Around the year 167 BCE, the ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Antiochus Epiphanes, committed a terrible and horrendous act. It was not that he didn’t commit many atrocities in his eleven year rule of the empire, but this one was different – very different. This one was sacrilegious; it was against the Most High God.
Antiochus, also known as Antiochus … Read more
As we draw nearer to the season of Passover, we often focus on the mission and accomplishment of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, when he died for the sins of humanity. The Jesus of the Bible bled and died on Golgotha, outside Jerusalem, the Messiah Christians accept and adore as God incarnate, the Son of God who came to … Read more
In Romans 7:4, the Apostle Paul says to the brethren in Rome: “you also died to the law through the body of Christ that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
What does dying to the Law mean? Is it that Christians … Read more
Marriage does not only affect married people. Strong, stable marriages are the foundation of stable families, stable communities and a stable country. Without stable marriages, the breakdown of society is inevitable. Policymakers in the US, and elsewhere, are now coming to recognize the connection between the breakdown of families and the social problems of crime, … Read more
The early church, in the 1st century AD, experienced at first a tremendous growth in the spreading of the Gospel and in the number of persons called into the Church. The church was characterized by a great vitality and genuine enthusiasm. It operated as one big family.
The believers enjoyed a tremendous unity. They made … Read more
On Sabbath afternoon of May 19, the Family Ministry introduced married couples and single adults to Gary Chapman’s “The 5 Love Languages” by which he teaches how partners communicate love to each other. Your primary love language is that form of communication by which you most easily “hear” and receive love.
The 5 love languages are:
