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2020 Volume 75 Issue 1

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 …

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1 Thessalonians Chapter 2

Introduction The church in Thessalonica was a model church, so blessed in its worship and witness – a light from God in a dark place. They were a company of believers whose lives had been revolutionized…

Peter Davies

1 Thessalonians

Exposition

A Word for Today – Graphe

Graptos (Painted/Written) Graphe (Written characters) Grathma (A Letter/Document Record) Many years before the invention of pens and keyboards, writers in antiquity found a variety of ways of communicat…

Brian Clatworthy

Study

An Assembly of the Lord’s people will be a people among whom – The Gospel is Sounded Out – Part 6

John also teaches us that we should express our love for our Lord and Saviour by keeping His commandments, John 14. 15. He preceded that statement in John chapter 13 verse 34 with a ‘new commandment … t…

Stuart Scammell

An Assembly of the Lord’s people will be a people among whom …

Exposition

An Overview of Nehemiah

Introduction The Book of Nehemiah is named after its main character and its opening words. In Old Testament canonical lists, it has been classified as a historical book. It is the natural sequel to the …

Malcolm C. Davis

Exposition

Angola

Angola’s recent history is marred by the quest for absolute power, which cost the lives of so many and set the country on a downward spiral which is proving to be massively difficult to arrest, despite …

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Report

Chairman’s Notes

In the November 2019 notes, I commented on the significant changes that had taken place in the year, some more noteworthy than others! Perhaps, as we face 2020, we should do so with the expectation that…

John Bennett

Editorial

Characters in the Early Years of the Lord – Anna

Of all the people who surrounded the Lord Jesus in the earliest days of His life, probably the least prominent is Anna. All we know of her is found in one of Luke’s characteristic pen-portraits in three…

Michael Wilkie

Devotional

Image Cover – Volume 75 Issue 1

‘Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary?’ Mark 6. 3 A carpenter in the ancient world was a highly skilled worker in wood who provided a variety of services to local communities. This included, among…

Brian Clatworthy

Cover Image

Editorial – ‘Be thankful unto him, and bless his name’, Ps. 100. 4.

As we move into another decade, 2020 sees the 75th anniversary of the first publication of Precious Seed magazine and, on behalf of the current Committee, we readily acknowledge the kindness and faithfu…

Sandy Jack

Editorial

Handley Moule – His life and legacy

Introduction Handley Carr Glyn Moule (1841-1920) was an evangelical Anglican academic and theologian, writer and poet, who, for the last twenty years of his life, occupied the prestigious position of Bi…

Howard A. Barnes

History

Lot’s Wife

We do not know her name, her age, her appearance or her family background. All we know is that she passes before us briefly on the page of both Old and New Testaments as a salutary warning, simply known…

John Scarsbrook

Old Testament Women Who Appear in the New Testament

Exposition

Question Time – Is any aspect of the Mosaic law binding on Christians?

QUESTION Is any aspect of the Mosaic law binding on Christians? ANSWER It must be a real source of comfort and encouragement to every Christian to know that, in these days of upheaval and insecurity, ou…

Richard Collings

Question Time

The – Part 1 Sacrifice of The Son

In a world that doubts God’s goodness, Christ’s sacrifice stands as the historic proof of divine love, grace, and righteousness. His propitiatory death undergirds the believer’s justification, sanctific…

Keith R. Keyser

Devotional

The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 8

The caution The character of the intruder The method adopted The answer – Christ is the answer in each case vv. 4-7 ‘Lest any man’ The clever deceiver Beguiling ‘with enticing words’, v. 4. ‘Christ…

William Banks

The Epistle to the Colossians

Exposition

The Gospel of Mark – Part 9

As we continue in the Galilean ministry of the Lord, we come to: The concern of John’s disciples, vv. 18-22 Within this third section of chapter 2, we see that the meal that Levi had organized was also …

John Bennett

The Gospel of Mark

Exposition

The Messianic Psalms – Psalm 72

Speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul asserted, ‘He must reign’, 1 Cor. 15. 25. Although denied by a-millennialists, the One whom men rejected and crucified at His first coming is appointe…

R. Catchpole

The Messianic Psalms

Exposition

The only One who always delivers and doesn’t disappoint

All quotations are taken from the New King James Version Much in life is overstated. In the build up to a major sporting event there is an abundance of ‘hype’. The broadcasting networks advertise the ev…

David Brauch

Devotional

The Twelve Tribes of Israel – Gad

Regrettable contention In the order of birth that we have been following from Genesis chapters 29 and 30, the next son after Napthtali is Gad. ‘When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah h…

Lloyd Stock

The Twelve Tribes of Israel

Exposition

What does the Bible tell us about the future? – Part 6 – ‘The Church and the Millennium’

The Millennium The millennium, the one thousand year period of Christ’s manifested reign, is described in the New Testament as: ’the regeneration';descriptive of a new state of things in which everythin…

Ian Jackson

What Does the Bible Tell Us About the Future?

A Word for Today

What is God’s plan for my life?

Hebrews chapter 11 is known as the chapter of faith. The word ‘faith’ appears thirty-two times throughout the book of Hebrews, and twenty-four of those occasions are in chapter 11. In brief, the passage…

Sam Taufeek

Contemporary Issues

Book Reviews in this Issue

Hope – Anchor of the soul

Author: Robert Plant and Amanda Le Bail Paperback, 77 pages, Published by John Ritchie Publishing, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland, KA3 1RH. ISBN: 978-1-912522-56-9. This small, full-colour booklet…

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Church Doctrine and Practice (Revised Edition)

Author: Ken Totton (editor). Paperback, 394 pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, Sheffield, S21 1HW, UK. ISBN: 978-1-871642-93-3. This year will see the fift…

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