Articles by Lynn H. Wood
Fire on the Sabbath
June 1937
How are we to meet the argument raised against the injunction in Exodus 35:3: "Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath day"? Some say that snow falls frequently in Palestine and in the section near…
The Paramount Lesson of Israel—No. 1
August 1938
We are living in a machine age which is so filled with the whirlwinds of conflicting philosophies that all sense of serenity is lost. Amid all the confusion and evil in which we find ourselves, concerning which there…
Archeology's Contribution to Faith—No. 2
February 1938
The advisability of using tree rings as found in the charred portions of beams in archeological ruins is at present beginning to be discussed; and even beads, which are now being studied at the Field Museum in…
The Acts of Pilate
January 1939
Can the Acts of Pilate, as published in "The Political and Legal History of the Trial of Jesus" (William Overton Clough, Indianapolis, 1895), be accepted as authentic?
The book cited is one first copyrighted in 1883, and…
The Bible and Archeology—No. I
April 1940
The witness of archeology to the verity of the Genesis account of Primitive man, his early beliefs, his fall, etc., is destined to play an increasingly important part in disproving the hasty Postulates of…
Dangers in Life's Noontide
February 1940
As the grass of the field is nourished by the gentle dews of the night, flourishes in the dawning light of a new day, and endures the blazing heat of the noontide, only to be cut down in the evening, so a man's…
The Bible and Archeology—No. 3
June 1940
The Bible and Archeology—No. 2
May 1940
If we can think of those primitive philosophies of life in the Near East that have been preserved for us in the various clay tablet records found in recently excavated mounds, not as mythological in their nature—that…
Rekindlers of Light and Hope
December 1942
Text: "I put thee in remembrance That thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee." 2 Tim. I :6.
You, Class of 1942, have a gift, a professional gift, obtained through the opening providences…
Christ's Use of Psalm 117
June 1943
Christ's Time and Ours
September 1946
The comments concerning the conditions faced by the Mediterranean world at the beginning of the Christian Era, made by W. S. Ferguson, professor of ancient history at Harvard, in the first chapter of volume 7 of Cambridge Ancient History,…
Has Noah's Ark Been Found?
May 1946
Some time ago we asked Dr. Wood to investigate the facts concerning the alleged discovery of Noah's ark. Careful checking on the various points mentioned in this article was made by calls on authorities at…
Feature: A Personal Examination and Meditation Feelings of Inferiority "Therewith to Be Content"
May 1953
Paul admonished, the Corinthian church members to examine them selves whether they be in the faith. (2 Cor. 13:5.) And David cried out, "Examine ,me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart." Ps. 26:2. It would be well if quite often,…
PULPIT: The Gift of God's Grace
November 1952
Paul says he was called through the grace of God to reveal Christ among the Gentiles. (Gal. 1:15, 16.) Many well-known definitions of grace come to mind readily, all of which express an attitude of God toward man. But may not Paul have…
The Great Pyramid and Its Message
September 1936
Is there any connection between the theories concerning the Khufu (Cheops) pyramid in Egypt and the statement made in Isaiah 19: 19, 20?
The mystic philosophy concerning the Khufu pyramid…
Paramount Lesson of Israel--No.2
September 1938
Israel's policies became changed, and a monarchy was organized, that they might pattern after their neighbors. Soon they disagreed among themselves, and the kingdom was rent in twain. Civil war ensued. Pride,…
Nebuchadnezzar's Siege of Tyre
June 1941
Not infrequently our workers are called upon to meet the challenge sometimes hurled by skeptics that history does not say that Nebuchadnezzar took Tyre ; that he besieged it for thirteen years, but failed to…
Practical Talents in Mission Service
November 1938
Sitting astride father's big threshing machine, at the age of ten, studying a steam engineer's manual, I never dreamed that the things I was learning then would be of utmost value to me years later in a mission field. Through the years,…