Category: Current Writers

Others look to China for the missing Israelites as well. The Scofield Bible says, “Sinim: The word is supposed to refer to a people of the Far East, perhaps the Chinese.” The Preachers Commentary concurs: “Sinim (a name often given to China, which represented the end of the earth).”

The year 2020 has certainly been a year of upheaval and change. All of the foundations of our society have been shaken and the future seems uncertain. I have heard many people say that things will never be the same as they were before.

Back in July 2016, at Buxton, England, Michael Clark, speaking at the BIWF convention commented on the then candidate for the US Presidential election, Donald Trump. Indicating that he felt Mr. Trump might well win, he then said – perhaps tongue in cheek – and will this be the last Trump?

‘Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have served you well throughout your years. These hands, through wrinkled, shriveled and weak have been the tools I have used all my life to reach out and grab and embrace life.

In these dark and evil days, let us draw ever closer to our Heavenly Father. Let each of us learn to be still before Him, and in that blessed quietness be reminded that He is God, that He is in control and that He is working all of this together for good to those who love Him, and who are the called according to His purpose. This too shall pass.

Well, as the story goes, good old Dick was often heard to reminisce about a car that he used to own years back and how he wished that he still had that car, but alas it was not possible. Now, one day old Dick’s son, Jesse, was driving through the country and lo and behold, there in a farmer’s field, amongst the grass and the weeds, Jesse found an old rusted and dented car.