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2015 Volume 70 Issue 1

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As we said in the preceding article, the correlation between Jonah and Jesus Christ is seen both by way of comparison and contrast. That Christ is greater than Jonah may be seen als ...

John Griffiths

A Greater than Jonah

Devotional

A Word for Today – Katharos

Personal hygiene is a feature of everyday life that most of us take very much for granted, yet it so often comes to the forefront when some major health scare arises. Even in the ver ...

Brian Clatworthy

Study

Arthur Shearman 1923 – 2014

In the home call of Arthur Shearman, the assemblies have lost a ‘brother indeed’. His longstanding commitment to a very broad range of the Lord’s work throughout his life made ...

Ken Rudge

History

Bits and Bobs

Brain Bath: A Clever Design Solution What makes sleep so mentally refreshing? University of Rochester neuroscientist Jeff Iliff addressed the crowd gathered at a September 201 ...

None Assigned

Views from the News

Depression – A Case Study – Job

I have to admit that one of Job’s early comments has always puzzled me. Shortly after the arrival of his friends, he says, ‘The thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and t ...

None Assigned

Study

Editorial

‘In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink’, John 7. 37. It is not wit ...

John Bennett

Editorial

Ephesians – Part 1: Chapter 1 vv 1-14

The book of Ephesians is the epistle that unfolds the great truth of ‘the mystery’, which, as we shall see, has been hid in God from ages and generations. It was given to the ap ...

Norman Mellish

Ephesians

Exposition

Grace of God in Salvation

The boundless grace of God is one of the great themes that permeate scripture. When we speak about ‘grace’ in this context, we refer to the lavish, unlimited, unmerited favour th ...

William Burnett (1)

Devotional

Grandparents and Children for God

Every child born into the world, whether to poverty or privilege, is special to the creator God, who gives life to all mankind. All of God’s purposes for the continuance of the rac ...

Tom Watt

A Word for Today

J. Charleton Steen, 1865-1931

Although to many the name J. Charleton Steen will be largely unknown, his contribution to the work of the Lord over the latter years of the 19th Century and into the 20th Century was ...

John Bennett

History

Jehoahaz to Zedekiah

The closing years of the monarchy saw four young men ascend the nation’s throne. Jehoahaz was twenty-three, his brother, Jehoiakim, who succeeded him, was twenty-five. His son Jehoi ...

John Scarsbrook

History

Joyfulness, prayerfulness and thankfulness in the life of the believer

We all enjoy a good assembly conference, especially if we can listen to our favourite speakers and meet our friends during the interval. But, between seasonal meetings when we are on ...

Mark Fenn

Devotional

Miracles and the Revelation of God

Introduction Many people have an entirely false impression about the frequency of miraculous activity throughout human history. No doubt, such people would be surprised to l ...

Malcolm Horlock

Devotional

Much Ado About Nothing

I wonder if, when questioned, you’ve ever struggled to recall what benefit you have gained from a speaker’s subject. Perhaps, after some thought, the considered answer has been ...

D. J. Williams

Much Ado About Nothing

Devotional

Question Time – Is it essential for an overseer to be married?

QUESTION Is it essential for an overseer to be married? ANSWER I assume the questioner is thinking about 1 Timothy chapter ...

Richard Collings

Question Time

Reports

ENGLAND West Yorkshire The assembly in Skelmanthorpe appreciated a week’s visit from Jonathan Black. Jonathan ministered the word and gave reports on the Lord’s w ...

Sandy Jack

Report

The Assembly Prayer Meeting

Prayer has always been made to God by His people. Acts chapter 2 verse 42 tells us that those who received His word were baptized, and ‘continued steadfastly … in prayers’. In th ...

Mike Oakes

A Word for Today

The Believer as a Soldier

Background The geographical position of the Promised Land ensured that the Israelites were exposed to wars, frequently not of their own making. Not especially militaristic, ...

Ken Totton

A Word for Today

The Gospel and the Old Testament

1. Introduction The gospel, the good news of salvation, is essentially a New Testament message ‘which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us ...

Ken Totton

The Gospel and the Old Testament

Exposition

The Servant Songs of Isaiah

Concluding our studies in Isaiah chapter 53, verse 12, the life work as well as the death work of the Christ, the Messiah is presented. He instructed the disciples, Matthew 5-7, and ...

Adam Thropay

The Servant Songs of Isaiah

Exposition

Their Finest Hour – Elijah

Elijah the prophet is given a prominent place in scripture. He is one of seven individuals in the Old Testament to be named as a ‘man of God’; one of two to appear on the Mount o ...

Schools ‘failing to teach children about the Bible' A Bible Society study found that large numbers of children are not being taught about the Bible, Koran, or Torah to avoi ...

Sandy Jack

Views from the News

Book Reviews in this Issue

Daniel Reconsidered – J. Allen

Hardback, 689 pages. Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. Price: £19.99 ISBN: 978-1909789-11-1.

Daniel Rudge

Facing Death – Franklin D. Taylor, Sr.

Paperback, 72 pages. Published by Everyday Publications International, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. ISBN: 978-0-888737-34-2.

Keith R. Keyser

Living with the glory of the Lord – Ezekiel’s Prophecy – Malcolm Davis

Paperback, 276 pages. Published by John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland, KA3 1 RH. Price: £8.99. ISBN: 978-1-909803-78-7.

John Scarsbrook

Poisoned Soul – the deadly effects of bitterness – Paul Young

Paperback, 66 pages. Published by the author, 31 Fairmeadows, Maesteg, Wales, CF34 9JL. Price: £1. It w ...

John Scarsbrook

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