and Madagascar – April 2016 On the 15th of April, 2016 — the week before Passover — I took a quick hop from London Gatwick (about 15 minutes from our home) down to Amsterdam where I stayed the night at an inexpensive Ibis Budget Hotel in preparation for a day flight the next day on…

Hopefully we’ve all had an uplifting and deeply meaningful Passover and Night To Be Much Observed. We fully understand through these annual reminders that we have been set on a new course away from the Egypt of our past. What a blessing! If Christ had not done for each of us what He did, the…

Passover was initiated by God before the covenant at Mt. Sinai was ratified. Passover was not instituted by that covenant nor was it a part of the sacrifices instituted after the covenant was made. Those sacrifices ceased to be necessary at Christ’s death. The Passover, however, was to continue as a memorial by an everlasting…

Sabbath marks the beginning of the first month of the year in God’s calendar – “This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you” (Exodus 12:2). This means it is time to begin to earnestly focus on specific aspects of what it means to be…

ng a difference outside the Church means first making a difference inside the Church. One follows the other. If we function in our daily lives—with the same mind—as everyone else, then we have nothing to offer the world. God had presented mankind with a choice: the way of the Spirit and the way of the…

week our attention has undoubtedly been drawn to events in Europe and to Brussels in particular. The faces of those who were close to the blasts and survived are penetrating pictures of human suffering, shock and disbelief. As the world registered what had taken place, the over-riding sentiment has been – why? Senseless acts of…

unication is an important aspect of our lives. We communicate with God and with each other. We don’t live in a vacuum and our relationships require communication in order to build understanding, trust and love of neighbor. We all recognize this importance in marriage and our families where effective communication involves the ability to convey…

week the American vice-president once again attempted to reignite the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. His offer to the Palestinians of a settlement freeze and a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem in exchange for Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state was rejected. President Obama has made it clear that he would…

revealed to Daniel the meaning of the image that Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar had seen in a dream. It became clear that the king was ruler over the greatest of all four revealed kingdoms. The head of gold represented Nebuchadnezzar ruling over a kingdom of power, strength and glory. This knowledge impressed the king enormously but…

biblical statements are quite familiar to us since we have read or heard them many times over the years. But do we ever pause to ask ourselves – have I really embraced what this statement means? Familiarity is said to breed contempt. It is true that we can lose respect by devaluing the importance of…

time to time events cause us to deeply consider the reality of our own mortality. One of those times inevitably is when we experience the death of someone close to us. This is particularly true in a situation that involves a devastating disease such as cancer. Experiencing the process causes us to be very realistic…

src=”https://thefatherscall.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Thessalonica.gif” alt=”Thessalonica” align=”right” hspace=”5″ />Thessalonica was a commercially important city in Greece. It was named after the step-sister of Alexander the Great. It was a free city ruled by a council of its own citizens—a perk they received by being on the winning side during the Roman civil wars. Many religions were represented there in…

Today there is a lot of talk about “going green.” Ideally it means that we pollute the environment less — the goal being, taking better care of our air, water, soil and natural resources. Less than ideal is the fact that the concept is more of a political football than anything else. But the term…