You will have noticed that it probably over a month since I have written a blog. The main reason being we have been away on holiday, on a lovely cruise around New Zealand, which also gave us the opportunity to spend a few days with family in Sydney. We are now home after a refreshing, and relaxing time. We went ashore most times the ship […]
The birth of this BlogSpot over a year ago now, was as a result of health and mobility problems. These have sure not gone away, and I believe I have written recently to say that in a limited way I want to seek to do some overseas ministry this year, the first being in Indonesia with some 350+ students for a week of teaching, and […]
We now come to the very last defect listed in Lev. 21: 18-20. Again many different words are used to translate this defect, I list them for you. Broken stones (KJV), a eunuch (NKJV), damaged testicles (NLT & AMP & MESSAGE) Why God lists this as a defect I sure don’t know, you would think it would be a very uncommon occurrence amongst the priests. In simple […]
We now come to the second last defect in Lev. 21.20. So many different words are used for this defect in the various translations, I list them for your interest : Scurvy Scabbed Eczema Running sores Itch Skin trouble Most of the physical defects fall into a couple of categories, let us have a look at them. Scurvy, this was a common disease contracted by […]
I actually preached on the spiritual signs of aging last Sunday. The majority of our morning congregation is well over 60, many in their 70’s and even 80’s. In some ways it was a fun sermon, in that we can all relate to the physical signs of aging, but may be blind or indifferent to the spiritual signs of aging. A very dear brother said […]