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2017 Volume 72 Issue 1

Kyrieyo, e, to be lord or master of Kyrios, e, lord, master kyriotes, lordship, dominion It must appear somewhat ironic to those who do not live in the United Kingdom that the mother of Parliaments has …

Brian Clatworthy

Study

Absent from the body – Present with the Lord

The title of this article is taken from 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 8, where we read, ‘We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord’. Having …

Gordon S. Beck

Devotional

Amon – Fifteenth King of Judah

‘So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead’, 2 Chr. 33. 20. So begins the reign of the southern kingdom of Judah’s fifteenth king, a…

Geoff Gordge

Exposition

Characters Around the Crucifixion – Part 6: Simon Who Helped Him

Of the many characters who were involved in some way or other with the crucifixion of our Lord, Simon of Cyrene was one of the few who helped Him. Admittedly this help was forced upon him, but he is men…

Ian Rees

Characters Around the Crucifixion

Devotional

Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy – Part 3

(VI) THE APPROACH OF THE LORD to Jerusalem, 9. 9, 10. (i) Christ’s first advent – the character of the coming one, v. 9 The historic fulfilment of this prophecy, recorded in all four gospels, shows the …

John Griffiths

Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy

Exposition

Deuteronomy

Introduction The name of the book: like the other parts of the Pentateuch, the title ‘Deuteronomy’ originates from the ancient Greek translation known as the Septuagint.1 In Jewish tradition the book be…

Keith R. Keyser

Exposition

Editorial – ‘The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham’, Matt. 1. 1.

First words are often waited on with expectation. These first words, laid down at the threshold of the inspired first-century writings, carry an important lesson that we do well to consider. It is clear…

Sandy Jack

Editorial

Ephesians – Part 8: Chapter 4 vv 17-34

Having seen that chapter 4 brings before us the desire of the Lord for unity among the saints and having provided what is necessary to see that unity carried out among us, we now see verses that manifes…

Norman Mellish

Ephesians

Exposition

Introduction to the Messianic Psalms – Part 1

Amongst the various groupings that expositors tend to divide the psalms into according to their literary content and character, the sixteen that are referred to as the ‘Messianic Psalms’ are perhaps amo…

R. Catchpole

Introduction to the Messianic Psalms

Exposition

John R. Caldwell

John Caldwell was born in Dublin on the 26th May, 1839. As a child of five years old he came with his parents to reside in Glasgow. His father being a leader in connection with the Independent Church, J…

John Bennett

History

Jottings on Jabez – 1 Chr. 4. 9-10

In our reading of Holy Scripture we must confess that we may bypass the reading of genealogies. There are many in the Old Testament and only two in the New Testament. Upon reading the first book of the …

John Tinkler

Devotional

Letters of Commendation

The references for this article are: Acts 18. 24-28; Romans 16. 1-2; 2 Corinthians 3. 1-3 It is quite clear from the passages referenced that it was the practice of the early church to give letters of c…

A Maunder

Contemporary Issues

Man of God Out of Judah 1 Kings 13

It is important to establish some important principles before studying this unusual chapter. First, the incident is not stand-alone, but follows on from the events described in the previous chapter. Sec…

Colin Lacey

Exposition

Question Time – Why do we worship on a Sunday and not on the seventh day?

QUESTION Why do we worship on a Sunday and not on the seventh day? ANSWER Although the question is phrased exactly as it was submitted, I assume that what the questioner had in mind was ‘why do we break…

Richard Collings

Question Time

Substitution

Definition Although the word ‘substitution’ is not one that appears in holy scripture, the truth of it is often found. One of the first things that the believer appreciates is the glorious and wonderful…

Ian Jackson

Exposition

Systematic Tract Work

Plodding around the streets of any town or city can be a dispiriting affair. Whether you choose to knock on each door and try and speak to the occupants before offering them a gospel leaflet, or merely …

None Assigned

Contemporary Issues

The ‘Problem’ of Pain and Suffering – Part 2

In a previous article1 we explored the problem of pain and suffering, mainly from the believer’s standpoint. However, Christians also face the charge from unbelievers that the presence of suffering in t…

Colin Lacey

Contemporary Issues

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

The importance of the subject Many believers today do not fully understand that the ministry of God’s Holy Spirit in Old Testament times was in many ways somewhat different from His ministry in the pres…

Malcolm C. Davis

Exposition

Their Finest Hour – Philip

The example of Christ to follow Philip of Bethsaida is one of the privileged few who had the opportunity to live in close proximity to our Lord Jesus Christ during his years of public ministry. We so ea…

Stuart McGahie

Their Finest Hour

Devotional

Truth & Training from Titus – Part 6: Chapter 1 vv 10-16

This article is part of an ongoing 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 writing to Titus about. There …

Stephen Baker

Truth & Training From Titus

Exposition

Book Reviews in this Issue

Prove it How you can know and show that the Bible is God’s word – Paul McCauley

Paperback, 270 pages, Published by Decapolis Press (an Imprint of Precious Seed), 19 Alfreton Road, Pinxton, NG16 6JZ, UK. Available in the Precious Seed shop ISBN: 978-1-871642-87-2. This further boo…

Malcolm C. Davis

Is the Bible Really the Word of God? – Andrew Wilson

Paperback, 214 Pages, Published by Believers Publications, North Lakes, Qld, Australia. ISBN: 9780994397713. There can be few more fundamental issues for Christianity than the trustworthiness and auth…

Ken Totton

Chitokoloki Celebrating a century of the Lord’s work in North-western Zambia – Alma Turnbull

Paperback, 163 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A6, Canada. ISBN: 9781927521557. This is an interesting and informative book, written by Alma Turnbu…

Esther Scarsbrook

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