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The two letters addressed to Timothy were unquestionably written to a young man, for it says in 1 Timothy 4. 12, “Let no man despise thy youth”, that is, his youthfulness. They c ...

Denis Clapham

1986 Volume 37 Issue 4

Young People’s and Bible Students’ Section

Bethany: Luke 24. 50

He, who to begin with came to Bethlehem, did not in the end go back there, for we read, “And he led them out as far as to Bethany”. At Bethlehem, there had been “no ro ...

Denis Clapham

1986 Volume 37 Issue 6

Exposition

Church Government

Today we witness many kinds of government both in the world and in the church. All are marked by varying degrees of righteousness and repression. We do well therefore to reconsider t ...

Denis Clapham

1987 Volume 38 Issue 4

Exposition

Golden Jubile Issue

The beginning of the work The first issue in September 1945 came out soon after the end of the last World War: a war which had a crippling effe ...

Denis Clapham

1995 Volume 50 Issue 5

History

How Shall They Hear

The apostle Paul was appointed by Christ Himself ‘a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles’, 2 Tim. 1. 11. He was commissioned and sent as one who was fully awar ...

Denis Clapham

1997 Volume 52 Issue 5

Devotional

Leadership – Eldership

In every matter which involves the saints and their responsible conduct in relation to the things of God, we will find our blessed Lord Himself to be the perfect model of it. This is ...

Denis Clapham

1996 Volume 51 Issue 5

Devotional

Notes on Romans 3

Part 1: w. 1-20 Ingeneral, the Apostle’s argument that all the world is under the judgement of God is here c ...

Denis Clapham

1987 Volume 38 Issue 6

Exposition

Paul – Persecutor, Preacher, Prisoner

In the Scriptures, we read of the Apostle to the Gentiles both as a young man and as ‘Paul the aged’, and between these two points is stretched what may surely be called ‘the life of unparall ...

Denis Clapham

Key Men in sacred history

1963 Volume 14 Issue 4

Exposition

Paul’s Two Complementary Ministries Contrasted

Paul was made a minister of the Gospel, Col. 1. 23, and also a minister of the church, 1. 24-25. Both ministries are alluded to in Romans 16. 25-27, “Now to him that is of power to ...

Denis Clapham

1986 Volume 37 Issue 3

Exposition

Points of Comparison and Contrast Between 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18 and 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11

1 Thessalonians 4. 13-18 1.Believers addressed as brethren, v. 13. 2.The apostle would not have them, not to ...

Denis Clapham

1985 Volume 36 Issue 3

Exposition

Stephen

Minister – Messenger – MartyrActs 6. 1 to 8. 3 by D. Clapham, Birmingham‘And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.’ These are the pathet ...

Denis Clapham

Key Men in sacred history

1963 Volume 14 Issue 3

Exposition

The Arrest and Trial of the Lord Jesus

1. Events Leading to the Arrest. Hostility to the Lord Jesus from Jewry, particularly from the rulers, see 1 Cor. 2. 8. They (a) persecuted Him and ...

Denis Clapham

1987 Volume 38 Issue 3

Exposition

The Meat Offering, Leviticus 2. 1-16; 6.14-18; 7. 9,10

This offering which is the most common of all the bloodless offerings mentioned in the Scriptures is called in Hebrew minchah, meaning ‘a gift’. The Authorised Version t ...

Denis Clapham

1988 Volume 39 Issue 3

Exposition

The Parables in their Setting – Part 1

In this series of short papers we shall review some of the Lord’s parables which have been preserved for us in the divinely inspired Gospel records, and make it our aim to trace th ...

Denis Clapham

The Parables in their Setting

1972 Volume 23 Issue 4

Exposition

The Parables in their Setting – Part 2

The reasons given for the King’s speaking in parables are supplied by the inspired apostle himself, and they are seen to be connected with the series of parables which was spoken b ...

Denis Clapham

The Parables in their Setting

1972 Volume 23 Issue 5

Exposition

The Parables in their Setting – Part 3

Before considering in detail the eight parables recorded in Matthew 13 it will be necessary to think about certain general matters affecting them all The opening words of the chapter ...

Denis Clapham

The Parables in their Setting

1972 Volume 23 Issue 6

Exposition

The Parables in their Setting – Part 4

The analysis of Matthew 13 given in the last paper showed that the eight parables were divided into two groups of four. The first four (1 followed by 3 grouped) were spoken to the mu ...

Denis Clapham

The Parables in their Setting

1973 Volume 24 Issue 3

Exposition

The Parables in their Setting – Part 5

In those days on earth when the kingdom of heaven drew near, there were experts in the study of the law of Moses who formed schools, and taught their pupils orally. Their laudable ai ...

Denis Clapham

The Parables in their Setting

1973 Volume 24 Issue 4

Exposition

The Parables in their Setting – Part 6

The first of the next group of four parables to be considered was spoken by the King to His disciples to illustrate the saying of the kingdom, “But many that are first shall be las ...

Denis Clapham

The Parables in their Setting

1973 Volume 24 Issue 5

Exposition

True Shepherds, 1 Timothy 3. 1-7

"Bishop” and “elder’ are descriptions of the same person. The term “elder’ indicates mature spiritual experience and understanding; “bishop” or “overseer’ indicates ...

Denis Clapham

1987 Volume 38 Issue 2

Exposition

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