Articles for the Issue –

‘Go ye into the whole World’ – But how?

1. The Role of New Testament Missionaries New Testament missionaries stand in a long line of God’s spokesmen ever since the fall of mankind int ...

Malcolm C. Davis

2008 China’s Year!

A report compiled from several sources concerning the Beijing Olympics and Christian testimony There is no doubt that evangelicals saw the Beijin ...

Keith Clayton

A Time to Weep

The Preacher said that there is ‘a time to be born, and a time to die … a time to weep … a time to mourn’, Eccles. 3. 2-4. The longer one lives the more one loses friends and l ...

Donald L. Norbie

Adoration and the woman of Luke Chapter 7

An extract from God Holds the Key by Geoffrey Bull. The normal attitude of the sanctified is prostration in the sanctuary. To bow down there, is not only ...

Geoffrey Bull

Bits & Bobs

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS VIEWS ON VALUES Around two in every three adults think religious and spiritual values are important in a child’s developmen ...

Collecting the Lord’s Bounty

2 Corinthians 9 verses 6 to 8 ‘Now take note here – the man who sows sparingly, sparingly too shall reap, and the man who sows on terms of l ...

Handley C. G. Moule

Counsel Magazine

Editorial ‘After a conference in the Middle West (USA) a number of responsible brethren met to discuss the drift of our times and the need for ...

Brian Gunning

History

Discipleship

‘If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me’, Luke 9. 23. Cross bearing is not a once-fo ...

Drew Craig

The Days when the Judges ruled

Editorial

Afterward he appeared to the eleven … and upbraided them with their unbelief’, Mark 16. 14. The reading of Mark’s concluding chapter to his ...

Ken Rudge

Editorial

Ehud and Shamgar

EHUD – The Scourge of Moab, Judges 3. 12-30 SHAMGAR –The Slayer of Philistines, Judges 3. 31 I recall ...

John Scarsbrook

Gospel Work and Other Activities

ENGLAND: MIDLANDS AND SOUTH Bethany Chapel, Lyme Regis Last February we reported in this magazine the annual door to door calendar distr ...

Hark! Soon the trumpet soundeth

Hark soon the trumpet soundeth Thy people Lord set free In robes of light and glory Thy beauty they shall see Thy face in radiant splendour Thy brow with ...

P K V

Poetry

Jacob and the Angels

Bethel – Genesis chapter 28 Jacob had gained the birthright from Esau by taking advantage of Esau’s appetite. We notice that the inspired nar ...

J. Wesley Ferguson

UBC World for Today, Daily Reading

Lessons from Antioch

A study in Acts 11. 19-30, 13. 1-3. Background a) Antioch Just a do ...

Prov. 6. 6. Too many of us are waiting for someone to come along and tell us what to do next. The story is told of a man who was employed by a Duke and Duchess. One day he was ca ...

Parenting Adolescents – Boundaries and Caring Support

Scripture quotations are from the NIV Adolescence is the most chaotic and stressful of all stages of family life. One humorist describ ...

James P. Trotzen

Parkside Hall, Maidenhead

During 2006 the assembly enjoyed times of real blessing and thanksgiving celebrating 50 years in the current Hall. There was an Open Day at the beginning of September when some of thos ...

Keith Clayton

History

Put off and put on

The battle begins The life of the believer involves a constant warfare. Before we were saved life was, in some ways, much easier. The sensitivity ...

Cliff Jones

Question Time

Question The Breaking of Bread – When and where? Answer Most of us live busy lives and it is good at times to be able to ...

Studies in the Book of Nehemiah

Question Time

Rebuilding the Wall

Neh. 3. 9-32. In the first article we had looked at i) the priestly men, and ii) the ruling men, and now we contin ...

John Riddle

Sensual Religion

James is very strong in speaking of the world’s wisdom which guides its religion and practice. ‘This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic’, Jas. 3 ...

Donald L. Norbie

The Christ of Prophecy (1/1)

The birth of the Lord Jesus Christ in Bethlehem was not an unheralded event. The whole of the Old Testament, from Genesis to Malachi, spoke of the Coming One. He was to be the Anointed ...

John E. Todd

The Eternal Christ

The Gospel Yesterday and Today

IntroductionWe may think that in this generation we have a more difficult time in communicating the gospel to lost mankind than in any previous generatio ...

Howard Coles

Studies in the Song of Solomon

The Song of Solomon

Love’s Fullness Introduction In previous studies we have looked at the Song under the following ...

Andrew Wilson

Study

Views from the News

Police officer discriminated against for traditional beliefs PC Graham Cogman, has taken his police force to an Employment Tribunal on grounds of ...