So I decided to investigate--was Korah who led the ruinous rebellion of Numbers 16 the same Korah whose sons wrote pious and beautiful psalms, recorded forever in the Word of God? Let's make for ourselves a sketch of this rebel Levite in Numbers 16 to begin. First of all, the episode we have cited, and which…
Redeemed!
Sweet is the song I am singing today--I'm redeemed, I'm redeemed! Trouble and sorrow have vanished away; I have been redeemed. Great is my joy now as onward I go--I'm redeemed, I'm redeemed! All the way homeward my praises shall flow; I have been redeemed. Precious indeed is my Savior to me--I'm redeemed, I'm redeemed!…
Korah, and his sons (pt 3)
Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam's error; they have been destroyed in Korah's rebellion. Jude 11 As I mentioned in the last post, Jude's reference to Korah piqued my curiosity and made me want to more deeply study this man. So I turned to…
Korah, and his sons (pt 2)
Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites--Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth--became insolent and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council. They came as a group to oppose…
Korah, and his sons (pt 1)
Can you call to mind a time when a bit of written word "came alive" as you read? Transfigured before you, it stands upright, meets your gaze, and goes in such a way that you feel you must follow. (Man, a creative creature, can find this power; he can exploit words whither he imagines. Are…
On Covering the Head in Worship: 1 Cor 11:2-16, pt 21
If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice--nor do the churches of God. We come now to the fourth and final of Paul's main 'arguments' for the principle of headship and its corresponding symbolic practice--covering (or not covering) the head in worship. In one sense this final 'argument' is not…
On Covering the Head in Worship: 1 Cor 11:2-16, pt 20
Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is…
On Covering the Head in Worship: 1 Cor 11:2-16, pt 19
Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is…
Zion, the perfection of beauty (pt 2)
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope--the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,…
On Covering the Head in Worship: 1 Cor 11:2-16, pt 18
"Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is…
Before the Silver Cord is Severed 