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2012 Volume 67 Issue 3
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1 John Chapter 2 – Part 2
Walking in the light: Test – refusal to love the world, 2. 15-17 John’s warnings are often abrupt and thus all the more effective, 5. 21. This section focuses on an urgent warning that applies to all th…
Ken Totton
The First Epistle of John
Exposition
A Holy Man of God
After a meeting in Korea, a woman said to me, ‘You are a holy man, a man of God’. I felt embarrassed, humbled, and speechless. Me? A holy man? A man of God? But should we not all be holy men and women, …
Donald L. Norbie
Devotional
A Word for Today: Kinsman Redeemer (Heb. Go’el)
Such is the complexity of modern family life that most societies today have enacted specific laws that relate to families and domestic relationships. In the recent Queen’s speech, which opened this year…
Brian Clatworthy
A Word for Today
Study
Babylon
Its Origins Genesis chapter 10 verse 10 states that the origin of Babylon and Nimrod’s rise to dominance over the people are connected. Nimrod was the first world leader and is a type of the Man of Sin …
Norman Mellish
Exposition
Bible Bytes – Frequently Asked Questions
Asking questions is good biblical practice. Children should quiz their parents, Deut. 6. 20, and wives should ask questions of their husbands, 1 Cor. 14. 35. The traditional Jewish teaching method was f…
Jeremy Singer
Bible Bytes
Bits and Bobs – Is Richard Dawkins an ape?
In an interview with a black African bishop, the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins identified himself as an African ape. ‘I am an ape. I am an African ape. I am very proud to be an African …
None Assigned
Report
Bringing refreshment to God’s people
From the day of his conversion, Paul was greatly used to spread the gospel message, ‘he is a chosen vessel unto me’, Acts 9. 15. The book of the Acts and the Pauline Epistles reveal his triumphs, his tr…
John Tinkler
Devotional
Church Gatherings – Part 3 – The Breaking of Bread
The law from Sinai was intrinsically ‘holy, and just, and good’, Rom. 7. 12. It did, however, make rigorous demands upon those living under its jurisdiction, with penalties imposed for failure to meet i…
John Scarsbrook
Church Gatherings
Contemporary Issues
Creating an assembly website – How?
In the previous article we considered the reasons why you may want to create a website. If this has inspired you to create one, this article delves further into the steps you will need to follow in orde…
Andrew Millar
Creating an assembly website
Contemporary Issues
Editorial – ‘Many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them’, Mark 2.
‘Many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them’, Mark 2. 2. I wonder whether you long to see the situation described in our verse above. Perhaps, like me, you’re part of a…
John Bennett
Editorial
How it all begane in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
One day in March 1871 a young man called John Ritchie walked into a shop in Inverurie and noticed a small bill in the window advertising gospel meetings in the town. Two evangelists, Donald Munro and Al…
None Assigned
History
Joash – The dependant King
1 Joash’s Aim (continued) ‘Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord’, 2 Chr. 24. 4. At 30 years of age Joash shows a brief flash of maturity and independence when he questions Jehoiada as to the…
John Griffiths
Joash
Exposition
Martin Luther – Doctor of Theology – Full Article
Introduction Five hundred year ago this year in 1512, 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, th…
Brian Clatworthy
Contemporary Issues
Martin Luther – Doctor of Theology – Part 2
Today’s Relevance When Paul visited the city of Thessalonica, he was accused of turning the world upside down by fomenting sedition against the authority of Rome, Acts 17. 6-7. In effect, his detractors…
Brian Clatworthy
Martin Luther – Doctor of Theology
Contemporary Issues
Personalities in the Pastoral Epistles (9) – Those who were a disappointment to Paul
Those who were a disappointment to PaulDemas (meaning: popular) Demas was a fellow-labourer with the apostle Paul and was with him during his first imprisonment,1 but deserted him during his second, 2 T…
Howard A. Barnes
Personalities In The Pastoral Epistles
Devotional
Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 11
The gospel goes beyond mere assent to a set of doctrines, and links us to the Creator God through His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, eternal life is relational and experiential – not merely …
Keith R. Keyser
Philippians
Exposition
Question Time – Should elders discuss matters relating to oversight with their wives?
Question Should elders discuss matters relating to oversight with their wives? Answer Before answering this interesting question there are a couple of matters that need to be clarified, even though it w…
Richard Collings
Question Time
Reports
England Merseyside Titanic Opportunities – the City of Liverpool hosted an event in memory of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic called ‘Sea Odyssey’. This was a major success with thou…
Sandy Jack
Report
Teaching and Guiding a Rising Generation – Part 3: The Goals
Spiritual training is quite different from secular training programmes. One does not become, for example, an evangelist by completing an accredited programme resembling that of secular professions, for …
Warren Henderson
Teaching and Guiding a Rising Generation
Contemporary Issues
The Sovereignty of God in Creation
Introduction Subject to the constraints of time and space, and all the characteristics of our material environment, we find it very difficult to imagine what the total absence of these would be like. Ye…
Bert Cargill
Contemporary Issues
The Suffering Servant
Two sad, dejected and confused people were walking along the road from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus. Their hopes and aspirations had been shattered because the Lord Jesus Christ, whom they loved…
Cliff Jones
Devotional
To Have and to Hold
Facing death, Samuel Rutherford said, ‘I am in the happiest pass to which man ever came. Christ is mine, and I am His; and there is nothing now between me and resurrection, except – Paradise’. As a rule…
W. Ross Rainey
A Word for Today
Unveiled – The History of the Kingdom of Heaven (2) – The Parable of the Commencement of the Kingdom
The Parable of the Commencement of the Kingdom Parable No. 1 - The Sower and the Seed, v. 1-9, 18-23 It is recorded of the Lord, ‘Jesus [went] out of the house’. This may well symbolize the Lord turning…
John Griffiths
Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven
Exposition
Views from the News
Cameron CANNOT protect Church against gay marriage laws (says his own Justice Minister) UK Prime Minister, David Cameron’s promise to protect churches from gay marriage laws could hit legal hurdles, a J…
Sandy Jack
Views from the News
Book Reviews in this Issue
‘Help!’ Booklets Edited by Dr. Paul Tautgers
Paperback, 60 pages each. Published by Day One Publications, Ryelands Road, Leominster, U.K. HR6 8NZ. ISBN all: 978-18462552; then: 150/167/174/228/198/ 211/204/181. ‘My Baby Has Died; I Have Breast C…
Bryan Charles
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Could you ever love me again? – Bob Cretney
Paperback, 190pp. Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly Street West, Port Colborne, ON, L3K 6A6, Canada. ISBN 978-1-926765-14-3. This book is a record of the Gary Weeks story as it was told to …
John Bennett
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Roses, Marys & Others – Betty Holt
Paperback, 48pp. Published by Xulon Press. It is available from the author, Mrs. Betty Holt, ‘Bethshan’, 39 Worcester Close, Farnborough, Hants. GU14 8JW. Price: £15.00. ISBN 978-1609579-26-5. This is…
John Bennett
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The Man Sent From God – Samuel W. Jennings
Paperback, 160pp. Published by The Ministry for Europe Trust, 39 Ardmore Road, Holywood, Northern Ireland. BT18 0PJ. Price: £7.99. ISBN 5-060165-210565. The Man Sent From God is a comprehensive charac…
Daniel Rudge
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The Tabernacle and the Offerings – Albert Leckie
Paperback, 176pp. Published by Precious Seed Publications, The Glebe House, Stanton Drew, Bristol, UK, BS39 4EH. Price: £6.50. ISBN 978-1871642-44-5. This is the second volume of the ministry of the l…
John Bennett
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