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In his commencement address at Yale University on June 11, 1962, President John F. Kennedy gave the graduating students this to think about: “The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived and dishonest – … Continue reading →

Last week, here in the United, we celebrated Veterans Day. The people watching or attending many of these memorials, no doubt heard the lone bugler play a haunting tune on his trumpet that has become known as “Taps.” It’s the … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Part XVII Verse 56: But all these things have happened to show the full meaning of what the prophets wrote. Meanwhile, all of Jesus’ followers ran … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Part XVI Verses 50b-51: Then the men went forward and grabbed Jesus and arrested Him. When that happened, one of Jesus’ disciples grabbed his dagger and … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Part XV Verse 47: While Jesus was still speaking, Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles arrived. He had a big crowd of people with him, … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Part XIV Verses 43-44: Then He went back to His followers. Again He found them sleeping. They could not stay awake. So He left them and … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Part XIII Early church leader Leo the Great gives us an interesting insight into what he feels our Lord’s prayer here is trying to communicate, not … Continue reading →

John Keats (1795-1821), an English poet, was focusing on two scenes painted on a Sosibios vase, and penned these lines at the end his ode to that urn: “When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst … Continue reading →

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? Before the recent presidential election, the leader of ISIS put out the word for their savages to kill Americans all around the world, in any country. This is not new, it has happened before. In fact, … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Part XII We also find some interesting information in Jewish literature on the subject of the rooster crowing. In the Jewish Mishnah, we are told that … Continue reading →