“search the scriptures” John 5:39

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Dennis S. Parrack
Articles by this Author
‘Because the journey is too great for thee’
1 Kgs. 19. 7. Elijah’s journey was a divine provision The words spoken to Elijah by the angel were not meant as a rebuke for him being on the journey to start with. Because he was running away we migh…
Dennis S. Parrack
2005 Volume 60 Issue 4
Exposition
Abel – A Keeper of Sheep
Abel’s shepherd ministry – in his times Abel is the first of a number of Old Testament individuals who we are told were occupied with the care of sheep. The word used for ‘keeper’ in this case convey…
Dennis S. Parrack
Shepherds And Shepherding
2004 Volume 59 Issue 1
Exposition
David Kept His Father’s Sheep
Of all the Old Testament characters whom we know as having been shepherds, the first to come to mind is almost certain to be David, Psalm 23 sees to that! Then, as well as being told a great deal abou…
Dennis S. Parrack
Shepherds And Shepherding
2003 Volume 58 Issue 4
Exposition
Feed Me with Food Convenient for Me
Although it is switching the picture-form somewhat, Paul inquires of the Corinthians, ‘Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?’, 1 Cor. 9. 7. If you are engaged in spiritual battle, and leadi…
Dennis S. Parrack
Feed Me with Food Convenient for Me
1995 Volume 50 Issue 2
Contemporary Issues
Feed Me with Food Convenient for Me
IntroductionAs with a good many scriptures in what are usually called ‘The Poetic Books’, Agur, in Proverbs 30, moves readily between talking about himself, vv. 2, 3, giving advice to his readers, vv.…
Dennis S. Parrack
Feed Me with Food Convenient for Me
1995 Volume 50 Issue 1
Contemporary Issues
God … who has delivered us … and does delived … will also yet deliver.
The word ‘deliver’ can, in different settings, be used with two totally different meanings. In one sense, ‘to deliver up’, means to hand over. The Lord Jesus for instance warns His disciples that ‘men…
Dennis S. Parrack
2002 Volume 57 Issue 3
Exposition
He Opened to us the Scripture
‘Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures’, Luke 24. 45. When considering the opening of the scriptures to the two travellers, v. 32, the word meaning ‘to open ful…
Dennis S. Parrack
The Scriptures Expounded
2004 Volume 59 Issue 4
Exposition
He Opened to us the Scripture
There is something different about these occasions when we know the Lord has opened to us the scriptures. The word given here in the KJV as ‘opened’ is not the one normally used to describe the action…
Dennis S. Parrack
The Scriptures Expounded
2004 Volume 59 Issue 3
Exposition
Shepherd Care
Apart from Joseph and Mary, the shepherds were the first in the scriptural record to see the Lord Jesus, Luke 2.16. Their environment and occupation immediately prior to this revelation suggest lesson…
Dennis S. Parrack
1967 Volume 18 Issue 1
Devotional
Shepherds And Shepherding
AN UNLIKELY CANDIDATE? Of all people seemingly unlikely to be a real shepherd, Jacob would come high on any list. A basic requirement of all shepherds is that they set the needs and welfare of their s…
Dennis S. Parrack
Shepherds And Shepherding
2003 Volume 58 Issue 3
Exposition
Shepherds And Shepherding
CHRIST THE EXAMPLE SHEPHERD Before thinking then about how individuals should be exercised about such service, we should first look briefly at the ways in which the scriptures portray the Lord Jesus …
Dennis S. Parrack
Shepherds And Shepherding
2003 Volume 58 Issue 2
Exposition
The Scriptures opened, expounded and understood
HEARERS – actively engage your understanding Although, when considered in the context of the scripture, the three activities of ‘expounding’, ‘opening’ and ‘understanding’ sometimes occur simultaneous…
Dennis S. Parrack
The Scriptures Expounded
2004 Volume 59 Issue 2
Exposition
Timothy
WE ARE NOT TOLD ANYTHING in the Scriptures concerning Timothy’s father beyond the fact that he was a Greek. We may glean from the construction of Acts 16. 3 that he was now dead, but we are told that …
Dennis S. Parrack
1960 Volume 11 Issue 3
Exposition
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