“In what way have you loved us?” (Malachi 1:2)
Malachi, the final book in the Old Testament, is the Lord’s last prophetic
message to Israel for nearly 400 years. The silence of those many years was
finally broken by a baby’s cry in a cow shed in Bethleh...
This is the fourth in our series on defining
moments in the history of the church. Previously,
we have looked at the destruction of the
Temple in Jerusalem, the Council of Nicea, and
the Council of Chalcedon. In this installment we
look at the Coronation of Charlemagne.
It is remarkable that a seemingly minor a...
“Did you not agree with me for a denarius a day?”
For the casual reader there seems to be a natural injustice in this parable. Some men have labored twelve hours, right through the day, and received their pre-agreed wage, a denarius. Others joined the working day at later hours w...
Are the consolations of God too small for you? (Job 15:11)
If there were only one Bible book that I could take into a period of solitary
confinement, Job would be on the short-list. All of the theology about God’s
character and sovereign...
Council of Nicea
On May 20 in the year 325,
the Christian Church entered
a new experience. At the
behest of the Roman
Emperor Constantine, the
empire that persecuted the
Church for alm...
