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Denis Clapham
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A Personal Check-List
The two letters addressed to Timothy were unquestionably written to a young man, for it says in 1 Timothy 4. 12, “Let no man despise thy youth”, that is, his youthfulness. They contain various instruc…
Denis Clapham
1986 Volume 37 Issue 4
Young People’s and Bible Students’ Section
Bethany: Luke 24. 50
He, who to begin with came to Bethlehem, did not in the end go back there, for we read, “And he led them out as far as to Bethany”. At Bethlehem, there had been “no room”, Luke 2.7, and they “received…
Denis Clapham
1986 Volume 37 Issue 6
Exposition
Church Government
Today we witness many kinds of government both in the world and in the church. All are marked by varying degrees of righteousness and repression. We do well therefore to reconsider the nature of the g…
Denis Clapham
1987 Volume 38 Issue 4
Exposition
Golden Jubile Issue
The beginning of the work The first issue in September 1945 came out soon after the end of the last World War: a war which had a crippling effect on the life of nations, of families and not least on a…
Denis Clapham
1995 Volume 50 Issue 5
History
How Shall They Hear
The apostle Paul was appointed by Christ Himself ‘a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles’, 2 Tim. 1. 11. He was commissioned and sent as one who was fully aware that a dispensation …
Denis Clapham
1997 Volume 52 Issue 5
Devotional
Leadership – Eldership
In every matter which involves the saints and their responsible conduct in relation to the things of God, we will find our blessed Lord Himself to be the perfect model of it. This is because in His ow…
Denis Clapham
1996 Volume 51 Issue 5
Devotional
Notes on Romans 3
Part 1: w. 1-20 Ingeneral, the Apostle’s argument that all the world is under the judgement of God is here concluded v. 19. In particular, it is demonstrated that the Jews, despite their many advanta…
Denis Clapham
1987 Volume 38 Issue 6
Exposition
Paul – Persecutor, Preacher, Prisoner
In the Scriptures, we read of the Apostle to the Gentiles both as a young man and as ‘Paul the aged’, and between these two points is stretched what may surely be called ‘the life of unparalleled suff…
Denis Clapham
Key Men in sacred history
1963 Volume 14 Issue 4
Exposition
Paul’s Two Complementary Ministries Contrasted
Paul was made a minister of the Gospel, Col. 1. 23, and also a minister of the church, 1. 24-25. Both ministries are alluded to in Romans 16. 25-27, “Now to him that is of power to stablish you accord…
Denis Clapham
1986 Volume 37 Issue 3
Exposition
Points of Comparison and Contrast Between 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18 and 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11
1 Thessalonians 4. 13-18 1.Believers addressed as brethren, v. 13. 2.The apostle would not have them, not to know something, v. 13. 3.He therefore writes concerning the coming of the Lord, v. 15. 4.He…
Denis Clapham
1985 Volume 36 Issue 3
Exposition
Stephen
Minister – Messenger – MartyrActs 6. 1 to 8. 3 by D. Clapham, Birmingham‘And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.’ These are the pathetic words with which the…
Denis Clapham
Key Men in sacred history
1963 Volume 14 Issue 3
Exposition
The Arrest and Trial of the Lord Jesus
1. Events Leading to the Arrest. Hostility to the Lord Jesus from Jewry, particularly from the rulers, see 1 Cor. 2. 8. They (a) persecuted Him and (b) tried to kill Him, because He had healed a man o…
Denis Clapham
1987 Volume 38 Issue 3
Exposition
The Meat Offering, Leviticus 2. 1-16; 6.14-18; 7. 9,10
This offering which is the most common of all the bloodless offerings mentioned in the Scriptures is called in Hebrew minchah, meaning ‘a gift’. The Authorised Version translates it ‘meat offering’ (i…
Denis Clapham
1988 Volume 39 Issue 3
Exposition
The Parables in their Setting – Part 1
In this series of short papers we shall review some of the Lord’s parables which have been preserved for us in the divinely inspired Gospel records, and make it our aim to trace the development of His…
Denis Clapham
The Parables in their Setting
1972 Volume 23 Issue 4
Exposition
The Parables in their Setting – Part 2
The reasons given for the King’s speaking in parables are supplied by the inspired apostle himself, and they are seen to be connected with the series of parables which was spoken by the King soon afte…
Denis Clapham
The Parables in their Setting
1972 Volume 23 Issue 5
Exposition
The Parables in their Setting – Part 3
Before considering in detail the eight parables recorded in Matthew 13 it will be necessary to think about certain general matters affecting them all The opening words of the chapter, “The same day”, …
Denis Clapham
The Parables in their Setting
1972 Volume 23 Issue 6
Exposition
The Parables in their Setting – Part 4
The analysis of Matthew 13 given in the last paper showed that the eight parables were divided into two groups of four. The first four (1 followed by 3 grouped) were spoken to the multitudes; and the …
Denis Clapham
The Parables in their Setting
1973 Volume 24 Issue 3
Exposition
The Parables in their Setting – Part 5
In those days on earth when the kingdom of heaven drew near, there were experts in the study of the law of Moses who formed schools, and taught their pupils orally. Their laudable aim was to write not…
Denis Clapham
The Parables in their Setting
1973 Volume 24 Issue 4
Exposition
The Parables in their Setting – Part 6
The first of the next group of four parables to be considered was spoken by the King to His disciples to illustrate the saying of the kingdom, “But many that are first shall be last; and the last shal…
Denis Clapham
The Parables in their Setting
1973 Volume 24 Issue 5
Exposition
True Shepherds, 1 Timothy 3. 1-7
"Bishop” and “elder’ are descriptions of the same person. The term “elder’ indicates mature spiritual experience and understanding; “bishop” or “overseer’ indicates the character of the work. The same…
Denis Clapham
1987 Volume 38 Issue 2
Exposition
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