Editor: Our recently departed friend, Don Robson, loved this season of the year. Oh, like most, he enjoyed the family gatherings, the special dinner and visits from neighbours and friends. But, what made it special for Don was the greater closeness he perceived amongst everyone around him for the Lord Jesus Christ. Perhaps it wasn’t…

Editor’s Note: It is with great sadness that I must report that our senior correspondent and my very good friend, Don Robson, closed his life in mid-September. He was one in a million, he fit the following scripture verse very well “….. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required….” Luke…

Lately, Noah has come into review, since the violence that offended God during his time is, according to Jesus Christ, to be a sign of the conditions prevailing just prior to His return to earth, when He to take possession of His Kingdom to rule forever. As evil grows in every way, we are aware…

The Bible contains many prophecies concerning Esau and I thought it might be useful to review what we know about him, gleaned from the Bible and the Book of Jasher, which supplies some details that are omitted in the Bible account. When God answered Isaac’s prayer for Rebecca, she was found pregnant with two children,…

Recently, our minister gave a sermon based on Elijah’s great victory over the prophets of Baal, but, as a personal aside, mentioned that he did not consider God responsible for the drought. For me, this took a lot of the sting out of whatever followed, so I pondered the question in my mind. I Kings…

The Resurrection is the cornerstone of the Protestant faith, yet the church is unsettling in its ambiguity on this subject. Furthermore, it is usually only discussed at Easter and I have found over the years that the sermons on this subject are both ambiguous and abstract. I suggest that this is the exact opposite of…

The Bible story of Abram really begins when he is seventy-five years of age when the Lord called him to leave the city of Haran and go to a place shown him by the Lord. Just as we have no record in the Bible of Jesus’ youth, indeed the years between 12 and 30, so…

In a past issue of the United Church Observer, one of the church’s ministers put forth the proposition that the Bible was a human construct. This is not the first attack on the inspiration of the Scriptures and it will not be the last. I find it amusing but distressing that human beings wish to…

Sometime ago, I attended the annual meeting of the Leprosy Mission of Canada. This is part of a larger world organization who have undertaken to eradicate this debilitative disease. Looking through the then annual report, I had cause to think of the sheep nations. But before discussing that, I would like to share with you…

How often in our church circles do we hear reference to Abraham as a Jew. It’s wrong of course, but it seems only those of us who have been blessed with knowledge of our identity realize it, despite no mention of his being a Jew being found anywhere in the Bible. The phrase came up…