The courtyard, or court, of homes and other buildings in the East could be laid out in several ways. We can find much information about the various types of courtyards in books on manners and customs. In Manners and Customs of the Bible, James M. Freeman explains that the court of an Eastern house is… Continue Reading
When I was a contractor doing remodeling work, I had some very different projects to accomplish. Most of the jobs I contracted to do progressed very smoothly and were completed as planned. But there were other jobs that proved to be more difficult than I had imagined. These jobs required more time, focus, and above… Continue Reading
Prayer is powerful! This is a statement I could not have proclaimed before I was taught the accuracy of God’s Word by our Biblical research, teaching, and fellowship ministry of The Way. Since being taught how to pray effectively, I can state with all confidence that there is power in prayer! One of the many… Continue Reading
When I was in my midtwenties, I participated in the Foundational Class The Way Ministry offered at the time. Throughout the teachings the Scriptures unveiled the way God sees me as His child and the vision He has for my life. I soon discovered that God had a much higher opinion of me than I… Continue Reading
Manners and customs can help us understand the use of the palm branches in the Scripture, as well as the garments spread, or strawed, in the way. John 12:12 and 13: On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of… Continue Reading
When Jesus Christ told his followers, in John 13, to love one another as he had loved them, he was introducing them to a new kind of love. Soon they were going to be able to love one another in a way never before possible. This love was not natural love, or brotherly love. It… Continue Reading
How important is undershepherding? Without it, my understanding of God’s Word would not be where it is today. My sister began to undershepherd me in my teenage years, when I was convinced that I belonged to the one and only true religion. I had grown up going to church every Sunday, had taken religion classes… Continue Reading
Throughout his earthly ministry, Jesus Christ always demonstrated God’s love and care for others. He preached and ministered to crowds, but the real essence of his life was in reaching individuals with God’s Word and God’s love. Every minute he spent on earth was valuable, and yet we see throughout his earthly ministry that he… Continue Reading
In early Old Testament times, a place of great importance in a city was its city gates. The Mosaic law recognized the city gates as the place of justice—the place for judicial proceedings. Deuteronomy 16:18: Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy… Continue Reading
God sheds His love abroad in the heart of each individual who gets born again and becomes His child. Our response to His great love is to renew our minds to His Word and manifest His love in the world. In studying I Corinthians 13:4-6, we have looked at what characterizes God’s love. We’ve learned… Continue Reading