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2006 Volume 61 Issue 2

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We read in Hebrews chapter 11 verse 5 that, ‘By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his tra ...

Cliff Jones

Exposition

‘Straight Talk’ Television

– an outreach for our times (Sky TV Channel 160) What do you mean by ‘Straight Talk? As a gospel outre ...

Jim Wiltshire

Report

1 Corinthians 9-10

PART 1: INTRODUCTION In spite of its abrupt opening, chapter 9 is very closely linked to chapter 8. Indeed, it forms an all-important part of t ...

Malcolm Horlock

Studies in 1 Corinthians

Study

A Light in the Darkness

THE WORLD THAT SURROUNDED DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS 1. Jehoiakim the King Centuries ago Daniel and his three ...

James R. Cochrane

Daniel, a Man for all seasons

Exposition

A Prayer

Lord Jesus, keep me watching,That I may firmly standTo Thy commandments faithful,Kept by Thy loving hand;That, freed from all temptation,P ...

Gwyneth Bloomfield

Poetry

A Praying Church is a Powerful Church

Introduction In the interval between the ascension of the Lord Jesus and the descent of the Spirit, 120 believers gathered together in an upper r ...

William Burnett (1)

Exposition

Animal Rights – a biblical approach

Do animals have rights? In recent times this issue has been the cause of much passionate debate and political activism. The press and media frequently report on threats and violence ag ...

John Parkinson

Young Precious Seed

By and by …

By and by when I look on His face,Beautiful face, thorn-shadowed face.By and by when I look on His face,I’ll wish I had given Him more.More, s ...

Grace Reese

Poetry

Come and See

John Chapter One Where dwellest Thou? Can we behold The One of Whom the prophets told? Whose goings forth have been of old? Com ...

Sid Nicholes

Poetry

Do You Love God?

A Jewish teacher of the Old Testament asked the Lord, ‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?’ Matt. 22. 36. The Jews loved to argue about the finer points of their la ...

Donald L. Norbie

Exposition

Editorial

‘Behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne’, Rev. 4. 2. The more our society becomes se ...

Ken Rudge

Editorial

Going to the meeting?

It’s meeting time.‘Let’s see … keys,mobile phone, Bible. Let’s go’. If that’s all the ‘getting ready’ you do before the opening hymn, this article is for yo ...

Michael Penfold

Young Precious Seed

Gospel Work and Other Activities

ENGLAND: MIDLANDS AND SOUTH FOCUS PRISON WORK This report is by Keith Sherwood. Keith is a believer living in Hemel Hempstead. He has be ...

Stephen Baker

Report

Guard Your Heritage!

Probably no name, other than those of the prophets themselves, is better known in the field of predictive Bible prophecy than that of JOHN NELSON DARBY. No name of modern times is more ...

Donald Cameron

History

Inequality in the World

The other day I was talking to a man who comes from a different religious background than myself. Though not a Christian, he is a fine man and a real thinker. He asked me some honest ...

Shawn Abigail

Exposition

Joshua 14. 10.

‘I am eighty-five .. I am as strong now … as I was at forty’ Caleb is the champion of the second half. Listen, ‘Give me the hill country. ...

Unknown

Exposition

Merrion Hall, Dublin

Two horses drawing one of the Dublin city trams were called ‘Moody’ and ‘Sankey’. Such was the effect, on the ordinary people of Ireland and particularly in the Dublin ...

Keith Clayton

History

Obedience to Parents

When Paul is writing to the Colossians and to the Ephesians he is anxious to set out the responsibilty of believers in their relationships inside and outside their families. Husbands a ...

Roy Hill

Young Precious Seed

Pastoral Insights

Some helps in dealing with the circumstances when individuals or families leave an assembly suddenly and unexpectedly There are occasion ...

Unknown

Pastoral Insights

Exposition

Paul’s view of the Person of Christ

Comment on Colossians 1 verses 15 to 20 We consider next Colossians 1.15-20, which begins, ‘Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstbor ...

Brian Clatworthy

Some Aspects of Pauline Christology

Exposition

Power and Freedom in the Spirit

Before reading this article please read Galatians 5 and 6 carefully and prayerfully. ‘Power!’ – ‘Freedom!’ – ‘Spirit of God!’ Th ...

Paul Clarke

Exposition

Sacrificial Love

‘Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us … a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour’, Eph. 5. 2. ...

UBC World for Today, Daily Reading

Exposition

The Fruit of the Spirit is Faith

Gal. 5. 22-23 This article is the seventh part of a series of studies on the fruit of the Spirit. Faith i ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

Exposition

The Kinsman able and willing to redeem

Chapter 3 verse 1 – Chapter 4 verse 12 What Naomi and Ruth did not appear to know was that there was a closer kinsman. Boaz, as a godly man, de ...

Cyril Cann

Ruth, an Unsullied Name

Exposition

The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia Minor

The Book of Revelation is unlike any other New Testament book, yet it has a resonance with other biblical material especially that in the Old Testament. Curiously though, there ...

Brian Clatworthy

Revelation Chapters

Exposition

The One Gospel and its Order

Terms: Is the gospel what God does for man or what man does for God, or a bit of both? Central question: What do we believe?

Randal Amos

Studies in Galatians

Study

Why does God allow suffering?

Question Why does God allow suffering? Answer This is one of the most difficult of questions. Often atheists will confront ...

Howard Coles

Question Time

Wise words from the book of Proverbs

Favour is deceitful and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised, Proverbs 31. 30 The NIV translates the first pa ...

Ian Rees

Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World

Young Precious Seed

Book Reviews in this Issue

Be Angry and Sin Not

Paperback, 118pp, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 1-897117-05-1 ...

Warren Henderson

If you want to walk on water you’ve got to get out of the boat

Paperback, 230pp, Published by Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Price £8.95. ISBN 0 310 23927 3

John Ortberg

Preaching Christ

Paperback, 80 pp, Published by Evangelical Times, Faverdale North, Darlington, DL3 0PH, England. ISBN 0 9500129 1 2

Edgar Andrews

War and Grace

Paperback, 288pp. Published by Evangelical Press, Faverdale North Ind. Est. Darlington. DL3 0PH. Price £8. 95, ISBN 0 85234 594 1

Don Stevens

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