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2014 Volume 69 Issue 1
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A Greater than Abraham
The question is posed, ‘Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead?’ John 8. 53. Unequivocally, Luke states of Christ, ‘He shall be great’. He is our great High Priest, the great King, the …
John Griffiths
Devotional
A Word for Today: Play-acting, Pretence, Hypocrisy (Gk. Hypokrisis)
Sadly, we live in a world that is characterized by hypocrisy. How often do we hear politicians saying one thing on the hustings, and then completely reverse their policies when in government? Or the fin…
Brian Clatworthy
A Word for Today
Study
An Overview of the Lord’s Supper
Introduction On the eve of His crucifixion, just prior to leaving the upper room for His solitary vigil in Gethsemane, the Lord Jesus issued a commandment to His disciples to do something for each other…
Richard Collings
Exposition
Bits & Bobs
According to scripture, God ‘created the heaven and the earth’ on Day One of Creation Week. Initially all was dark, until God said, ‘Let there be light’, Gen. 1. 3. Days Two and Three saw the oceans, fi…
Sandy Jack
Views from the News
Daniel’s Prophecy of The Seventy Weeks – Part 3
Daniel chapter 9 verses 24-27 The Six Goals to be accomplished in the Seventy ‘Sevens’, v. 24 Verse 24 is a six-part outline of the objectives involved in God’s plan for the restoration of Daniel’s peop…
Andrew Wilson
Daniel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks
Study
Developing and renewing eldership
In 2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 2 the apostle Paul sets out a pattern for the progression and maintenance of the truth of scripture for succeeding generations. The ‘things which (Timothy) had learned’ woul…
John Scarsbrook
Contemporary Issues
Editorial – ‘In whom we have … the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace’, E
I wonder whether those of us brought up in Christian homes really appreciate the significance of these words. Having the inestimable privilege of godly parents, and an environment where the excesses of …
John Bennett
Editorial
Front Cover Illustration
The figure of Elijah virtually dominates the whole of the First Book of Kings. Such is his abiding influence that in the thirteenth century the Carmelites built a monastery on Mount Carmel and erected a…
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History
Galilee Bible Camp
Its Beginnings and Present Ministry Galilee Bible Camp commenced in 1956 when a few local brethren had a vision to place a Bible camp near Ottawa, Canada’s capital. Witnessing elsewhere how camps had be…
George Ferrier
Organisations
Hezekiah – The Devoted King – Part 3
The supernatural years after recovery – from 39 to 54 years of age His Sign Ahaz rejected the sign offered by the Lord, Isa. 7. 11, but his son Hezekiah requested a sign.1 Therefore The Lord ‘brought th…
John Griffiths
Hezekiah
Devotional
Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 17
Chapter 4, verses 21-23: Closing Blessings and Salutations Paul was a worshipper, and his frequent ascriptions of praise towards the Lord flowed from his Christocentric way of thinking. As he closes thi…
Keith R. Keyser
Philippians
Exposition
Question Time – Should small assemblies merge if that is geographically possible?
QUESTION Should small assemblies merge if that is geographically possible? ANSWER I cannot comment as to whether assemblies ‘should’ merge but that they ‘could’ do so is very evident in many areas. No o…
Richard Collings
Question Time
Reports
England Devon Clive and Christine Williams from Barnstaple, along with Trevor Howard, took the opportunity to take the gospel to those attending the Barnstaple and Bridgewater Fairs. Whilst Trevor took …
Sandy Jack
Report
Retired Missionary Aid Fund centenary 2014
In 2014 we have cause to give thanks to our Lord for His provision as the Retired Missionary Aid Fund celebrates its one hundredth birthday! God willing, the Fund will continue to contribute to meeting …
Andrew Jessop
Organisations
Sovereignty of God and the The Church
God’s Purpose The sovereign authority of Christ is declared in the first mention of the church in the New Testament. The Lord Jesus emphatically declares, ‘I will build my church’, Matt. 16. 18. The chu…
Alan Gamble
Devotional
Studies in the life of Elijah – The Whirlwind – 2 Kgs. 2. 1-11
The exit of Elijah was as swift and dramatic as his entrance in 1 Kings chapter 17 verse 1. As Joseph Hall remarks, ‘he comes in like a tempest, who went out in a whirlwind’.1 He laboured during the rei…
Graeme Hutchinson
Studies in the Life of Elijah
Exposition
The Believer as a Disciple
Although believers are often referred to as disciples in the four gospels and the book of Acts, it is never mentioned by Paul in his letters. However, we wish rather to consider many lessons that we as …
Ian Affleck
Exposition
The Equality Act 2010
Most assembly trustees, and individ-uals, are now familiar with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), but there seems to be less appreciation that most of the provisions in the DDA have now been repl…
David Simms
Contemporary Issues
The Final rebellion and the great white throne judgement
Introduction By the time the events recorded in Revelation chapter 20 verses 7-15 take place over 7000 years of history will have expired since Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden. Throughout those mi…
Richard Collings
Contemporary Issues
The Priesthood – Part 1
One of the great wonders of scripture is that our God has made each and every one of us a kingdom of priests unto Himself in order that we might worship, and magnify His great and glorious name. Like so…
John Hall
The Priesthood
Devotional
The Servant Songs of Isaiah- Part 2
The third song, in Isaiah chapter 50, opens with, ‘Thus saith Jehovah’, and divides easily into sections by Jehovah the Father, vv. 1-3, Jehovah the Son, vv. 4-9, and Jehovah the Spirit, vv. 10-11. As i…
Adam Thropay
The Servant Songs of Isaiah
Exposition
Views from the News
Top English judge to step down over lack of ‘support’ on marriage A senior High Court judge is set to retire early, partly because of the lack of support from some of his colleagues for his pro-marriage…
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Views from the News
Book Reviews in this Issue
A Faith that endures – Brian Croft
Paperback, 112pp. Published by Day One Publications, Ryelands Road, Leominster, HR6 8NZ. Price £5.00. ISBN 978-1-84625-292-1. This is another of the Day One ‘Reflections’ series, and is sub-titled ‘Me…
R. Catchpole
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A Lonely Path of Discipleship: A biography of George W. Hunter, pioneering missionary in remotest China
Hardback, 260 pages. Published by Chapter Two, Fountain House, Conduit Mews, London. ISBN 978-1-853072-44-4. George Hunter’s life [1861-1946] is traced from early years. Apart from one furlough, he sp…
Bryan Charles
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A Tender plant from the dry ground – Timothy Cross
Paperback, 144pp. Published by Day One Publications, Ryelands Road, Leominster, HR6 8NZ, UK. Price £5.00. ISBN 978-1-84625-314-0. This book is part of the Day One ‘Reflections’ series and is sub-titl…
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C. H. Spurgeon’s forgotten prayer meeting addresses
Hardback, 291pp., Day One Publications, Ryelands Road, Leominster, HR6 8NZ, UK. ISBN 978-1-846-25-238-9. Here are nearly forty addresses and in keeping with Spurgeon’s many sermons they are invariably…
Bryan Charles
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What’s up with Worship? – Gary McBride
Paperback, 60pp. Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly Street West, Port Colborne, Ontario, L3K 6A6, Canada. ISBN 978-1-927521-35-9. In relatively few pages the author has picked up on a much n…
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