What Does Sovereign Mean ? I was asked by someone what sovereign means, and I had to pause a minute and think about how I would define the word. And my first thought was “self-governing” or “self-ruling”. I remembered the term “sovereign state” and I thought of a state that is self-governing, and under no one else’s control. And I thought of a king’s sovereignty, as…
Does The Bible Say That Sunday Is The Lord’s Day ? In the latest edition of the Gospel Minutes newspaper, a question was submitted by someone, concerning Christians calling Sunday, “the Lord’s day”. They said that in the scriptures, they couldn’t find anything to verify that Sunday was called “the Lord’s day”. And I thought that Clem Thurman gave a good answer, so I’d like…
The Scepter of the Kingdom of God Consider if you would, the words of Hebrews 1, verse 8; “..And the scepter of righteousness, is the scepter of Thy kingdom.” A scepter is basically a rod, or a staff; However a scepter is almost always an ornamented staff, or a decorated staff, that a king or an emperor would carry in his hands, especially on ceremonial occasions. …