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2018 Volume 73 Issue 2
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A Word for Today: Melek
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
Image Cover – Volume 73 Issue 2
‘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
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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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