Genesis 35:11

This divine title—“The God of Jacob”—is found at least fourteen times in the Old Testament, and in addition, three times we read of “The mighty God of Jacob.” Such frequent repetition argues a deep significance, and suggests valuable lessons to be learned. We never read of the God of Moses, the God ... Read More

Shall we turn in our Bibles to Genesis chapter thirty-two? Now in the thirty-first chapter we had the parting of Laban, Jacob's uncle as he kisses his grandchildren goodbye, as he sets up the stone and as he gives a heavy-duty charge to Jacob saying, "you take care of my girls and my grandkids. And ... Read More

Friends,—You who now come to suffer by a land flood, keep on the rock [Mat 7:24f], for there is safety, though a storm be in the sea, and the flood be great, and the winds great, and the way rough and crooked, the seed Christ can make all plain [Isa 40:4]. And so think not the winter and cold weathe... Read More

El Shaddai, Divine Healing in the Church By Paris Reidhead* Will you turn, please, to the Old Testament. I was going to say, The Gospel according to Genesis. Hardly appropriate. Nevertheless, the Gospel is on every page in the Book of Genesis, and so if you will turn I am sure that we are going to f... Read More

"I am God Almighty" Genesis 35:11 In Hebrew, it is "I am El-Shaddai." El-Shaddai signifies omnipotence and sufficiency. God is . . . an all-sufficient good, a self-sufficient good, an independent good, an absolute good, an original good, a universal good, the only satisfactory good, a suitable good ... Read More

Introduction Christianity is no stranger to controversy. Christians do not always agree on all subjects. Issues of freedom, and personal preference in worship, style and order of church services are as varied as individual Christians. The issue of differences of opinion in matters of practice has pr... Read More

We easily perceive different measures of attainment, both in knowledge and grace, in the churches of old. The elevation, for instance, of that at Ephesus was much above that at Corinth. At Corinth the apostle had to occupy himself with the corruption of various errors and abuses, and was thus hinder... Read More

"And the Angel that talked with me came again and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep." (Zechariah 4:1) We may well ask the question in all solemnity, Why am I here? Various motives prompt those who assemble together for the professed purpose of worshipping God. But may we hope that ... Read More

Revival is a sovereign, supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. It is God breaking into human history and revealing His holiness and glory. When the church is awakened from her spiritual lethargy she begins to see the world anew as her God given mission field. Men, women and children are converted in ... Read More

There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More