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“We”

The Lord’s use of the pronoun “I” in the Gospel by John has been the subject of many a profitable study. His use of the plural “We” is also deeply significant an ...

James M. S. Tait

1952 Volume 5 Issue 3

Devotional

A Thought on Jude 11

Cain, Balaam and Korah would fain have taken the place of worshippers and servants of God; but Cain acted in self-will, Balaam sought self-enrichment, Korah’s object was self-exa ...

James M. S. Tait

1953 Volume 5 Issue 6

Study

Behaviour in a Crisis

"Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.” This statement occurs twice in the Scriptures– in Isaiah 53. 4 and in Matt. 8. 17. An examination of the two passages w ...

James M. S. Tait

1951 Volume 4 Issue 1

Juniors’ and Seniors’ Pages

Forethought

How far are we justified in planning ahead ? Worrying about tomorrow is forbidden (Matt. 6. 34) ; so is boasting of tomorrow (James 4. 13) ; but the exercise of prudent forethought to meet continge ...

James M. S. Tait

1957 Volume 8 Issue 7

Exposition

Goodness and Severity

Our readers will recollect that the Epistle to the Romans falls into three clearly-defined sections - Chaps. 1 to 8, the Doctrinal section; Chaps. 9 to 11, the Dispensational secti ...

James M. S. Tait

1950 Volume 3 Issue 3

Exposition

Let This Mind Be In You

Nothing that life does to a man is as important as that which he does with himself. It will therefore be for our profit to consider what our Lord was tempted to do with Himself, an ...

James M. S. Tait

1968 Volume 19 Issue 2

Study

Measuring Lines

“With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again’. This proverb seems to have been often on the lips of the Lord Jesus, and is recorded in each of the three ...

James M. S. Tait

1968 Volume 19 Issue 6

Exposition

Shepherds and Others

The Lord, in His parabolic discourse in John 10, makes mention of five different types of men who have had to do with His flock. 1. The Stranger (v. 5). Here ...

James M. S. Tait

1950 Volume 3 Issue 6

Exposition

The Basket of Firstfruits

The vessels of Scripture make an interesting study. Mary’s “alabaster box," so carefully kept (John 12. 7), yet “broken" with such holy abandon (Mark 14. 3); the “cup" in whi ...

James M. S. Tait

1951 Volume 4 Issue 3

Exposition

The Heart-Knower

Twice in the Acts of the Apostles this unusual compound word is applied to God. In chapter 1. 24, the disciples acknowledge that the “heart-knowing” Lord is ...

James M. S. Tait

1972 Volume 23 Issue 4

Exposition

The Two Prayers

Father … make me,Luke 15. 19. ‘Give me,’ he prayed, the foolish, wilful boy. He thought that but to h ...

James M. S. Tait

2006 Volume 61 Issue 3

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