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2011 Volume 66 Issue 3
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100 year of testimony from, York Street Gospel Hall, Leicester
On Saturday 30 April 2011 the saints at York Street Gospel Hall were joined by visitors from near and far, as they celebrated one hundred years of testimony in the present Gospel Hall. Thanksgiving for …
Anonymous
History
A Word for Today: Step, Walk (Heb. Hálak)
In the twenty-first century, private and public transport makes a significant contribution to our modern way of life. It is often therefore difficult for us to appreciate that previous generations had l…
Brian Clatworthy
A Word for Today
Study
Bible Bytes – F. B. Meyer
Frederick Brotherton Meyer was a Baptist minister in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Based in Liverpool, York, Leicester and finally London, he travelled widely and wrote prolifically. Wikipedia…
Jeremy Singer
Bible Bytes
Bits and Bobs – Solar-Powered Hornets
Looking for some ‘green’ technology to cut your energy bills? Maybe you should check out the Oriental hornet. Unlike many other wasp species, the Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis) becomes most active i…
Anonymous
Views from the News
Editorial – Do I seek to please men?
‘Do I seek to please men?’ Gal. 1. 10 In the 21st Century the cult of the personality is rife. Whether it is musicians, media personalities, or sportsmen and women, so many seek to model themselves on t…
John Bennett
Editorial
Elders as Shepherds
EDITOR‘S NOTE: This is the third of a short series on this very needy and practical area of elders. It is designed to emphasize the spiritual nature of this work and how we need to encourage younger men…
John Salisbury
The Elders
Exposition
Facing the Future – Part 2
5. ‘With Joy Unspeakable’ This is the victorious outlook of the persecuted Christian. The apostle Peter in his First Epistle says much concerning the subject of Christian suffering, especially undeserve…
Malcolm C. Davis
Facing the Future
Contemporary Issues
For to me to live is Christ
‘For to me to live is Christ’, Phil. 1. 21 Do not go back Paul resolutely cut himself off from his past life when he became the Lord’s. He explains to the Philippians those things in which once he had s…
Jim Voisey
Devotional
Future of the Church
The Church and Prophecy In considering Daniel’s seventy weeks prophecy it was observed that within the time frame noted by Gabriel to Daniel, in which God would deal with Israel nationally, God will lit…
Ian Jackson
Exposition
King Jehoshaphat
‘How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!’ 2 Sam. 1. 25. Although this was David’s lament over Saul, it might be a fitting summary of the early days of Jehoshaphat, but in a battle that wa…
John Bennett
Exposition
Make me … a little cake first
‘Make me … a little cake first’, 1 Kings 13. 17 These words should be enshrined in every believer’s heart. God’s claim upon our lives has absolute priority over all else. Where this is done nothing but…
Eddie Honeyball
Devotional
Personalities in the Pastoral Epistles – Part 5
Those who were a delight to Paul (continued) Luke (meaning: ‘light’, ‘bright’, ‘white’) Luke was a Gentile physician who joined Paul’s party in Troas, the major sea port on the western coast of Asia Min…
Howard A. Barnes
Personalities In The Pastoral Epistles
Exposition
Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 7
Today it is popular to over-simplify difficult subjects in order to appeal to the masses, whom it is presumed do not want to engage in rigorous thinking. With its preoccupation with amusement, modern so…
Keith R. Keyser
Notes on the Epistle to the Philippians
Exposition
Question – Is it wrong for a woman to cut her hair?
Question Is it wrong for a woman to cut her hair? Answer When the woman responded to the serpent’s temptation in the Garden of Eden, one of the mistakes she made was to add to the instruction that the L…
Richard Collings
Question Time
Reports
England Lincolnshire The small assembly at Bethesda, Kitty Briggs Lane, Grantham, commenced an outreach work through a literature stall in the town centre street market. Although the weather was incleme…
Sandy Jack
Report
The Glory of the Lord
In this short series of articles we shall look at ten recorded occasions when the glory of the Lord was seen by men on earth. In Exodus chapter 16 the children of Israel had been delivered from Egypt by…
Sid Nicholes
The Glory of the Lord
Devotional
The Life and Times of Gideon
Gideon seemed a very unlikely candidate for God’s service! His father worshipped Baal, and his family was among the poorest in Manasseh: on his own confession, he was of little consequence in that poor …
Present Truth Magazine
Exposition
The Linguistic Heritage of the King James Bible
Understandest thou what thou readest? Acts 8. 30b 1 When people read the above text from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, they often react in at least two different ways. Some accept that this…
Brian Clatworthy
Contemporary Issues
The Ministry for Europe Trust
The work of ‘The Ministry for Europe Trust’ began in 1991 as a result of reports given by Mr. Bill Grunbaum, missionary to Eastern Europe, and Mr. Ronnie Cunningham, missionary to Tanzania, at a mission…
Anonymous
Organisations
The missing passion
When Paul asked the Lord what He would have him to do, he meant it, and thereafter his life was totally committed to Him. The Lord Jesus Christ was his abiding passion. He would say, ‘I am crucified wit…
Jim Voisey
Devotional
The Parable of the Unprofitable Servant
The Parable of the Unprofitable Servant Luke 17. 7-10. The short story told by our Lord concerned the owner of a small farm. Seemingly, the man had only one servant (literally, ‘slave’), who not only fi…
Malcolm Horlock
The Practical application of some of our Lord’s parables
Study
The Position of Older Believers in the Assembly and our responsibility towards them
Introduction We have been blessed today in far better ways than previous generations in terms of good housing, a good diet, a good, free healthcare system, and wealth, probably way beyond that of previo…
Andrew Jessop
Exposition
The Superiority of Faith
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds (lit., ages) were framed by the …
W. Ross Rainey
Devotional
Views from the News
Christians take prejudice row to Strazbourg In a significant legal development, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has requested that the British Government state whether they believe that the ri…
Sandy Jack
Views from the News
Which church should I join and why?
This article will list some of the features of churches in New Testament times, with the conviction that every effort should be made to imitate the biblical model. In prayerfully reading and checking th…
Jack Hay
Contemporary Issues
Book Reviews in this Issue
This little church had none
This little church had none G. Gilley with J. Wegter. Paperback: 236 pages. Publisher: Evangelical Press Books, Faverdale North, Darlington DL3 0PH, England. ISBN 9 780852 347089. The title with its s…
Bryan Charles
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The Magnificent
The Magnificent Magnificat Timothy Cross. Paperback; 72pp Publisher: Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. W., Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A6, Canada. Price: £5.00 ISBN 978-1926765-08-2 This is a short, main…
Bryan Charles
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Laridian Bible Software
Internet Download, Published by Laridian Electronic Publishing, 4430 Sundance Drive, Cedar Rapids 52411, USA and available from: http://www.laridian.com. Price: £6.70 with additional resources at a vari…
John Bennett
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God and the Nations
God and the Nations Harry Lacey. Paperback, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. W. Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A6, Canada. Price: £8.95; ISBN 0-946351-82-1. This book was first published in 19…
John Bennett
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