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2017 Volume 72 Issue 4

Mashah (Anointing) Most office holders today are usually appointed without a great deal of ceremony. But this was not the case in Old Testament times where those who were appointed as prophets, priests,…

Brian Clatworthy

Study

An Anchor for the Soul

All quotations taken from the NKJV of the Bible. When a ship comes into port it must be kept from drifting. The tides ebb and flow, causing a ship to drift. A storm may drive a ship onto the beach, caus…

Donald L. Norbie

Exposition

At His Feet – Part 1

It was the prophet Isaiah who wrote: ‘How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvatio…

As 2017 draws to a close I trust that we can all give thanks for the Lord’s blessing over this year. It may have been a hard year for some, but the Lord has seen us through the disappointments, sadness,…

John Bennett

Editorial

Characters Around the Crucifixion – Part 9: A Soldier Who Observed Him

Only two of the characters we have observed thus far in connection with our Lord’s crucifixion have been Gentiles – Pilate and Herod. The Roman centurion is the third. The other two were involved in His…

Ian Rees

Characters Around the Crucifixion

Exposition

Editorial

‘Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep’, John 11. 11. He knows! Although the care and concern of Mary and Martha prompted a message to the Lord, it was not needed to a…

Sandy Jack

Editorial

Ephesians – Part 11: Chapter 5 vv 22-33

The submission of the wife, a submission of love, vv. 22-24 This submission is seen in a twofold way: 1) Personal, v. 22a She is in submission to ‘her own husband’. This is not church ground, where she …

Norman Mellish

Ephesians

Exposition

Martin Luther – Hero of the Reformation

Do you have any heroes? Are Christians even allowed to have heroes? In October 1517 a little-known Augustinian monk, who was also a lecturer in theology in Wittenberg University, Germany, made his way t…

Ian Rees

Study

Question Time – What advice can be offered to a couple who cannot have children?

QUESTION What advice can be offered to a couple who cannot have children? ANSWER This is not an easy question to answer for several reasons, not least of which is that I have no medical qualifications …

Richard Collings

Question Time

Ruth

The book of Judges ends in failure, departure, idolatry and judgement. The first book of Samuel opens with a barren woman, a priest whose eyes were dim and an admission of ‘no open vision’; heaven was s…

John Scarsbrook

Devotional

Suicide

Editor’s Note: The subject matter of this article is not an easy one; however, in the reflections of those who have personal experience of reaching out with a spiritual care to help in this area, there …

None Assigned

Study

The Argument of Galatians

Chapters 3 and 4 – The argument from precedent (Old Testament theology) In these chapters Paul develops the main argument of the letter, namely that righteousness was dependent on the work of Christ alo…

Brian Clatworthy

The Argument of Galatians

Exposition

The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Salvation brings priceless blessings to each individual Christian believer. These include justification, peace with God, union with Christ, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. When we consider union …

Ken Totton

Exposition

The Messianic Psalms – Psalm 16

‘The book of Psalms is a limpid lake which reflects every mood of man’s changeful sky. It is a river of consolation which, though swollen with many tears, never fails to gladden the fainting. It is a ga…

Roy Hill

The Messianic Psalms

Exposition

Their Finest Hour – Peter

Simon Peter was one of the most dynamic figures in biblical history. During his career in Christ’s service he accomplished several astonishing feats: walking on water, Matt. 14. 29; helping to feed the …

John chapter 6 verses 48 to 52 The Jews state, in verse 52, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ The passage relates to the Lord’s discourse on the bread of life. The bread of life gives life to…

John Tinkler

This Man

Exposition

Truth & Training from Titus – Part 9: Chapter 3 vv 1-8

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 writing to Titus about. It mi…

Stephen Baker

Truth & Training From Titus

Exposition

Will I be a Winner or a Loser at the Bema? – Part 2

7. THE SETTLEMENT – Why? Remorse and Regret ‘Suffer loss’. The b?ma is not just a prize giving; wrongs will be righted. Scriptures that teach this are (emphasis mine): ‘Look to yourselves, that we lose…

John Griffiths

Will I be a Winner or a Loser at the Bema?

Exposition

Wiser than the World

‘What am I?’ is a basic question that Christians could answer in many ways: a believer, a saint, a disciple, a soldier, an athlete, a witness, a steward, to name but a few. How do I feel I am progressin…

Michael Buckeridge

Exposition

Your Five for the Day

‘Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature’, Mark 16. 15. This great commission spoken by our Lord almost 2000 years ago is just as relevant today as it was in the first century.…

Peter Francis

Report

Book Reviews in this Issue

Pocket Commentary Series – 1st John

Paperback, 104 pages, Published by John Ritchie Ltd. 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RH. ISBN: 978-1-910513-68-2. What is a pocket commentary? As the Foreword states, ‘A need has been identified … for …

John Scarsbrook

New Treasury of Bible Doctrine: ‘Things most surely believed’

Paperback, 590 pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, Sheffield, S21 1HW, UK. ISBN: 978 1 871642 84 1. First published 1977. Revised and updated 2017. This sym…

John Scarsbrook

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