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A Greater than Abraham

The question is posed, ‘Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead?’ John 8. 53. Unequivocally, Luke states of Christ, ‘He shall be great’. He is our great Hig ...

John Griffiths

2014 Volume 69 Issue 1

Devotional

A Greater than Jacob

The life of Jacob reads like a history of the nation of Israel. He spans more of Genesis than any other individual. Despite our perception of Jacob’s character, God appeared to Jac ...

John Griffiths

2016 Volume 71 Issue 2

Devotional

A Greater than Jonah

As we said in the preceding article, the correlation between Jonah and Jesus Christ is seen both by way of comparison and contrast. That Christ is greater than Jonah may be seen a ...

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A Greater than Jonah

2015 Volume 70 Issue 1

Devotional

A Greater than Jonah – Part 1

When King Ahaz of Judah was offered a sign by the Lord, he rejected it. Nevertheless, the Lord promised the house of David a sign, ‘Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, ...

John Griffiths

2014 Volume 69 Issue 4

Devotional

Christ – A Greater than Solomon – (3) As to His Supplication

Solomon appears to be a man of prayer. Certainly two of his prayers stand out: that at the commencement of his reign, and his prayers at the dedication of the temple. When we say th ...

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Christ – A Greater than Solomon

2016 Volume 71 Issue 1

Devotional

Christ – A Greater than Solomon – (4) As to His Sovereignty

(a) The Kingdom’s commencement Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei were all put to death at the beginning of Solomon’s reign, 1 Kgs. 2. The millennial reign of Christ will likew ...

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Christ – A Greater than Solomon

2015 Volume 70 Issue 3

Devotional

Christ a Greater than Solomon – Part 2

Twice, our Lord comments about Solomon. Firstly, He speaks of Solomon’s glory, of his outward magnificence and opulence, ‘the gleam of his much wrought gold, the smooth whiteness ...

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Christ – A Greater than Solomon

2015 Volume 70 Issue 2

Devotional

Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy – Part 1

If a scriptural reason is needed for studying the person of Christ in the book of Zechariah, we might refer to Peter, ‘To him give all the prophets witness’, Acts 10. 43. ...

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Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy

2016 Volume 71 Issue 3

Devotional

Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy – Part 2

(III) THE ADVENT OF THE LORD, ‘Behold, I will bring forth’, 3. 8, 9. (i) ‘My servant the Branch’, v. 8. Isaiah writes of Christ and His servant character. ...

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Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy

2016 Volume 71 Issue 4

Devotional

Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy – Part 3

(VI) THE APPROACH OF THE LORD to Jerusalem, 9. 9, 10. (i) Christ’s first advent – the character of the coming one, v. 9 The historic fulfilment of this prophe ...

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Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy

2017 Volume 72 Issue 1

Exposition

Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy – Part 4

(VII) THE ALLUSIONS TO THE LORD, 10. 4 (i) The Corner, i.e., the cornerstone. Christ as the foundation stone is the bedrock of Israel’s Messianic hopes. The cor ...

John Griffiths

2017 Volume 72 Issue 2

Exposition

Elder and the role of Leadership in the Local The Church

EDITOR‘S NOTE: This is the second of a short series on this very needy and practical area of elders. It is designed to emphasize the spiritual nature of this work and how we ne ...

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The Elders

2011 Volume 66 Issue 2

Contemporary Issues

Elders: Role models in the local church

Elders are to lead by example. Look at the qualities that should be seen in our elders. I have avoided the word ‘qualifications’ as it is suggestive of institu ...

John Griffiths

2011 Volume 66 Issue 4

Contemporary Issues

Hezekiah – The Devoted King

2 Chronicles chapter 30 Gathering God’s Way proclaiming to the tribes the place and purpose of the meeting. The Pla ...

John Griffiths

Hezekiah

2013 Volume 68 Issue 4

Devotional

Hezekiah – The Devoted King

‘wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God … he did it with all his heart and prospered’, 2 Chr. 31. 20, 21.

John Griffiths

2013 Volume 68 Issue 3

Exposition

Hezekiah – The Devoted King – Part 3

The supernatural years after recovery – from 39 to 54 years of age His Sign Ahaz rejected the sign offered by the Lord, Isa. 7. 11, but his son H ...

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Hezekiah

2014 Volume 69 Issue 1

Devotional

Joash – The dependant King

1 Joash’s Aim (continued) ‘Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord’, 2 Chr. 24. 4. At 30 years of age Joash shows a brief flash of mat ...

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Joash

2012 Volume 67 Issue 3

Exposition

Joash – The dependant King

Joash or Jehoash, the eighth king of Judah, reigned for forty years from 835-796 BC according to E. R. Thiele. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. His father was Ahaziah, a son of ...

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Joash

2012 Volume 67 Issue 2

Exposition

Metaphors of the Church

The Assembly as the House of God – Its Dignity, 1 Tim. 3. 15. The first use of the expression ‘house of God’ is in ...

John Griffiths

2011 Volume 66 Issue 1

Devotional

Metaphors of the Church

The Dispensational Aspect (The Church which is His Body) The Local Aspect

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A Building

A Body (Published 1983)

A Bride

A City

A Priesthood

2010 Volume 65 Issue 4

Exposition

Unveiled – The History of the Kingdom of Heaven (3) – (II) The Parables of the Contamination of the Kingdom

Parable No. 2 Parable No. 3 Parable No. 4 The Wheat and the Tares The Mustard Seed The Leaven

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Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven

2012 Volume 67 Issue 4

Exposition

Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven – Part 1

Matthew chapter 13 rates alongside Leviticus chapter 23 and Revelation chapters 2 and 3 as a passage that unfolds future events before they happen. The Feasts, a calendar of Israel ...

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Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven

2012 Volume 67 Issue 2

A Word for Today

Unveiled – The History of the Kingdom of Heaven (2) – The Parable of the Commencement of the Kingdom

The Parable of the Commencement of the Kingdom Parable No. 1 - The Sower and the Seed, v. 1-9, 18-23 It is recorded of ...

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Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven

2012 Volume 67 Issue 3

Exposition

Unveiled – The History of the Kingdom of Heaven (4) (iii) The Parables of the Composition of the Kingdom vv.44-50

Parable No 5 Parable No 6 Parable No 7 The Treasure The Pearl The Dragnet Israel ( ...

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Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven

2013 Volume 68 Issue 1

Exposition

Will I be a Winner or a Loser at the Bema? – Part 1

Will I have an abundant entrance into the everlasting kingdom or will I be saved by the skin of my teeth? 2 Pet. 1. 11; 1 Cor. 3. 15. Will it be reward accompanied by rejoicing, or w ...

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Will I be a Winner or a Loser at the Bema?

2017 Volume 72 Issue 3

A Word for Today

Will I be a Winner or a Loser at the Bema? – Part 2

7. THE SETTLEMENT – Why? Remorse and Regret ‘Suffer loss’. The b?ma is not just a prize giving; wrongs will be righted. Script ...

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Will I be a Winner or a Loser at the Bema?

2017 Volume 72 Issue 4

Exposition

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