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Paul Young

Articles by this Author

In 2 Peter i. 12-15 we read, “Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present tr ...

Paul Young

1973 Volume 24 Issue 5

Exposition

A Failure in the Life of Abraham: Genesis 12. 10-20

By divine inspiration, Abraham is revealed in the New Testament as a man of great faith. Hebrews 11 is a gallery of Old Testament saints who wrought much for God “by faith”. Ye ...

Paul Young

1983 Volume 34 Issue 1

Study

Christadelphianism

Nearly thirty years ago while in university I encountered my first Christadelphian. He was a student in the same hall of residence as myself. Together we talked about the Bible and s ...

Paul Young

2001 Volume 56 Issue 4

Contemporary Issues

Evangelism – Visitation

Evangelism is engaging with people in an attempt to explain the gospel and show them that they need Christ as their Saviour. Conversing with people in their own homes can be ...

Paul Young

2016 Volume 71 Issue 3

Devotional

How I Was Called to Salvation and Service – Paul Young

“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother; for they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck”, Prov. 1. 8 ...

Paul Young

How I was called to Salvation and Service

1978 Volume 29 Issue 5

Testimony

Islam

Today, the followers of Islam number about one billion and it is the majority religion in over fifty countries. These include the nations of North Africa, the Middle East and South A ...

Paul Young

2001 Volume 56 Issue 1

Contemporary Issues

Mark a Triumph of Grace

It has been said that, if we want an antidote for the poison of discouragement, we should read biographies. The way in which other people have ultimately triumphed over their failure ...

Paul Young

1975 Volume 26 Issue 3

Exposition

Personal Witnessing

Recently I have read some very disturbing statistics: “It is estimated that eight people in every hundred go to church. An extra one person in every hundred attends special evangel ...

Paul Young

1979 Volume 30 Issue 6

Exposition

Rastafarianism

HISTORY Its origins can be traced to Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), a Jamaican Black Nationalist who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association during the early 1920� ...

Paul Young

2003 Volume 58 Issue 2

Contemporary Issues

Saul, King of Israel

Only three kings ruled over the whole of the twelve tribes of Israel: Saul, David and Solomon. They ruled for a total of 120 years, and then in Rehoboam’s reign the kingdom was d ...

Paul Young

1984 Volume 35 Issue 2

Study

Scientology

Introduction The leaders of this religious movement known as Scientology have made it a matter of policy to use the law to harass and sue peopl ...

Paul Young

2003 Volume 58 Issue 1

Exposition

The 1904 Welsh Revival

In 1904, just one hundred years ago, the principality of Wales was rocked and deeply altered by a great outpouring of the Spirit of God. It was a phenomenon that became known as ‘T ...

Paul Young

2005 Volume 60 Issue 1

History

The Central London Church of Christ

Towards the end of the 1980s I was at Aston University in central Birmingham to speak at the Christian Union. Before I was introduced to speak, a member of the University chaplaincy ...

Paul Young

2002 Volume 57 Issue 2

Contemporary Issues

The Church of Christ (Scientist)

This religious movement is known as ‘Christian Science’ and has drawn the scathingly critical description of, ‘being neither Christian nor scientific’ (Harold J. Berry). Its ...

Paul Young

2001 Volume 56 Issue 3

Contemporary Issues

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter – Day Saints (Mormons)

The Mormon Church still has strong political influence in the state of Utah in the U.S.A. It owns the second largest financial institution west of the Mississippi, ‘The Beneficia ...

Paul Young

2000 Volume 55 Issue 4

Contemporary Issues

The Da Vinci Code

An exposure of this powerful a widely read attack upon biblical Christianity The Da Vinci Code is a novel, a work of fiction ...

Paul Young

2006 Volume 61 Issue 3

Exposition

The Dangers of Astrology

Astrology has been called ‘the foolish daughter of a wise mother – astronomy’. Astronomy is the scientific study of the stars, planets and galaxies. Astrology is a superstition ...

Paul Young

2002 Volume 57 Issue 4

Exposition

The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity

Members of this religious movement are commonly called ‘Moonies’ after the founder, the Rev. Sung Myung Moon. This has emerged as one of the larger cults to be established in the ...

Paul Young

2002 Volume 57 Issue 1

Contemporary Issues

The New Age Movement

The New Age Movement (referred to as NAM throughout this article) is said to be the fastest growing belief system in America, There it has infiltrated deeply into the education syste ...

Paul Young

1994 Volume 45 Issue 1

Contemporary Issues

The New Age Movement – A Leaderless but Powerful Network

It was incredible to read that in the early 1990s a lady gave up her £150 per day job in the City of London, to take up work at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland for £75 per mo ...

Paul Young

2000 Volume 55 Issue 1

Exposition

The Occult

The word ‘occult’ derives from the Latin word for ‘hidden’, ‘secret’ or ‘mysterious’ and concerns the unseen powers and activities of demons who are controlled by t ...

Paul Young

2000 Volume 55 Issue 3

Contemporary Issues

The Second Epistle of John

It is generally believed that the apostle John wrote this letter to an anonymous, yet influential Christian lady. The message of this short Epistle is that believers must not show Ch ...

Paul Young

1980 Volume 31 Issue 5

Exposition

The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah’s Witnesses)

This religious organization claimed by the mid-1990s a worldwide membership of 4.9 million active Witnesses in 75,500 congregations in 232 countries (The Watchtower Jan. 1 ...

Paul Young

2000 Volume 55 Issue 2

Contemporary Issues

Therapy Est

EST has been advertised as ‘a powerful and practical inquiry into the issues that determine our personal effectiveness’. The late singer John Denver was reputed to have said of h ...

Paul Young

2002 Volume 57 Issue 3

Contemporary Issues

Thoughts on Judges (Part 1)

Judges is a very interesting book, full of spiritual lessons, warnings and encouragement for the believer. It also contains many blessed thoughts con-cerning the Person and work of o ...

Paul Young

Thoughts on Judges

1977 Volume 28 Issue 3

Exposition

Thoughts on Judges (Part 2)

The Third Deliverer was Barak and we read about him in Judges 4 and 5. Jabin king of the Canaanites with Sisera the captain of his host had conquered Israel, and wit ...

Paul Young

Thoughts on Judges

1977 Volume 28 Issue 4

Exposition

Thoughts on Judges (Part 3)

The Fifth Deliverer of Israel from oppression was Jephthah, and we read of him in Judges 10. 6-18; 11 and 12. The Ammonites had ruled the land eighteen years. In the ...

Paul Young

Thoughts on Judges

1977 Volume 28 Issue 5

Exposition

Unitarianism

In 1959 the Unitarian Universalist Church was founded by the amalgamation of Unitarians and Universalists. This church is largely found in the United States, has a membership of less ...

Paul Young

2001 Volume 56 Issue 2

Exposition

Book Reviews by this Author

The Challenge of Revival

Paperback, 64pp. Published by Fairmeadow Books, 31 Fairmeadows, Cwmfelin, Maesteg CF34 9JL, UK. Price £4.50, ISBN 0 9523478 6 5.

Paul Young

2007 Volume 62 Issue 4

The End of The Nation

Studies in the book of Obadiah. By Paul Young. 72pp, £2.00 (incl. p. and p.) published by the author, 33 Kings Terrace, Nantyffyllon, Maesteg, Mid. Glamorga ...

Paul Young

2002 Volume 57 Issue 3

The Epistle of Jude

90 pages. £1.95, from Gospel Tract Publications, Glasgow. Here is a concise and helpful commentary on ...

Paul Young

1989 Volume 40 Issue 5

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