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Lent & the 40 Days in the Old and New Testaments

22nd March 2020 1642again 0

In continuing my series of articles on the striking consistencies of theme and message within the Old and New Testaments, it seems apt not to discuss Lent and Jesus’ Forty Days in the Wilderness which [more…]

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The Old Testament Prophets in Retrospect

19th January 2020 1642again 0

The Major Old Testament Prophets – Making Sense of Them We have now reviewed in some detail the major Old Testament Prophets: Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel, the ostensibly minor prophet Jonah, and [more…]

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Elisha – Picking up the Baton

3rd November 2019 1642again 0

We have finally got to the subject of the Elisha in my series of the prophets of the Old Testament, who I had meant to cover after addressing Elijah, but then got distracted by Isaiah, [more…]

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Isaiah Part 2 – Prophecies of the Christ

28th October 2018 1642again 0

This is the second half, well final third perhaps, of the previous article about Isaiah published a few weeks ago and in this autumnal season as we start looking forward to Advent and then Christmas, [more…]

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Elijah – the Great Prophet who Failed

24th June 2018 1642again 0

This article was originally going to be about Daniel (a GPer request) or Isaiah (for reasons which will become apparent when I prepare an article on him).  Daniel will need to be a two parter [more…]

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