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J. Foster Crane

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In chatters 1-4 of i Corinthians the apostle Paul rebukes the believer for their unspiritual attitude of rivalry in their preferences for popular leaders, resulting in division and d ...

J. Foster Crane

1989 Volume 40 Issue 3

Exposition

‘Concerning Things of the Spirit’, 1 Cor. 12-14

CHAPTERS 12-14 OF 1 CORINTHIANS continue Paul’s instruction to the believers at Corinth regarding the nature and order of their church meetings ‘when they came together’, 14. 2 ...

J. Foster Crane

1994 Volume 45 Issue 3

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A Word for Today

‘Let Us Go On’, Heb. 6. 1

The writer or ‘Hebrews’ was himself a Hebrew Christian. He shows a deep concern for the spiritual welfare of the people of his own race, hence it is very necessary in reading the ...

J. Foster Crane

1994 Volume 45 Issue 2

Exposition

‘Overseership’ and ‘The Ministry’

Fellowship, unity and harmony in a local assembly of Christians are very precious things, but not things that come naturally or easily for, in spite of our oneness in Christ, we all ...

J. Foster Crane

1988 Volume 39 Issue 2

Exposition

Accountability

‘We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ … everyone of uswill give account of himself to God’, Rom. 14.10-12; 2 Cor. 5. 10. THE ISRAEL ...

J. Foster Crane

1991 Volume 42 Issue 1

Exposition

I Love My Master

‘Be Your MASTER! Make your own decisions! Do your own thing! Don’t be the slave of another!’ Ever since Adam sinned in the garden of Eden men have wanted liberty to rule their ...

J. Foster Crane

1988 Volume 39 Issue 4

Exposition

Keeping the Ordinances

Chapters eleven to fourteen of I Corinthians cover the third basic problem that was affecting the local assembly at Corinth, i.e. the manner of their behaviour at their public ch ...

J. Foster Crane

1989 Volume 40 Issue 6

Exposition

One God – The Father

"To us there is but one God – the Father”, 1 Cor. 6. It is a comparatively easy matter to take our Bibles and read about the Person and work of Christ, the ...

J. Foster Crane

1994 Volume 45 Issue 4

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Pentecost

In OLD testament times God commanded all Hebrew males (acting on behalf of their wives and families) to meet Him at the appointed place, i.e. at the tabernacle or finally the temple ...

J. Foster Crane

1988 Volume 39 Issue 5

Exposition

Slaves, Servants or Sons?

In his letter to the Christians at Rome, Paul looks back over the 4000 years of Old Testament times, showing the lost and sinful condition of Gentiles (nations as a whole) and Jews ...

J. Foster Crane

Study

The Blood

‘The life of the flesh is in the blood’, Lev. 17. 11. Some time ago I had the interesting experience of having to lie in a hospital bed for a couple of days ...

J. Foster Crane

1993 Volume 44 Issue 1

Study

The Gospel Triumphant

READING THROUGH FIRST CORINTHIANS we are inclined to belittle the believersat Corinth for their carnal and self-loving ways: but the first epistle does notcontain the whole story, becau ...

J. Foster Crane

1990 Volume 41 Issue 5

Exposition

The More Excellent Way

UPON His RETURN TO HEAVEN as the victorious King, the Lord Jesus gave gifts (charisma) and ministrations (diakonia) by the Holy Spirit to members of His body on ear ...

J. Foster Crane

1988 Volume 39 Issue 6

Exposition

The Most High God

Among the many names and titles used to describe God in the Bible is the term ‘the Most High’ God – used some 34 times. It is used first by Melchisedeck and Abraham both of w ...

J. Foster Crane

1992 Volume 43 Issue 4

Study

The Passover and the Supper

"This day shall be unto you for a memorial”, Ex. 12. 14. “This do in remembrance of me”, 1 Cor. 11. 24, 25. The annual observance of the Passover was comm ...

J. Foster Crane

1988 Volume 39 Issue 1

Exposition

They Shall be One

‘They two shall be one flesh’, Eph. 5.31. ‘There is one body’, Eph. 4. 4. When God brought Adam and Eve together in the garden He said, ‘they shall be ...

J. Foster Crane

1988 Volume 39 Issue 3

Exposition

Under Authority

Tiif. Roman soldler who said ‘I am a man under authority’, Matt. 8. 9, enjoyed his freedom as an officer only because he himself was subject to an authority higher than himself. ...

J. Foster Crane

1989 Volume 40 Issue 1

Exposition

Walking as Men

Tut; Christians at Corinth ought to have been a thriving, model congregation of believers; they had been called by Cod, sanctified in Christ, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, blessed with ...

J. Foster Crane

1989 Volume 40 Issue 2

Exposition

Book Reviews by this Author

20 Reasons Why I Neither Seek Nor Desire the Present Day Gift of ‘Tongues’

19 pages. Obtainable from the author, 42 Huia Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland. N.Z. Within the compass of t ...

J. Foster Crane

1988 Volume 39 Issue 1

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