“A chiasm (also called a chiasmus) is a literary device in which a sequence of ideas is presented and then repeated in reverse order. The result is a “mirror” effect as the ideas are “reflected” back in a passage. Each idea is connected to its “reflection” by a repeated word, often in a related form. The term chiasm comes from the Greek letter chi, which looks like our letter X. Chiastic pattern is also called “ring structure.” The...

Jedediah Morse quotes: …In an “Election Sermon” given at Charleston, Massachusetts, April 25, 1799, Jedediah Morse stated: “To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys.” — “In proportion as the genuine effects of Christianity are diminished in any nation, either through unbelief, or the corruption of its...

“As regards the conception of the kingdom of heaven in theology, this has been powerfully subjected to all kinds of influences and viewpoints during the various periods and trends of theological thought. In Roman Catholic theology a distinctive feature is the identification of the kingdom of God and the church in the earthly dispensation, an identification which is principally due to Augustine’s influence. Through the ecclesiastical...

Daniel 4:20-24 “20 The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth, 21 whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens lived- 22 it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven,...

“Persecution of Christians around the world is at an historic and all-time high. While there is great cause for concern for their plight, one thing we can be quite confident of is that the Christian religion will live on. Christianity has outlived every tyrannical regime, stretching from the Roman Empire, to the Soviet Union. It will also outlive the murderous Islamic regime of Sudan, and the totalitarian Communist tyranny of China....