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J. Foster Crane
Articles by this Author
‘All Things are Lawful … but’
In chatters 1-4 of i Corinthians the apostle Paul rebukes the believer for their unspiritual attitude of rivalry in their preferences for popular leaders, resulting in division and disunity. In chapte…
J. Foster Crane
1989 Volume 40 Issue 3
Exposition
‘Concerning Things of the Spirit’, 1 Cor. 12-14
CHAPTERS 12-14 OF 1 CORINTHIANS continue Paul’s instruction to the believers at Corinth regarding the nature and order of their church meetings ‘when they came together’, 14. 26. Chapter 12 introduces…
J. Foster Crane
1994 Volume 45 Issue 3
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A Word for Today
‘Let Us Go On’, Heb. 6. 1
The writer or ‘Hebrews’ was himself a Hebrew Christian. He shows a deep concern for the spiritual welfare of the people of his own race, hence it is very necessary in reading the epistle to take caref…
J. Foster Crane
1994 Volume 45 Issue 2
Exposition
‘Overseership’ and ‘The Ministry’
Fellowship, unity and harmony in a local assembly of Christians are very precious things, but not things that come naturally or easily for, in spite of our oneness in Christ, we all have a tendency to…
J. Foster Crane
1988 Volume 39 Issue 2
Exposition
Accountability
‘We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ … everyone of uswill give account of himself to God’, Rom. 14.10-12; 2 Cor. 5. 10. THE ISRAEL OF OLD TESTAMENT TIMES lived in the main under the …
J. Foster Crane
1991 Volume 42 Issue 1
Exposition
I Love My Master
‘Be Your MASTER! Make your own decisions! Do your own thing! Don’t be the slave of another!’ Ever since Adam sinned in the garden of Eden men have wanted liberty to rule their own lives-and they will …
J. Foster Crane
1988 Volume 39 Issue 4
Exposition
Keeping the Ordinances
Chapters eleven to fourteen of I Corinthians cover the third basic problem that was affecting the local assembly at Corinth, i.e. the manner of their behaviour at their public church gatherings when t…
J. Foster Crane
1989 Volume 40 Issue 6
Exposition
One God – The Father
"To us there is but one God – the Father”, 1 Cor. 6. It is a comparatively easy matter to take our Bibles and read about the Person and work of Christ, the Son of God, even though we have never seen H…
J. Foster Crane
1994 Volume 45 Issue 4
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Pentecost
In OLD testament times God commanded all Hebrew males (acting on behalf of their wives and families) to meet Him at the appointed place, i.e. at the tabernacle or finally the temple at Jerusalem-three…
J. Foster Crane
1988 Volume 39 Issue 5
Exposition
Slaves, Servants or Sons?
In his letter to the Christians at Rome, Paul looks back over the 4000 years of Old Testament times, showing the lost and sinful condition of Gentiles (nations as a whole) and Jews, and traces the ste…
J. Foster Crane
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The Blood
‘The life of the flesh is in the blood’, Lev. 17. 11. Some time ago I had the interesting experience of having to lie in a hospital bed for a couple of days and watch the blood of some kind donor drip…
J. Foster Crane
1993 Volume 44 Issue 1
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The Gospel Triumphant
READING THROUGH FIRST CORINTHIANS we are inclined to belittle the believersat Corinth for their carnal and self-loving ways: but the first epistle does notcontain the whole story, because the second e…
J. Foster Crane
1990 Volume 41 Issue 5
Exposition
The More Excellent Way
UPON His RETURN TO HEAVEN as the victorious King, the Lord Jesus gave gifts (charisma) and ministrations (diakonia) by the Holy Spirit to members of His body on earth, Eph. 4. 7-13; 1 Cor. 12; Rom. 12…
J. Foster Crane
1988 Volume 39 Issue 6
Exposition
The Most High God
Among the many names and titles used to describe God in the Bible is the term ‘the Most High’ God – used some 34 times. It is used first by Melchisedeck and Abraham both of whom refer to God as ‘the m…
J. Foster Crane
1992 Volume 43 Issue 4
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The Passover and the Supper
"This day shall be unto you for a memorial”, Ex. 12. 14. “This do in remembrance of me”, 1 Cor. 11. 24, 25. The annual observance of the Passover was commanded by God to keep always before His people …
J. Foster Crane
1988 Volume 39 Issue 1
Exposition
They Shall be One
‘They two shall be one flesh’, Eph. 5.31. ‘There is one body’, Eph. 4. 4. When God brought Adam and Eve together in the garden He said, ‘they shall be one flesh’, Gen. 2. 24. Many years later Jesus sa…
J. Foster Crane
1988 Volume 39 Issue 3
Exposition
Under Authority
Tiif. Roman soldler who said ‘I am a man under authority’, Matt. 8. 9, enjoyed his freedom as an officer only because he himself was subject to an authority higher than himself. He had no will of his …
J. Foster Crane
1989 Volume 40 Issue 1
Exposition
Walking as Men
Tut; Christians at Corinth ought to have been a thriving, model congregation of believers; they had been called by Cod, sanctified in Christ, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, blessed with many blessings, 1…
J. Foster Crane
1989 Volume 40 Issue 2
Exposition
Book Reviews by this Author
20 Reasons Why I Neither Seek Nor Desire the Present Day Gift of ‘Tongues’
19 pages. Obtainable from the author, 42 Huia Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland. N.Z. Within the compass of these few pages the author has stated in a remarkable way valid truth regarding the perils and ev…
J. Foster Crane
1988 Volume 39 Issue 1
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