“search the scriptures” John 5:39

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2004 Volume 59 Issue 4
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A History of the Assembly at Manor Road Hall, Guildford, England
The earliest memories we have of an assembly in Guildford come from Miss Doreen Mersh, whose parents joined the assembly in 1923. They were commended from the meeting at Camberley, whose premises Mr. Me…
John Knight
History
An Experience in Open Air Gospel Testimony
The beginnings of the work Driving into Leicester on a Lord’s Day in May 1994 to attend the gospel meeting, due to commence at 6.30 p.m., we were aware from the outskirts of the city of a large amount o…
Alan Baguley
Exposition
Biblical Forgiveness
Part 2RELATING TO CHRISTIANS Living without forgiveness is unacceptable A matter of concern that many Christians are having today has to do with the abundance of unresolved conflicts among the Lord’s pe…
Don Welborn
Biblical Forgiveness
Exposition
Celebrating 100 years of service for The Western Counties and South Wales Evangelisation Trust
This year commemorates the centenary of the Western Counties and South Wales Evangelisation Trust. Formed in 1904, the Trust was established following the exercise of brethren in the West of England and…
Keith Clayton
Report
Choice Gleanings
A Calendar with a difference This morning, as believers around the globe lift up their hearts to God to begin their day, a familiar component of that process will be the Choice Gleanings calendar. The h…
Keith Clayton
Organisations
Editorial
‘Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ, who risked their own necks for my life, to whom … I give thanks’, 1 Cor. 16. 3, 4. It is very important to feel that we all have a part in the w…
Ken Rudge
Editorial
Gospel Work and Other Activities
SCOTLAND ORKNEY The believers in Kirkwall had another successful holiday club in the Meadows Gospel Hall with around forty children coming during the week. Murray Lawrie conducted the meetings supported…
Colin Hutchinson
Report
Has life always been good to you or do you live in quiet desperation?
Life often does not turn out as one had hoped It has been said that many people live their lives in quiet desperation. Youthful idealism has this glowing vision of the future, coloured with radiant opti…
Donald L. Norbie
Exposition
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. Psalm 23. 2
The only creature that has more trouble sleeping than we do is a sheep. Everything must be just right: no wolves, no insect pests, and no hunger. Since sheep can’t find pasture, deal with pests or prote…
Keith Clayton
Exposition
He Opened to us the Scripture
‘Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures’, Luke 24. 45. When considering the opening of the scriptures to the two travellers, v. 32, the word meaning ‘to open fully…
Dennis S. Parrack
The Scriptures Expounded
Exposition
Heroes of the Faith
On January 11th 1956, five days after her husband had been killed, a widow wrote home to her parents,‘I want you to know that your prayers are being answered moment by moment as regards me – I am ever s…
Unknown
Young Precious Seed
Hezekiah’s Confession
The extent of Hezekiah’s confession is instructive. He does not skate over offences. As he seeks forgiveness so he is open and frank about the extent of the problem. He states clearly: 'our fathers hav…
John Bennett
Hezekiah’s Revival
Exposition
Is it right for a Christian to drink alcohol?
Question Is it right for a Christian to drink alcohol? Answer Total abstinence from alcohol is not taught directly in the Bible, but there are plenty of verses warning against excessive drinking, such a…
Howard Coles
Question Time
Peter’s ‘Precious Points’
A GENTLE AND QUIET SPIRIT 1 Peter 3. 4 states, ‘the imperishable jewel of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious’ RSV, NKJV. The scriptures are never vindictive nor unbalanced.…
Graham Hobbs
Peter’s ’Precious Points’
Exposition
Power and Freedom by the Spirit
If you were asked to describe the character and atmosphere of the meetings of believers where you fellowship, I wonder what words you would use? In 1 Corinthians 12-14, the apostle says that such times …
Paul Clarke
Exposition
Red Sky at Night
Signs in the sky have long been used for weather predictions. About 2000 years ago the Gospel of Matthew records an ancient version of the rhyme many of us learned as children,‘Red sky at night, shepher…
David Humphreys
Science Shorts
Young Precious Seed
Reverence in the Local Assembly – An Important and Increasing Need
‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory … for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts’, Isa. 6. 3, 5. Isaiah unfolds to us the holiness of God unlike any oth…
David Dunlap
Exposition
Studies in 2 Thessalonians
INTRODUCTION Most matters of introduction are common to the first and second epistles to the Thessalonians, however in the current study we will adopt the usual approach in the use of our A, B, and C. A…
Tom Bentley
Studies in 2 Thessalonians
Study
The Fruit of the Spirit is
How soon autumn comes upon us. To some of us who are older, this rings true of life as we realize that we ourselves are now in the autumn of life. What kind of memories do past autumns hold for us? For …
Bernard Osborne
The Fruit Of The Spirit
Exposition
The God of all Grace
The grace of God and the God of all grace Grace is an attribute of God, Neh. 9. 17; Ps. 111. 4. It is eternal, and unchanging, for God is eternal and never changes, 2 Tim. 1. 9; Mal. 3. 6. Grace is God’…
Cliff Jones
The God of …
Exposition
The Poetry
Perhaps some future day, Lord, Thy strong hand Will lead me to the place where I must stand Utterly alone. Alone, O gracious Lover, but for Thee, I shall be satisfied if I can see Jesus only. I do not k…
Elizabeth Elliott
Young Precious Seed
Who made God?
Everything we see and know around us had a beginning. It was either conceived, germinated or made.Once it was not and now it is, and there will probably come a time when it will not be any longer. Our m…
Ian Rees
Your God is too small !!!
Young Precious Seed
Windows on Worship
PREPARATIONS FOR THE LORD‘S SUPPER – SOME THOUGHTS ON EXODUS 35. 4-35 A word of command Illustrations are word pictures or windows that let in light. The command in Exodus 35. 4 and the subsequent respo…
Gary McBride
Exposition
Wise words from the book of Proverbs
‘Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth; a stranger and not thine own lips’, Prov. 27. 2. There is surely nothing more insufferable than having to listen to someone who is full of himself.…
Ian Rees
Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World
Young Precious Seed
Book Reviews in this Issue
The God of all Comfort – Reflections on Isaiah
THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT. Reflections in Isaiah with Roger Ellsworth, 276 pages. Published by Evangelical Press, Grange Close, Faverdale North, Darlington, DL3 0PH, England, (or PO BOX 825, Webster, New Y…
Roger Ellsworth
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A Life of Faith and Works
ISBN 0-9548283-0-5, hardback, 256 pages, published by and available from Olivet Books, 36 Clachnaharry Court, Clachnaharry Road, Inverness, Scotland, IV3 8LT, Price £8.95 plus £1.75 postage. This book…
Emily Gosse
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