Articles for the Issue –

Christ – A Greater than Solomon – (4) As to His Sovereignty

(a) The Kingdom’s commencement Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei were all put to death at the beginning of Solomon’s reign, 1 Kgs. 2. The millennial reign of Christ will likewise be prefaced by judgement upon …

John Griffiths

Christ – A Greater than Solomon

Earthquakes of Scripture – Part 2

Introduction In our previous article we noted that there were five sets of earthquakes recorded in scripture associated with events of major biblical importance. In this article we will look at the eart…

Jeff Brown

Earthquakes of Scripture

Editorial

‘Some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts’, Luke 21. 5. One stone does not make a building. A pile of stones is not a building. However, once the stones are shaped, and …

Ephesians – Part 3: Chapter 2 vv 1-10

Editorial

Ephesians chapter 1 unfolds the power of God. As we consider chapter 2 we are brought face-to-face with the grace of God. The chapter divides into two definite sections in which we find: what we are mo…

Norman Mellish

Ephesians

How God Called Me to Full-time Service

Though He called me to be a preacher and teacher of His word, it would be difficult for me to speak of God’s call to one particular place as my wife and I are now in our third sphere of service for Him.…

Ian Rees

Testimony

Market Stall Outreach

This article, like that in the February magazine, has been compiled from the writer’s answers to questions posed by the editor. It is hoped that the material will give a different insight into such outr…

Mark Reynolds

Market Stall Outreach

Contemporary Issues

Much Ado About Nothing – Part 3

3. In nothing ambitious, ‘Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory’, Phil. 2. 3. In each of the four chapters of Philippians, we are given a glimpse of the supreme sovereignty of the Lord Jesus i…

D. J. Williams

Much Ado About Nothing

Question Time – What are the fundamental doctrines of Christianity?

QUESTION: What are the fundamental doctrines of Christianity? ANSWER We are living at a time when ‘fundamentalism’ is perceived to be something extreme and to be avoided, but the question above is vital…

Richard Collings

Question Time

Reports

ENGLAND Lancashire Stephen Baker has been working with the assembly in Haydock. This has involved door-to-door visits followed by five nights of gospel meetings. This is a small and struggling assembly…

Sandy Jack

Report

Sanctification

Few biblical doctrines have generated as much controversy as sanctification. Even as recently as 2014, writers and bloggers across the world have engaged in debate as to its nature and meaning. Much of …

Mervyn Hall

The Epistle to Philemon – Part 1

Philemon is one of only four letters written by the apostle Paul to individuals rather than to companies of the Lord’s people. It is, in effect, a letter of commendation for Onesimus to Philemon, and, …

The Epistle to Philemon

The Gospel Preached by John the Baptist

Preaching in the barren wilderness of Judea, away from the usual places where people were found, dressed in uncommon clothing of camel’s hair, with a leather girdle about his loins, and feasting only on…

Ian Jackson

The Prophet Gad

For many believers there might be an enquiry as to who was the prophet Gad. Whilst we may be familiar with the name as one of the twelve tribes of Israel, the man who forms the basis of this simple stu…

Their Finest Hour – Nehemiah

The Tyranny of Choice

The United States is known as the land of the free, with liberty for all. Its very government was built on choice to escape religious oppression and political tyranny. There was the choice of electing o…

Randal Amos

Contemporary Issues

The story of Nehemiah is a thrilling example of what can be achieved for God in the most adverse of circumstances. One man and a demoralized remnant of Jews in the city of Jerusalem faced with what appe…

Colin Lacey

Their Finest Hour

Widows, Orphans and Strangers – God Loves the Orphan

We have already noted in the previous article God’s special love and provision for these three vulnerable and needy groups. Orphans are children who have lost their parents. In the scriptures they are d…

Clarke Logan

Widows, Orphans and Strangers

Contemporary Issues

William Trotter 1818-1865

This year is the 150th anniversary of the death of William Trotter at the young age of 47. In that relatively short life, it was said that Trotter had done the work of three. It was NEATBY who wrote of …