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2014 Volume 69 Issue 4

When King Ahaz of Judah was offered a sign by the Lord, he rejected it. Nevertheless, the Lord promised the house of David a sign, ‘Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his na…

John Griffiths

Devotional

A Right Thing in a Wrong Way

In the Bible there are several instances in which God Himself struck men dead, and, in practically every case, the offence seemed trivial, that is, compared with what we regard as gross sin. On the othe…

W. Ross Rainey

Devotional

A Word for Today: Wisdom, Skill, Aptitude (Heb. Hokmah)

The story is told that on one occasion a prayer was delivered in Crathie Kirk, near Balmoral (to Queen Victoria’s amusement) ‘that the Almighty would send down His wisdom on the Queen’s Ministers, who s…

Brian Clatworthy

A Word for Today

Study

Abraham and the Names of God

THE DIVINE RECORD OF THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM BEGINS IN MESOPOTAMIA, WHERE HIS FAMILY ‘SERVED OTHER GODS’1 It was ‘the Lord God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the nam…

Robert Macy

Devotional

Art Thou He that should come? – Matthew 11

We might have expected that the Lord would have been guarded in His endorsement of John in light of this seeming lapse, but rather, the Lord Jesus takes occasion to give John the highest of accolades. H…

None Assigned

Devotional

Bits & Bobs – The Amazing Jewel Beetle

Scientists made a startling discovery in the world of insects. It involved a common beetle called the jewel beetle, which is designed with the uncanny ability to detect flames of a forest fire approxima…

Sandy Jack

Bible Bytes

Bright and Morning Star

If the title by which the Lord would assure Israel of the certainty of a glorious future is ‘the root and offspring of David’, the promise to the Church for which He died is encapsulated in the delightf…

Phil Coulson

Devotional

Daniel chapter 9, verses 24-27

Appendix: The Chronology of Daniel 9 One of the most fascinating elements in Daniel’s prophecy in chapter 9 verses 24-27 is its chronology of events. Thus, the prophecy is set to a schedule by five time…

Andrew Wilson

Daniel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks

Exposition

Editorial

‘Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting’, John 2. 13-14. Although the major supermarkets appear to have a strangl…

John Bennett

Editorial

Edward Dennett

Not long after the start of the First World War in 1914, the biblical scholar Edward Dennett died after a short illness. He was 83 years of age and had spent a considerable part of his life teaching the…

Brian Clatworthy

History

Everyday Publications – Making the Message Plain for Fifty Years!

In Habakkuk chapter 2 verse 2, the Lord instructs the prophet, ‘Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who reads it may run’. In 1964, the Lord burdened the heart of Dr. R. E. Harlow, c…

None Assigned

Organisations

Josiah – Part 2

The wise man in the book of Proverbs refers no fewer than fourteen times to ‘the fear of the Lord’. Among other benefits, it is ‘the beginning of wisdom’, 9. 10; it ‘prolongeth days’, 10. 27, and is ‘a …

John Scarsbrook

Josiah

Devotional

New Testament Second Epistles

It has been suggested that the second Epistles, as we have them in scripture, have a distinct character of their own. The importance and significance of the second Epistles are not always sufficiently a…

John Jeyanadam

Exposition

Question Time – Why are people leaving assemblies and meeting elsewhere?

Question Why are people leaving assemblies and meeting elsewhere? Answer It has to be recognized that the situation described in the question does not apply everywhere, for in some countries, and possib…

Richard Collings

Question Time

Regulating the Renaissance

The digital age has spawned an amazing spread of knowledge, and the younger generations in particular are drinking it up. Lots of people have written about this from a secular perspective, but a questio…

Lloyd Stock

Contemporary Issues

Reports

ENGLAND Northumberland The Red Row assembly, in Northumberland, had a visit from the small Church of England school in Acklington, a neighbouring village, where they have an opportunity to take school a…

Sandy Jack

Report

Servant Songs of Isaiah

Continuing our study in Isaiah chapter 53, in verses 7-9 Israel confesses the mock trial and death of the Servant. Verse 7 He was oppressed: (nigas) could mean either or both of the following: To be ha…

Adam Thropay

The Servant Songs of Isaiah

Devotional

The Health, Wealth, and Prosperity Gospel

We are living in a time when a confusing Christian doctrine is being popularized by some preachers, and many radio and TV ‘evangelists’. Some, claiming to teach the truth, mislead their followers into b…

Ian Taylor

Contemporary Issues

Views from the News

Richard Dawkins apologizes for causing storm with Down’s syndrome tweet Richard Dawkins has apologized for the ‘feeding frenzy’ triggered by his tweet claiming it would be immoral to carry on with a pre…

Sandy Jack

Views from the News

What does it mean to die with Christ? Luke 9. 18-27 – Part 2

i. The Cost of His words – ‘let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me' It is a very searching question we ought to ask ourselves. Would we still have confessed Christ as Lord and Saviour …

Eddie Honeyball

What does it mean to die with Christ?

Devotional

Why does God allow Evil Men to Rule? – Part 2

Man’s evil rule can strengthen Christians The Second Epistle to Timothy, written by Paul as he is contemplating execution under Nero , gives us a mature believer’s perspective on evil rulers. First of a…

John Thropay

Why does God allow Evil Men to Rule?

A Word for Today

William Rhodes Lewis 1877-1964

As one of the editors wrote of Lewis, ‘His … unfailing grace, his old-world courtesy and his devotion to his work, to his wife and to his Lord would be hard to match anywhere’.1 For a man who was an edi…

John Bennett

History

Book Reviews in this Issue

Replacement Theology – David Dunlap

Paperback, 141 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, L3K 6A6. ISBN 978-1-926765-87-7. In many places, ‘Replacement Theology’ is gaining ground. …

John Bennett

Possessing the Inheritance – a Concise Commentary on the Book of Joshua – Malcolm C. Davis

Paperback, 125 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. ISBN 978-1-909789-12-8. What exactly is a ‘concise commentary’? This seems to be a key question in reviewing…

John Bennett

Making Disciples – The Thessalonian Way – Tim Mather

Paperback, 190 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, L3K 6A6. ISBN 978-1-926765-99-0. The notes on the back cover of this book provide a helpful…

John Bennett

Christ the Lord – surveying the glories of the Saviour – Frank McConnell

Paperback, 254 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, IBSN 978-1-909789-05-0. This book was originally published in 1971. It is an excellent devotional book of the …

B. Charles

Biblical Principles of Leadership – Dr. Alexander Kurian

Paperback, 120 pages, Published by GLS Publishing, Udygog Bhavan, 250D, Worli Colony, Mumbai, 400030, India. ISBN 978-81-78203-49-2. This is a valuable book on a most important aspect of the corporate…

John Bennett

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