.
From this view-point the …
The four hundred and eighty years from the Exodus to the fourth year of Solomon is made up as follows :-
Apart from the possibility of “an error of transcription ” (see Question 19—August issue), which hardly seems likely in this instance, we can offer no explanation of the apparent discrepancy, except upon an assumption:
The assumption is that what was …
In the first and second verses of the first chapter of Genesis we have a record of the state of the earth before the creation days. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” We are not told …
The Chairman, Mr. C. C. Walker, called for the reading of Acts 26 (Paul’s defence before Agrippa), down to the words, “For this thing was not done in a corner.” . . .
The speaker said :
“For this thing …
The events connected with the Lord’s return form a very interesting and thrilling subject, both the events which precede, and those which immediately follow the advent.
This is especially so in our day, because the signs which indicate that this …