When the New Testament speaks of a Second Coming of Christ in the future, what it is doing is to apply this theme of judgment and love not just to the lives of some people but to the world as a whole. At some time in the future, it suggests, things are going to get…

Editor’s Note: When Baby George’s first name was announced, I couldn’t help by think of one of the great kings of Britain, King George VI. His wartime words were deeply inspiring, like his call to prayer at the time of D-Day.  He knew his identity as an Israelite and his words reflected his knowledge of…

Our Australian friend, Max, reminds us once again how people from England first arrived at Sydney Cove, New South Wales on January 26th, 1788. Over a century later, this proud nation adopted their national flag, which has guided them through peace, war, challenge and prosperity. Their’s has been a blessed Israel nation and I think…

You have probably noticed that our “health” correspondent, Rick Coupland, hasn’t an article this month. Regrettably, he is tied up in other matters but in his place, we are re-publishing a 2007 article by Rob MacDormand. Speaking of Rob, he offered some good Christian advice to Lottery Ticket enthusiasts. He wrote, “One day I was…

Here we are, the last month in the year 2013. It will not go down in history as an earthshattering year, although there were scandals in America, also a government shutdown and the great controversy over Obamacare. Whistleblower Snowden revelations seem to have created the greatest urgency. In Canada, there is the ongoing Senate controversy…

Question: Dear Brooks, Who were the Khazars? Are they from Judah? Editor: An often asked question and is significant considering that the descendants of the Khazars (or Chazars) are said to make up over eighty percent of modern Jewry. Here’s what The Jewish Encyclopedia has to say. The Jewish Encyclopedia – CHAZARS: a PEOPLE OF…

Just what is CHRISTMAS? What is its origin? And what is its meaning for today? If these questions seem trivial, consider them in connection with the results of a word-suggestion test which a college professor gave to twenty members of a psychology class. Among the words used in the test was “Christmas”; as this word…

On the evening of October 5th, 2013, Tom Mitchell joined all those others who sleep in the grave waiting for the blessed return of the Lord Jesus Christ. God had rescued Tom, after ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, had ravaged his body for more than two years. Sometimes God touches a person…

A Message from the President, your Editors and all your friends here at The Association of the Covenant People Cesare Pavese once wrote, “We do not remember days, we remember moments.” And here we are in the enchanting Christmas season once again, when the passing moments seem just a little more special. Whether it is…