“search the scriptures” John 5:39

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2004 Volume 59 Issue 3
Articles in this Issue
…what kind of love is this?
What kind of love is this, that gave itself for me? I am the guilty one, yet I go free! What kind of love is this, a love I’d never known? I didn’t even know His name, What kind of love is this? What ki…
Bryan Haworth
Young Precious Seed
1 Corinthians 15-16
Introduction The previous two articles offered: (i) an outline of 1 Corinthians 15; and (ii) some expository comments on verses 1-49. The present article provides expository comments on verses 50-58. Fo…
Malcolm Horlock
Studies in 1 Corinthians
Study
Bethany Residental Home
During 1985 a Hampshire farmer in the south of England was approached by the Trustees of Bethany Residential Home in Ealing, London, to see if he knew of suitable land in Hampshire upon which a new Resi…
Keith Clayton
Report
Biblical Forgiveness
THE FORGIVENESS OF GOD FOR OUR SINS Since the Garden of Eden, mankind has needed forgiveness from God. The subject of forgiveness is not universally understood by unbelievers, and as followers of our Lo…
Don Welborn
Biblical Forgiveness
Exposition
Does the Bible teach that there’s a place, or state of existence, called Purgatory?
Question Does the Bible teach that there’s a place, or state of existence, called Purgatory? Answer The idea of a place called Purgatory became an official article of faith of the Roman Catholic Church …
Howard Coles
Question Time
Editorial
‘And Jesus came … saying, ‘All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them … teaching them … and, lo, I am with you alway’, Matt. 28. 18-20. It …
Ken Rudge
Editorial
Giving and Receiving
Some thoughts on what we do with our money PHILIPPIANS 4. 15-18; 2 CORINTHIANS 8. 1-5 The Use of Money There is a general reluctance to talk about money matters in Christian circles. Many are prepared t…
Barry King
Exposition
Gospel Work and Other Activities
SCOTLAND MACHERMORE CASTLE EVENTIDE HOME On 1 May 1954, the late Willie Scott opened Machermore Castle Eventide Home at Newton Stewart as a residential home for elderly believers. A christian charity wa…
Colin Hutchinson
Report
He Opened to us the Scripture
There is something different about these occasions when we know the Lord has opened to us the scriptures. The word given here in the KJV as ‘opened’ is not the one normally used to describe the action o…
Dennis S. Parrack
The Scriptures Expounded
Exposition
Hezekiah’s Revival
Hezekiah’s Priorities If revival starts by a desire to return to the simplicity of first principles, it is important for that desire to be matched by zeal. Zeal characterized this man for we read, ‘In t…
John Bennett
Hezekiah’s Revival
Exposition
In Search of the Perfect Timepiece
Today’s scientific research requires super-accurate clocks. The best mechanical clocks are inadequate because they might gain or lose at least four seconds a year. Modern quartz watches are more reliabl…
David Humphreys
Science Shorts
Young Precious Seed
Last of all and servant of all … and He took a little child
It is said of the Lord that, ‘he took a child,’ and that He also said, ‘Suffer little children to come unto me’. Clearly, the Lord Jesus loved children and was especially interested in them. He refers t…
Bernard Osborne
Exposition
Many Mansions?
John 13 described in vivid detail the trauma of the disciples as they faced the many challenges of their last days with the Lord Jesus. Seldom had so much happened in the course of a few hours. The chap…
Roy Hill
Exposition
Peter’s ‘Precious Points’
In the previous article we considered three of Peter’s uses of the word precious – the trial of your faith, the blood of Christ, and Christ – the Living Stone. In this article we now look at two more. C…
Graham Hobbs
Peter’s ’Precious Points’
Exposition
Rebel without a Cause
To be a prophet in Old Testament times was a hazardous occupation. You only had one chance to get it right. ‘The prophet which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to…
Unknown
Young Precious Seed
The Ark of the Covenant
In this article we will consider the Ark of the Covenant, not only as part of the furniture of the tabernacle but as it typifies Christ. Some commentators on the Old Testament see the tabernacle and its…
Gordon S. Beck
Exposition
The Mother Who Yearned Over Her Son
The Mother who yearned over her son, 1 Kings 3. 16-28. The wisdom of Solomon ‘She is the mother thereof’, are the words of Solomon’s judgement in 1 Kings 3. 27 With this judgement, Solomon established h…
Jim Voisey
Some Old Testament Mothers
Devotional
The Passion of the Christ
EMBELLISH AND MARKET Paul long ago wrote, ‘For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ’, 2 Cor. 2. 17. The Greek wo…
Donald L. Norbie
Contemporary Issues
The Thrill of a United and Harmonious Assembly
Aspirations after unity Who would not yearn to be in a united and harmonious assembly, where the presence of the Lord is known and preserving that unity? What joy! What blessing! It was in a context not…
Tom Wilson (1)
Exposition
What does God look like?
How often have we heard people describe a church building as the ‘house of God’? Most people would consider a church to be so. But does God really live in church buildings? God is not confined to a plac…
Ian Rees
Your God is too small !!!
Young Precious Seed
Wise words from the book of Proverbs
‘If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty give him water to drink. For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee’, Prov. 25. 21-22. ‘Heapi…
Ian Rees
Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World
Young Precious Seed
Book Reviews in this Issue
The King and His Kingdom – Matthew Simply Explained
or Matthew Simply Explained, by John Legg, 544 pages, paperback, published by Evangelical Press, Faverdale North Industrial Estate, Darlington, DL3 0PH. This book is the latest in the Welwyn Commentar…
John Legg
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Day by Day – Bible Promises
Published by Precious Seed Publications, P.O. Box 8, Neath, West Glamorgan, SA11 1QB and available from October 2004 from John Ritchie Ltd. and Gospel Folio Press. Also from Precious Seed Direct at £8.9…
John Bennett
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A Pastor in New York
Published by Evangelical Press, Faverdale North Industrial estate, Darlington, DL3 0PH, hardback, 224 pages, ISBN 0-85234-512-7. Spencer Houghton Cone (1785-1855) is a name unknown in the secular worl…
Roy Hill
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