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2025 Volume 80 Issue 2
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There is no greater way to encourage believers in practical Christian living than the example of the Lord Jesus. This is the technique that Peter adopts in 1 Peter chapter 3. From chapter 2, into chapte…
Although we know that the manner in which our Lord died was the subject of prophecy, Ps. 22; Isa. 53. 8, it is not until we get to the detailed narratives in the Gospels that we can see further signific…
‘A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse’, S. of S. 4. 12
Modern activity-oriented Christianity puts great emphasis on ‘doing’. God is interested also in our ‘being’; not simply our function, but what…
Sometimes Hebrews chapter 11, ‘Faith’s Hall of Fame’, is presented apart from the message of the Epistle as a whole. Actually, it plays a vital role in the appeal to the readers to maintain their confid…
The first mention we have of a city called Gadara, on the shores of Lake Galilee, is at the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry. The Gospel records of the miracle our Lord wrought in delivering the …
The name Henry Soltau is perhaps one which is not particularly familiar to a current generation. However, in his day he was a well-known servant of the Lord.
Early life
Henry was born in Plymouth on 11t…
All quotation are taken from the New King James Bible, unless otherwise stated.
The name of March is derived from that of the first month of the earliest Roman calendar, namely ‘Martius’. It, in turn, w…
Frederick Augustus Klein was an Anglican missionary who dedicated his life to reaching Palestinian populations in Nazareth and Jerusalem between 1851 and 1877. As an avid amateur archaeologist, in Augus…
‘Jehovah that doth sanctify you’1
The ‘Titles of Jehovah’ in this series of articles can be found listed in the introductory notes of The Newberry Bible.2 Some are very familiar to the Bible student, an…
Having crossed the Jordan, Israel were now faced with another great obstacle barring their entrance into the Promised Land in the form of the city of Jericho.
Jordan was a natural barrier, but Jericho w…
First of all, the man named Ephraim was the second son of Joseph and his Gentile bride Asenath in Egypt after Joseph’s remarkable promotion from his prison years to become the second ruler after Pharaoh…
The work summary follows an anticlockwise journey around Jerusalem’s perimeter, beginning at the north. It reports the activity of individuals and groups with attention drawn to certain features of the …
This is the shortest of the writings of the Old Testament having only twenty-one verses. It forms part of a group of books in the Old Testament called ‘The Prophets’ and often known as the ‘Minor Prophe…
This article continues the occasional series titled ‘Father of’ and the words above are an extract from Ephesians chapter 4 verse 6. Before considering the content of the verse, we shall look at its set…
‘And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son’, John 14. 13.
Sometimes we quote this verse without the first word, ‘And’. This small word is quite …
‘Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion’, 1 Sam. 17. 34
Known as ‘the king of beasts’, the lion is a large, powerfully built cat that is second in size only to the tiger. It has no n…
Introduction
There are twelve men named Joseph mentioned in scripture but only two of them were closely associated with the Lord Jesus here on Earth. The first Joseph, the husband of Mary, is recorded a…
mysia - A province of Asia Minormysterion - A mystery or secret of any kindmyopazo - To be short sighted
One of the many fictional genres popular in bookshops today is that entitled ‘Mystery’, which mos…
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is to say,‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’ Matt. 27. 46.
The central saying
The first and t…
