Articles for the Issue –

2006 Volume 61 Issue 4

Articles in this Issue

Galatians 5. 4. This verse is at the centre of a section of Galatians in which the bondage of the law and the liberty of grace are contrasted. Ch ...

J. Wesley Ferguson

Exposition

1 Corinthians 9-10

1 Corinthians 9 and 10 – Part 3 OUTLINE1. Warnings from Israel’s history in the wilderness, 10. 1-1 ...

Malcolm Horlock

Studies in 1 Corinthians

Study

A History of ‘The Haven’

The Haven ministry to the chronically addicted in Nassau, Bahamas, was started by a group from the assemblies in Nassau, in 1986. It was the result of prayer meetings seeking God’s g ...

Mark Lacey (1)

History

Abortion – The Moral Maze

‘I don’t think that infanticide (the killing of infants) is always unjustifiable. I don’t think it is plausible to think that there is any moral change that occurs during the jou ...

Ian Rees

Young Precious Seed

Adjusting to permanent change

A French proverbs reads, ‘Trouble arrives like galloping horses’. Someone added, ‘And it leaves slowly, step by step’. There is no doubt that sudden, radical changes do arise i ...

James R. Cochrane

Daniel, a Man for all seasons

Exposition

An Alert Assembly

The privileges and the perils A New Testament ‘assembly’ is a group of believers, once sinners, but now converted and baptized and who recogn ...

Roy Hill

Exposition

Anna – Just an Old Woman?

‘She spake of him’, Luke 2. 38. She was faithful despite declineEveryone who visited the temple would have known Anna. ‘She w ...

Jim Voisey

Exposition

Bible Study

Although it is an honour to engage in the immensely rewarding task of Bible study, make no mistake, it’s hard work! The Bible calls its students labourers, 2 Tim 2. 15. With that in ...

Michael Penfold

Young Precious Seed

Burmah Road Gospel Hall, Penang, Malaysia

Penang State has one part on the mainland of the Malaysian peninsula with the other part being an island off its north-west coast. It is linked to the mainland by the longest (13km) br ...

History

Divine, Infinite Dimensiions

As believers we are aware that God is infinitely greater than us. For example, He is omnipotent, all-powerful, omniscient, all knowing and omnipresent, everywhere at the same time. We ...

Bernard Avery

Exposition

Does God appoint the rulers of this world and does He control their decisions?

QUESTION Does God appoint the rulers of this world and does He control their decisions? ANSWER

Howard Coles

Exposition

Editorial

‘And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren’, Acts 7. 23. Quite a remarkable statement this! It has t ...

Ken Rudge

Editorial

Eternal Security

The previous article looked at the opening verses of Hebrews 6. In the final section of the chapter, vv. 13-20, the writer builds upon those previous verses to present the evid ...

John Bennett

Eternal Security

Exposition

Gospel Work and Other Activities

ENGLAND: MIDLANDS AND SOUTH Bicester Four weeks of tent meetings took place in a park in Bicester from 23rd July until 20th August. Lesl ...

Stephen Baker

Report

Heroes of the Faith – Martin Luther

With hammer blows that echoed around the vast Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, a young monk named Martin Luther nailed to the church door a document on which he had written ninety ...

Shawn Abigail

Testimony

I have a Friend

I have a Friend whose faithful loveIs more than all the world to me‘Tis higher than the heights above,And deeper than the soundless sea:So old ...

C. A. Tydeman

Poetry

In Vain or Not in Vain?

Ps 127. 1, 2; 1 Cor. 15. 58. Though men may plan and work and buildTo make themselves a name,And spend their energy and timeTo heap up wealth an ...

C. Deayton

Poetry

Part 1. Christ and Principalities and Powers

A STUDY OF THESE TERMS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. Throughout the whole of the Bible, there is mention, and evidence, of ‘principalities and powers� ...

C. E. Green

Principalities and Powers

Exposition

Some Thoughts on Godliness

1 Timothy 3. 15-16; Titus 2. 11-12; 2 Peter 3. 10-11. Background In dealing with this subject, we have to ...

Barry King

Some Thoughts on Godliness

Exposition

The Church in Ephesus

REVELATION 2. 1-7 THE CHURCH ADDRESSED ‘To the angel of the church of Ephesus’,

Malcolm Horlock

The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia Minor

Exposition

The Devotion of Youth

God speaks wistfully through the prophet Jeremiah to Israel, ‘I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your betrothal. When you went after me in the wilderness, in a l ...

Donald L. Norbie

Young Precious Seed

The Fruit of the Spirit is Self control

Gal. 5. 22-23 This article is the final part in this interesting series on the fruit of the Spirit. Temper ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

Exposition

The One Gospel and its Freedom

CHAPTERS 5-6 – A QUESTION OF LIFESTYLE We progress in the third and final major part of Galatians Principle: Is the gospel ou ...

Randal Amos

Studies in Galatians

Study

The Problem of The Problem of Obesity

Is there a problem with being obese? Most Christians take a strong stand against certain sins. There is a holy rejection of sexual immorality, wh ...

Donald L. Norbie

Exposition

Views from the News

MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR RESTRICTIONS ON EVANGELIZING MUSLIMS Most of Malaysia’s sixteen states have laws which prohibit the propagat ...

Unknown

Report

Who Cares?

Without doubt, to have a faith focused on Christ, which fights in earnest and functions in love, is really something, especially in our society today. Our current culture is concerned ...

Unknown

Exposition

Wise words from the book of Proverbs

‘The words of a talebearer are as wounds [dainty morsels], and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly’, Prov. 18. 8.

Ian Rees

Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World

Young Precious Seed

Book Reviews in this Issue

Being a Christian Husband

Paperback, 116pp. Published by Evangelical Press, Faverdale North Ind. Est., Darlington. DL3 0PH. Price £6.95, ISBN 0 85234 577 1.

Colin Hamer

Day by Day – Bible Commands

Edited by John Bennett Paperback, 384pp. Published by Precious Seed Publications, PO Box 8, Neath, West Glamorgan, SA11. 1QB, UK. Price £8.95 ISBN 1-871642-19 ...

John Bennett

Hold Your Course

Paperback, 200pp. Published by Evangelical Press, Faverdale North Ind. Est., Darlington. DL3 0PH. Price £8. 95, ISBN 0 85234 592 5.

Roger Ellsworth

The Kingdom – What the Bible teaches about the Kingdom of God

Paperback, 76pp. Published by Authorhouse at www.authorhouse.co.uk and available from the author at 15 The Cedars, Albert Park Road, Malvern, WR14 1 HW. Price ...

Fredderick L. Pontin

Cookie	Duration	Description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
elementor	never	This cookie is used by the website's WordPress theme. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website's content in real-time.
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.