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2012 Volume 67 Issue 2
Articles in this Issue
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‘Thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin’
In the Levitical law there were many different words for ‘offering’. Different words were used to describe the various types used for the different needs as they occurred. The Lord Jesus in His death wa…
Eddie Honeyball
Devotional
A Study in John 16
Since the time sin entered this world a new ‘order’ started. There would be no conception without sorrow and no birth without pain. Before man could enjoy food on his table his face would need to sweat …
Sam Taufeek
Exposition
A Word for Today: Fellowship (Gk. Koinonia)
One of the things that cricket enthusiasts are always keen to see, especially if they are English(!), is meaningful batting partnerships. This sort of partnership emphasizes the very English concept tha…
Brian Clatworthy
A Word for Today
Study
Bible Bytes – Ancient Biblical Manuscripts
This month, I will review websites that feature photographs of ancient biblical manuscripts. We know that the Lord has promised to preserve the scriptures, ‘My words shall not pass away’, Matt. 24. 35. …
Jeremy Singer
Bible Bytes
Bits & Bobs – You’re having a laugh!
Scientists recently studied laughter in different animals, such as rats and primates, by tickling them. One study compared the sounds made by humans and great apes. The researchers found many acoustic s…
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Contemporary Issues
Church Gatherings – Part 2 – Teaching and being taught
The last instruction given by the Lord Jesus to His own before His ascension established an order which is both spiritual and logical. ‘Go’, He said, and ‘make disciples of all nations, baptizing them ……
John Scarsbrook
Church Gatherings
Contemporary Issues
Creating an assembly website – The Why?
The Why Have you heard the one about the minister of a small parish church who claimed he had a congregation of over 10,000? When the headlines first struck in November 2009 many were understandably clu…
Andrew Millar
Creating an assembly website
Contemporary Issues
e-magazine
Have you seen it? Have you read it? Have you downloaded it and passed it on to fellow Christians? This new venture was commenced in December last year. It is an eight-page full colour magazine aimed at …
John Bennett
Contemporary Issues
Editorial – ‘The fruit of the Spirit is love’, Gal. 5. 22
‘The fruit of the Spirit is love’, Gal. 5. 22. Evidence of spiritual life is paramount in any new Christian but you expect to see spiritual progress and development in every believer. None of us can be …
John Bennett
Editorial
Joash – The dependant King
Joash or Jehoash, the eighth king of Judah, reigned for forty years from 835-796 BC according to E. R. Thiele. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. His father was Ahaziah, a son of wicked Queen Athaliah …
John Griffiths
Joash
Exposition
Malaysian assembly celebrates 100 years of God’s faithfulness (1911-2011)
The Klang Gospel Hall is situated in the town of Klang, five miles east of Port Klang, in the state of Selangor in Malaysia. Port Klang was formerly known as Port Swettenham named after Sir Frank Swette…
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History
Martin Luther – Doctor of Theology – Part 1
Introduction Five hundred years ago this year, Martin Luther was awarded a doctorate by the University of Wittenberg. We may not think that this was anything out of the ordinary, but, in fact, this prov…
Brian Clatworthy
Martin Luther – Doctor of Theology
History
Personalities in the Pastoral Epistles (8) – Those who were devoted, dutiful and dear to Paul
Paul intended to send relief to Titus, who was working on the island of Crete, so that he could be free to meet him at Nicopolis. This relief was to be in the person of either Artemas or Tychicus, Tit. …
Howard A. Barnes
Personalities In The Pastoral Epistles
Devotional
Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 10
In order to further discredit false teachers in Philippi, Paul refers to his natural advantages and storied pre-conversion career in Judaism in verses 4-6. ‘He himself possesses all that to which they a…
Keith R. Keyser
Philippians
Exposition
Question Time – What is scriptural marriage?
QUESTION What is scriptural marriage? ANSWER It may be that the questioner had in mind the marriage of believers and was seeking guidance as to what would constitute a scriptural ‘Christian’ marriage. H…
Richard Collings
Question Time
Radio Outreach
1912 was the year of the launch and demise of the mighty liner ‘Titanic’; it was also the year that The Cumberland and Westmorland Gospel Tent was launched. The tent work was the vision of two businessm…
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Organisations
Reports
England Tyne and Wear From Gateshead, brother Jim McMaster writes, ‘As always, the backbone of the work continues to be the outreach to the homeless population of the area, most of whom are suffering de…
Sandy Jack
Report
Teaching and Guiding a Rising Generation – Part 2: What is Biblical Training?
Students of all ages regularly attend institutions of higher learning to gain knowledge in a particular field. The objective is usually to acquire accreditation to pursue a desired occupation. However, …
Warren Henderson
Teaching and Guiding a Rising Generation
Contemporary Issues
The First Epistle of John – Part 3
1 John chapter 2 – Part 1 The fact that sinless perfection cannot be realized, 1. 8, 10, does not mean that we can be indifferent to sin. Chapter 2 verse 1 gives a further reason why John writes as he d…
Ken Totton
The First Epistle of John
Exposition
The Sovereignty of God and Israel
Israel’s National Election When the God of glory called Abraham to leave Ur of the Chaldees to travel to a land which He would later show him, He intended to form from him a chosen nation, Israel. Natio…
Malcolm C. Davis
Contemporary Issues
The Two World Beasts
Before noticing the rise, activity, and ultimate destruction of the two beasts described in Revelation chapter 13, it is important to familiarize ourselves with the circumstances in which they appear on…
John Riddle
Contemporary Issues
Trip to Israel – March 6 -16, 2012
On Tuesday 6th March, 99 readers of our magazine gathered at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport for PSi’s first-ever trip to Israel. Almost 50% came from Canada and the USA and the rest from the UK, Ireland,…
Roy Hill
Report
Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven – Part 1
Matthew chapter 13 rates alongside Leviticus chapter 23 and Revelation chapters 2 and 3 as a passage that unfolds future events before they happen. The Feasts, a calendar of Israel’s agricultural year, …
John Griffiths
Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven
A Word for Today
Views from the News
Twitter users invited to help choose the new Archbishop of Canterbury The Church of England is to use the social networking site Twitter to help select the new Archbishop of Canterbury. Spokesman for th…
Sandy Jack
Views from the News
Book Reviews in this Issue
Anticipating The End Times: A Concise Commentary on the Book of Daniel – Malcolm C. Davis
Paperback, 144pp, Published by John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RH, Scotland. Price £6.99. ISBN 978-1-907731-02-0. Given the number of works already available on the prophecy of Danie…
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Mountains & Valleys in Christian Living – Donald Norbie
Paperback, 90pp. Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. W., Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A6, Canada. Price: £7.50.ISBN 9-781897-117941. Mountains & Valleys in Christian Living is a delightful,…
Daniel Rudge
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No Other Doctrine – The Gospel and the Modern World – John F. Parkinson
Paperback, 198 pp, Published John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RH, Scotland. Price £7.99. ISBN 978-1-904064-29-9. This book has arisen from its author’s firm conviction that the messag…
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S.O.S. Titanic – Jill Silverthorne
Paperback, 126pp. Published by Day One Publications, Ryelands Road, Leominster, HR6 8NZ, UK. Price: £5.00. ISBN 978-1-84625-308-9. This is another book written with the 100th anniversary of the Titani…
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Titanic. The Ship of Dreams – Robert Plant
Paperback, 176pp. Published by Christian Focus Publications, Geanies House, Fearn, Tain, Rossshire, IV20 1TW, Scotland. Price: £5.99. ISBN 978-1845506-41-4. As 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the Tit…
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