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2016 Volume 71 Issue 3

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A Life of Victory in the Spiritual Conflict – Part 2

The fruit of the Spirit, vv. 22-23 When considering the fruit of the Spirit, two questions may be asked: a) What is meant by the fruit of the Spirit? ...

James D. McColl

A Life of Victory in the Spiritual Conflict

Devotional

A Word for Today – Grace

The hymn writer John Newton published his first edition of the Olney Hymns in 1779, which he arranged into three books. He states in the preface that, ‘In the first I have classed ...

Brian Clatworthy

Study

Ahijah The Shilonite – The Lord’s Anger 1 Kgs 14. 1-10

Little that happened in the first ten chapters of 1 Kings prepares the reader for the distressing contents of chapters 11-14. Following Solomon’s request to the Lord for ‘a ...

Colin Lacey

Devotional

Characters Around the Crucifixion – Part 4 – Herod who Mocked Him

It is important to remember in reading the New Testament that the name ‘Herod’ belonged to several people of the same family, much as there were many kings of England nam ...

Ian Rees

Characters Around the Crucifixion

Study

Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy – Part 1

If a scriptural reason is needed for studying the person of Christ in the book of Zechariah, we might refer to Peter, ‘To him give all the prophets witness’, Acts 10. 43. C ...

John Griffiths

Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy

Devotional

Depression – A Personal Experience

What does it mean when someone says they are depressed or have depression? The answer can be varied. Some people have had a problem or a hard day at work, home, or college and ...

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Contemporary Issues

Editorial – ‘Apollos … mighty in the scriptures’, Acts 18. 24.

In the consideration of Apollos in our last editorial, we wrote that the position and status of pre-eminence belongs to God alone! However, rather than put some ...

John Bennett

Editorial

Ephesians – Part 6: Chapter 3 vv 14-21

As we come to Paul’s supplications we find that there is intimacy with the throne of heaven. All is achieved through the person of the Lord Jesus, for it is both in Him and ...

Norman Mellish

Ephesians

Devotional

Evangelism – Visitation

Evangelism is engaging with people in an attempt to explain the gospel and show them that they need Christ as their Saviour. Conversing with people in their own homes can be a ...

Paul Young

Devotional

The Exercise of Gift in the Local Assembly

The Holy Spirit has gifted believers in order that those who constitute a local assembly may be built up spiritually and numerically. This will only happen as each individual b ...

A Maunder

The Exercise of Gift in the Local Assembly

Devotional

Henry Craik 1805-1866

Few, if any, readers of Church history, or secular history in relation to the care of the poor, would be unfamiliar with the name of George Muller of Bristol. What he accompl ...

John Bennett

History

Leviticus

1. Introduction The Name of the Book: Like the other books of the Pentateuch, the English Bible follows the ancient Greek translation the Septuagint – as transliterated in ...

Keith R. Keyser

Exposition

The Lord’s Upper Room Ministry

In previous articles we have looked at our Lord’s relationship to His Father, and learned a lesson on humility, and the Lord’s relationship to Peter, learning the lesson ...

D. J. Williams

The Lord’s Upper Room Ministry

Devotional

Question Time – What is meant by the phrase ‘the autonomy of an assembly’?

QUESTION What is meant by the phrase ‘the autonomy of an assembly’? ANSWER I am sure the questioner is well aware that ...

Richard Collings

Question Time

The Deity and Personality of the Holy Spirit

Caveat There are two obvious dangers to be avoided when we seek to explain the nature of any of the blessed persons within the Godhead. The first is reluctance on our part t ...

Brian Clatworthy

Devotional

The Gospel Preached by the Apostles

On three separate occasions the apostle Paul referred to ‘my gospel’, Rom. 2. 16; 16. 25; 2 Tim. 2. 8. This does not, of course, mean that what he preached was different fr ...

Ian Jackson

Devotional

Their Finest Hour – Mary

When it comes to the study of women in the Bible, there are those who find it easy to select Mary as the most prominent of all due to her role as the mother of our Lord Jesus C ...

Andrew Mellish

Their Finest Hour

Devotional

Truth & Training from Titus – Part 4: Chapter 1 vv 6-8

This article is part of an on-going study. The writer’s intention is to look at each phrase and statement in the letter and to glean a simple understanding of what Paul was ...

Stephen Baker

Truth & Training From Titus

Devotional

Book Reviews in this Issue

Day by Day – Through the Bible Edited – Ken Totton

Paperback, 381 pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, UK. ISBN 978 1 871642 80 3. < ...

John Scarsbrook

Insects of the Bible – Tom H. Ratcliffe

Paperback, 81 pages, Published by Bell and Bain Ltd, Glasgow. [Available from John Ritchie Limited]. ISBN: 978 1 871642 810. ...

John Scarsbrook

Precious Seed 70th Anniversary Edition

Paperback, 212 pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, UK. ISBN 978 1 871642 77 3. < ...

John Scarsbrook

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