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‘And their father Israel said … take of the best fruits in the land … almonds’, Gen. 43. 11
The background of our verse is the famine that afflicted the world of the time - ‘the seven years of dearth’, Gen. 41. 54. Because of the food shortages, ‘all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to …
John Bennett
Front Cover
Capernaum (1)
Capernaum was a city located on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee and, as we read in Matthew chapter 4, it was ‘in the borders of Zabulon, and Nephthalim’, v. 13. That is, it was in the area of …
John Bennett
Towns and Cities in the Life of the Lord
Devotional
Christian Life in the Wilderness – 1 Peter 2. 4-12
Introduction Peter has drawn many parallels between the strangers and pilgrims of the wilderness generation and the generation of Christian sojourners in the Roman empire. The prospect of inheritance in…
Huw Rees
Study
The Darkest Hour
It is said that the darkest hour is the one before dawn, and how welcome is the emerging light of the sun as it begins its journey to the peak of noon on yet another day. Yet the darkest hour often seem…
Roderick A Barton
Devotional
Editorial – February 2024
‘If any man serve me, let him follow me’, John 12. 26 Let us be clear, our Lord does not need our service. Yet, seeing how great a debt we owe to Him, why would we not want to ‘attend to anything’ that …
Sandy Jack
Editorial
Fleeing From Jezebel – 1 Kings 19. 1–18
Jezebel’s fury in Jezreel, vv. 1, 2 Ahab hurried back to Jezreel and reported to Jezebel all that Elijah had done that day at Mount Carmel. The prophets of Baal were defeated and slain. Ahab gave no glo…
Mervyn Wishart
The Life and Times of Elijah the Prophet
Study
‘Give Attendance to Reading’ – How Can We Help a Believer if They Cannot Read?
As you read this article a profound series of processes are taking place in your eyes and brain. Approximately four times a second your eyes make extremely rapid movements, called saccades, moving your …
Frank Proudlock
Devotional
The Hind of the Dawn
As the two disciples walked on the road to Emmaus, the Lord Jesus expounded to them ‘in all the scriptures the things concerning himself’, Luke 24. 27. In John chapter 5 verse 39, speaking of all of the…
Mervyn Wishart
Devotional
Horn of Plenty and Salvation
At the end of the year when the holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas are celebrated here in the United States, many single folks and families will do as my wife does. She goes to a cabinet, removes, a…
David Brauch
Devotional
John the Baptist – Part 3
We commenced this series of articles by examining some of the unique events that surrounded the birth and early life of John the Baptist. He was described by John, the apostle, as ‘a man sent from God’,…
Colin Lacey
Study
Leonard Strong (1797-1874)
The story of Leonard Strong is remarkable in that whilst working for the Lord in Georgetown, British Guiana, he was breaking bread without any connection with similar meetings convened in Dublin in 1830…
John Bennett
History
Pauline Metaphors – Part 9: Ambassador
Introduction Some of the metaphors Paul uses occur frequently in his writings, as this series of articles has shown. This one, ‘ambassador’, occurs only twice in the KJV; 2 Cor. 5. 20; Eph. 6. 20. It is…
Bert Cargill
Studies in Pauline Metaphors
Study
The Prophecy of Gog and Magog
Background Ezekiel was a priest and a prophet who lived during one of the darkest times in Israel’s history - the seventy-year captivity in Babylon. While God’s people generally seemed overwhelmed and d…
Jeff Brown
Study
The Prophecy of Hosea – Part 2
In chapters 2 and 3, we are mainly concerned with the interaction between God and Israel, mirrored in the relationship between Hosea and his promiscuous wife, Gomer. We feel the frustration of both God …
Brian Clatworthy
Studies in the Twelve (Minor) Prophets
Study
Question Time – What Is the Difference Between Atonement and Propitiation?
QUESTION What is the difference between atonement and propitiation? ANSWER Atonement and propitiation are related ideas, but with important differences, the most obvious being that they are Old and New …
Frank Proudlock
Question Time
Samuel Ridout (1855-1930)
Introduction Anyone reading through lists of second-hand Christian books will soon come across the name of the author ‘S(amuel) Ridout’. He and Frederick Grant were, in their day, the leading Bible scho…
Howard A. Barnes
History
The Talents (2)
In our previous article, we considered the earlier sections of this parable, dealing with responsibility and rebellion. Now, we will consider the events that follow the return of the king. Return and re…
Mark Sweetnam
Economic Parables
Study
Telephone Ministry
The idea for a telephone ministry was first conceived following the onset of Covid-19 and the national lockdowns which were imposed by government to try to restrict the spread of the virus. The inabilit…
None Assigned
Report
The Warnings (1)
Alongside the important doctrine of the person, offices, and work of Christ, the writer to the Hebrews weaves various warnings, impressing on his readers the significance of what has been taught. In tha…
John Bennett
The Teaching in the Letter to the Hebrews
Study
Why Assemblies of the Saints Do Not Have One Pastor
Martin Luther stated, ‘In truth thou canst not read the Scriptures too much; and what thou readest, thou canst not read too well, and what thou readest well, thou canst not too well understand; and what…
James Gray
Study
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