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2011 Volume 66 Issue 4
Articles in this Issue
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‘The Word to The World’ – Emmaus Bible School UK
In November of this year, God willing, Emmaus Bible School UK will celebrate sixty years of the work in Britain. Over that time thousands of Christian folk have studied the word of God using Emmaus dist…
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Report
A history of the assembly in St. Monans, Fife, Scotland
St. Monans on the East Fife coast was a very busy fishing village when the assembly began in 1924. For several years before this, God had been at work in what is now called the ‘Jock Troup revival’ affe…
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History
A Word for Today: Covenant (Gk. Diatheke)
The terms ‘covenant’ or ‘deed of covenant’ are rarely used today in general conversation other than in formal legal contexts. But the practical use of prescribed ‘deeds of covenant’ was quite popular at…
Brian Clatworthy
A Word for Today
Study
Autonomy of the local The Church
This is an expression that is used a lot by Christians, especially when they are justifying the rights of a local church to make and be responsible for their own actions and decision-making processes. T…
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Exposition
Bible Bytes – Radio Stations on the Web
Revival http://revival.fm This is a local radio station, broadcasting on 100.8 FM in West Central Scotland. Some of the presenters are in fellowship in various Scottish assemblies. Most of the shows pla…
Jeremy Singer
Bible Bytes
Bits & Bobs – IBM inspired by the human brain!
IBM researchers are working on a new computing device that could process massive data sets while using very little energy. It would also be able to quickly learn and remember patterns, which might make …
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Views from the News
Correction
Note from Roy Hill, General Editor In the August 2011 Reports section of the magazine we included a story on page 28 entitled ‘Egypt’. This had already been published by a respected US assembly ministry…
Roy Hill
Editorial
Editorial – ‘We be brethren’, Gen. 13. 8.
If there is one thing that has marred the testimony of the Lord’s people down through time it is the problem of personalities. Even a matter that involves the neglect or abandonment of a fundamental pri…
John Bennett
Editorial
Elders: Role models in the local church
Elders are to lead by example. Look at the qualities that should be seen in our elders. I have avoided the word ‘qualifications’ as it is suggestive of institutional training and examination success. A …
John Griffiths
Contemporary Issues
Eternal Son of the Living God
Before time began, and before anything had been created, God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, existed and dwelt together in holy harmony, love, union and communion. Then the wonder of creation…
Cliff Jones
Devotional
Facing the Future – Part 3
(iv) The Prevailing General Fear of Approaching Catastrophe There is apparent increase in the number and scale of various natural disasters, the rise, in recent decades, of world terrorism, and the econ…
Malcolm C. Davis
Facing the Future
Contemporary Issues
Jehoram
Jehoram’s reign is recorded in 2 Kings chapter 8 verses 16-24 and, with more detail, in 2 Chronicles chapter 21. The latter is the main passage for this study. None of us knows how long we have in this …
Dan Coulson
Exposition
Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 8
Chapter 2 verses 12-30: THE MIND OF CHRIST LIVED OUT AMONG BELIEVERS The world runs on the principle that man is the measure of all things. People habitually think of themselves first, and trample on ot…
Keith R. Keyser
Philippians
Exposition
Question Time – Does the Bible specify a dress code for the meetings?
QUESTION Does the Bible specify a dress code for the meetings? ANSWER It is easy to assume that the ‘biblical’ dress code for the meetings is the one that prevails in the part of the world where we live…
Richard Collings
Question Time
Reports
Gloucestershire In August, the assembly at Hesters Way, Cheltenham, ran a Holiday Bible Club with Philip Dean leading the team. There was a good response to the many invitations given out. By the end of…
Sandy Jack
Report
The First Epistle of John – Part 1
(Unless otherwise stated, all quotations of Scripture are from the NEW King James Version) 1. Author As with the Epistle to Hebrews, but unlike most other New Testament Epistles, the First Epistle of Jo…
Ken Totton
The First Epistle of John
Study
The Glory of the Lord – Part 2
We continue in the book of Numbers, chapter 20, for the next occasion when the glory of the Lord appeared. ‘As this chapter opens, it is forty years since the Israelites left Egypt and thirty-eight year…
Sid Nicholes
The Glory of the Lord
A Word for Today
The King James Version and Principles of Translation – Part 1
The King James Version (AV) originally published in 1611 is, in many places, rarely matched in terms of the beauty of its language. After four centuries it is still the third most popular English transl…
Howard Coles
The King James Version and Principles of Translation
Contemporary Issues
The Position of Older Believers in the Assembly and our responsibility towards them –- Part 2
The needs of the carer There is little time here to cover this complex and difficult area, but we must never forget the needs of those who have become full-time ‘voluntary’ carers. It may be the husband…
Andrew Jessop
The Position of Older Believers in the Assembly and our responsibility towards them
Contemporary Issues
The Throne of His father David
There is no doubt that all authority, whether in relation to heaven or earth, has been vested in the Lord Jesus; He it is who must, and will reign until all enemies are beneath His feet. He will yet be …
John Scarsbrook
Devotional
Those who were a delight to Paul (continued) – Aquila and Priscilla (Prisca) – Part 6
The Jewish Rabbi Jehuda wrote that ‘He who does not teach his son a trade is much the same as if he taught him to be a thief’. This was in addition to any academic training that a son might have been gi…
Howard A. Barnes
Personalities In The Pastoral Epistles
Devotional
Views from the News
Postal workers refuse to deliver Bible recordings because the CDs are ‘offensive' Postal workers refused to deliver CD’s of Bible readings after deciding they were ‘offensive material’. Several churches…
Sandy Jack
Views from the News
Why I believe there is a future for Israel
After Paul the apostle had presented the doctrine of the gospel to the Roman believers, he supposed that those readers and hearers of his epistle who had a Jewish background would raise certain question…
Phil Coulson
Contemporary Issues
Book Reviews in this Issue
Baptism – Jack Hay
Paperback, 32pp. Published by John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RL. Price: £1.35 ISBN 978-1-904064-97-8. It is good to see a booklet like this one, designed to provide clear biblical c…
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Esther: God’s Invisible Hand – Helen Clarke
Paperback, 128pp. Published by Day One Publications, Ryelands Road, Leominster, HR6 8NZ, UK. Price £5.00 ISBN 978-1-84625-204-4. The biographical details of the author indicate she became a Christian …
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Life’s Greatest Quest – to become more like Christ – Clark Logan
Paperback. Published by John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RL. Price: £6.99. ISBN 13: 978-1-904064-95-4. ‘God is as interested in what we are becoming as in what we are doing. His work …
Ed Hotchin
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The Heavenly Physician – Rommel Ghossain
Paperback, 204pp. Published by Decapolis Press, The Glebe House, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EH, UK. Price: £8.95 ISBN 978-0-646-45987-2. This book, the first of a series, seeks to cover the first ei…
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The Structural Principles of the Bible – F. E. Marsh
Paperback, 440pp. Published by John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RL. Price: £10.99 SBN 978-1-904064-57-2. This book is part of Ritchie’s ‘Classic Reprint Series’ and is sub-titled How …
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The Times of the Gentiles – Norman Mellish
Paperback, 216pp. Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, Ontario, L3K 6A6, Canada. ISBN 978-1-926765-09-9. It is good to see a further volume in the writings of Norman M…
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