The Peril of Spiritualizing Scripture

John Ecob  WHEN WE READ a book we endeavour  to understand what the author intended  by the words he uses and the manner  in which he expresses them. In this way we learn the message the author  sought to convey. Words are the  vehicles for thoughts just as numbers ...

What Happened at Calvary?

John Ecob  “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left” (Luke 23:33).  The last supper finished and Jesus took His disciples across the brook Kidron to...

Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy

John Ecob  WHEN AN AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN  coined the phrase, Life wasn’t meant  to be easy, I suspect David stood up in  heaven and shouted, Amen and Amen!  David would hold the most exalted place  next to the Lord Jesus among all the Old  Testament saints. His name...

The Theme of Isaiah’s Prophecy

John Ecob ISAIAH PROPHESIED in the reigns of  Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah,  kings of Judah.  Chapters 1 to 6 were written during the  period when Uzziah and Jotham jointly  reigned. Uzziah was a leper during the  closing years of his reign and his son  Jotham...

Sennacherib Should Have Known!

John Ecob WHEN SENNACHERIB THE KING OF ASSYRIA came against Jerusalem he boasted  that the Lord God of Israel could not deliver the city from his army. He listed many  cities he had already conquered and said that their gods had not been able to  deliver them so what...

The Family of God

THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE between  believers in the Old Testament and  believers in the New Testament. Both  are called “saints” but Old Testament  saints were saved under the Old  Covenant that God made with Israel  on Mount Sinai. New Testament saints  are saved...