Notes on the Pentateuch—No. 4 (The Book of Numbers)

Visits: 25[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             The Old Testament book of Numbers is named after the four important censuses of the Israelites which it records. It could also appropriately be called “The Book of Wanderings” since…

Things Which Make for Peace

Visits: 36[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.]             In Romans 14:19, Paul exhorts:  “So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.” Every local church needs these…

Murmurers, Beware!

Visits: 14[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Paul warned, “Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer” (1 Cor. 10:10). Again, he ordered, “Do, all things without murmurings and questionings” (Phi. 2:14)….

Israel’s Earliest Wilderness Experiences—Exodus 15:1–18:27

Visits: 14[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction This section of the book of Exodus covers the initial period of Israel’s trek through the wilderness. The faithlessness and fickleness that would characterize the Hebrews through their 40 years of…