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Future of the Church

The Church and Prophecy In considering Daniel’s seventy weeks prophecy it was observed that within the time frame noted by Gabriel to Daniel, in which God wou ...

Ian Jackson

2011 Volume 66 Issue 3

Exposition

Lockdown Lessons

During our enforced sabbatical, my wife and I have been taking long walks in beautiful East Sussex. The heaths and woodlands of the Ashdown Forest, the verda ...

Ian Jackson

2020 Volume 75 Issue 4

Contemporary Issues

Marriage is God’s Ideal

(God’s original purposes in marriage and a guide as to how to find a partner for life) I was sitting in a coffee shop some time ago and could ...

Ian Jackson

2007 Volume 62 Issue 3

Exposition

Redemption

It is important to distinguish not only the various aspects of the work of Calvary but also their effects, so as to avoid confusion of thought and doctrine. When the Holy Spirit sp ...

Ian Jackson

2016 Volume 71 Issue 4

Devotional

Regaining the Gospel Offensive

The apostle Paul saw clearly that it was both a privilege and a responsibility to make Christ known. He uses three expressions in Romans chapter 1 that demonstrate his attitu ...

Ian Jackson

2003 Volume 58 Issue 1

Exposition

Regeneration

The word: its meaning and usage The word ‘regeneration’ occurs twice in the Bible, in Matthew chapter 19 verse 28, and Titus chapter 3 verse 5. It is somewhat surprising ...

Ian Jackson

2018 Volume 73 Issue 3

Exposition

Substitution

Definition Although the word ‘substitution’ is not one that appears in holy scripture, the truth of it is often found. One of the first things that the believer apprecia ...

Ian Jackson

2017 Volume 72 Issue 1

Exposition

The Gospel of the Kingdom and the Everlasting Gospel

One of the most glorious themes of scripture is that our Lord Jesus Christ, once rejected and disowned, will reign on earth in power and glory in a kingdom which has no end, in whic ...

Ian Jackson

2016 Volume 71 Issue 4

Exposition

The Gospel Preached by John the Baptist

Preaching in the barren wilderness of Judea, away from the usual places where people were found, dressed in uncommon clothing of camel’s hair, with a leather girdle about his loi ...

Ian Jackson

2015 Volume 70 Issue 3

Exposition

The Gospel Preached by the Apostles

On three separate occasions the apostle Paul referred to ‘my gospel’, Rom. 2. 16; 16. 25; 2 Tim. 2. 8. This does not, of course, mean that what he preached was different ...

Ian Jackson

2016 Volume 71 Issue 3

Devotional

The Gospel Preached by the Lord Jesus

The purpose of His coming What glorious announcements surrounded the coming into the world of the Saviour! To Mary, Gabriel indicated that His name would be called Jesus, ...

Ian Jackson

The Gospel Preached by the Lord Jesus

2016 Volume 71 Issue 2

Devotional

The Gospel Preached by the Lord Jesus

There are five major discourses of the Lord Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel, each concluding with a statement indicating that He had finished what He had been saying and was now moving o ...

Ian Jackson

The Gospel Preached by the Lord Jesus

2016 Volume 71 Issue 1

Exposition

The Sovereignty of God in Salvation

Salvation originates with God It is amazing to think that each individual believer’s salvation can be traced to ‘before the foundation of the world’, Eph. 1. 4. This ...

Ian Jackson

2014 Volume 69 Issue 2

Devotional

What does the Bible tell us about the future? – Part 6 – ‘The Church and the Millennium’

The Millennium The millennium, the one thousand year period of Christ’s manifested reign, is described in the New Testament as: ’the rege ...

Ian Jackson

What Does the Bible Tell Us About the Future?

2020 Volume 75 Issue 1

A Word for Today

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