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2018 Volume 73 Issue 2

The overwhelming majority of British monarchs have been kings and very few of these have been constitutional monarchs. Most have been able to exercise supreme and absolute authority over their subjects …

Brian Clatworthy

Study

At His Feet – Part 3: John 12 – Worshipping at His Feet

‘Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus’, v. 3. You will notice the word that introduces this chapter as well as Mary’s action in verse 3: ‘Then’. I…

John Bennett

At His Feet

Exposition

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs – Part 2: The Wise Man and His Companions

Wisdom is a fathomless ocean, an eternal fountain which has its source in God alone, 8. 22, 23. It was divine wisdom that brought creation into being, 3. 19. The same wisdom orders and maintains it, 8. …

John Scarsbrook

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs

Exposition

Characters Around the Cross – Part 11: The Father Who Sent Him

We have seen the involvement of different men and women at the cross of our Lord Jesus, both those who believed in Him and those who didn’t. We have seen wickedness and kindness, betrayal and loyalty, v…

Ian Rees

Characters Around the Crucifixion

Exposition

Divorce – Victims

Editor’s Note: It is not the intention of the writer of the article to review the doctrinal stand-points on the matter of divorce, but to shed a light on the needs of saints and shepherds, who are often…

None Assigned

Exposition

Editorial

‘They found fault … in vain do they worship me’, Mark 7. 2, 7. How sad it is to note that some only came among the disciples to find fault. What was it that led them to be so motivated? Are there lesson…

Sandy Jack

Editorial

Ephesians – Part 13: Chapter 6 vv 18-24

Praying saints, vv. 18-20 Our dependability – praying always, v. 18 The section begins with our need to be strong in the Lord; it now ends with our dependence upon the Lord. As the soldier would be depe…

Norman Mellish

Ephesians

Exposition

General Data Protection Regulation – Article 29 of the EU

‘In May this year, Europe’s data protection rules will undergo their biggest changes in two decades. Since they were created in the 90s, the amount of digital information we create, capture, and store h…

John Bennett

Views from the News

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‘And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane’, Mark 14. 32 The traditional site of the garden of Gethsemane is located towards the east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley close to the Mount o…

None Assigned

Cover Image

Question Time – What should we do if someone says they have lost their faith?

QUESTION What should we do if someone says they have lost their faith? ANSWER The first thing we would need to do is establish what the person means by stating that they have ‘lost their faith’. It mig…

Richard Collings

Question Time

Second Samuel

Introduction ‘Observe that just as Joshua begins with “After the death of Moses” and Judges begins with “After the death of Joshua," so also 2 Samuel begins with “After the death of Saul”’.1 Some have…

John Bennett

Exposition

The Christian School Assembly Link Team

In 2005 we reported that over the previous six years the Lord had given us the opportunity to visit some 25 schools in Northamptonshire, although strictly speaking only two of the schools were outside t…

Wyn Williams

Report

The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 1

Introduction Colossians was one of four letters written from the prison in Rome, Acts 28. 16.1 It was delivered to Colossae, together with the letter to Philemon, by the hand of Tychicus, accompanied by…

William Banks

The Epistle to the Colossians

Exposition

The Gospel of Mark – Part 2

We come now to our study of the book. Chapter 1 We might divide the chapter into seven main sections: The ministry of John Baptist, vv. 1-8; The manifestation of the Son, vv. 9-13; The ministry of the …

John Bennett

The Gospel of Mark

Exposition

The Messianic Psalms – Psalm 40: Trust Based on Sacrifice

The Psalms express the human experience in all of its multifaceted heights and depths – some, like the fortieth, even detail certain aspects of the life of God’s ideal man, the Lord Jesus Christ. Like b…

Keith R. Keyser

The Messianic Psalms

Exposition

The Person and Work of the Comforter

John’s Gospel abounds with references to the Holy Spirit. There are nineteen in all: eight to the ‘Spirit’; four to the ‘Holy Spirit’; four to the ‘Comforter’ and three to the ‘Spirit of Truth’. John al…

Daniel Rudge

Exposition

The Scene of the Cross of Calvary – Part 2

The sufferings on the cross In chapter 53, Isaiah points out: in verses 1 to 3, who suffered; in verses 4 to 6, why He suffered; in verses 7 to 9 how He suffered; and, in verses 10 to 12, after He suffe…

John Tinkler

The Scene of the Cross of Calvary

Exposition

The Twelve Tribes of Israel

The greater portion of our Old Testament, and a significant portion of events yet future, hinge on matters that have to do with the twelve tribes of Israel. Spanning a period over two millennia means th…

Lloyd Stock

Zebulon

Exposition

Truth & Training from Titus – Part 11

This article is the final part of these studies. The writer’s intention has been to look at each phrase and statement in the letter, and to glean a simple understanding of what Paul was writing to Titus…

Stephen Baker

Truth & Training From Titus

Exposition

What Evidence is there that the Bible is Inspired?

Scripture writers claim over 4,000 times to be recording the word of God. This is summed up in one verse, where ‘all scripture’ is deemed to be inspired, literally ‘God-breathed’, 2 Tim. 3. 16. To make …

Alastair Sinclair

Exposition

Book Reviews in this Issue

The People’s Bible – The remarkable history of the King James Version – Derek Wilson

Paperback, 222 pages; Published by Lion Hudson plc, Jordan Hill Rd. Oxford, OX2 8DR. Available from Amazon, also in Kindle, epub and PDF formats. ISBN 978-0-7459-5559-9 ISBN: 978-1-909789-31-9 Derek W…

John Scarsbrook

False Apocalypse, False Gospel, False Witnesses – Donald C. B. Cameron.

Paperback, 390 pages Published by John Ritchie Ltd, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland. ISBN 978–1–910513–80–4. No doubt most readers of this magazine will have encountered representatives of the Jeho…

John Scarsbrook

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